https://www.scmp.com/rss/326251/feed Daniel Russel, a former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs at the US State Department, is vice-president for international security and diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute. He was previously diplomat in residence and senior fellow at the institute. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Shangri-La Dialogue is often cited as Asia’s premier security conference, but the Singapore gathering can no longer afford to focus exclusively on the Indo-Pacific’s geopolitical challenges. This year’s gathering – attended by defence officials, government leaders and diplomats from around the world – tackled issues but also highlighted divisions among the participants beyond East Asia to Europe and the Middle East. Much of the three-day forum centred on tensions between the United States... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3265290/shangri-la-dialogue-shows-us-china-rivalry-extends-far-beyond-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3265290/shangri-la-dialogue-shows-us-china-rivalry-extends-far-beyond-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:30:10 +0000 SCMP Plus provides early access for premium subscribers to some opinion articles. This article will be published soon on SCMP.com. The Shangri-La Dialogue is often cited as Asia’s premier security conference, but the Singapore gathering can no longer afford to focus exclusively on the Indo-Pacific’s geopolitical challenges. This year’s gathering – attended by defence officials, government leaders and diplomats from around the world – tackled issues but also highlighted divisions among the... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3265356/shangri-la-dialogue-shows-us-china-rivalry-extends-far-beyond-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3265356/shangri-la-dialogue-shows-us-china-rivalry-extends-far-beyond-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:31:49 +0000 On May 26, the leaders of China, Japan and South Korea will gather in Seoul for a trilateral summit, the first since 2019. Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will come to the long-delayed meeting with differing agendas but a common desire to stabilise relations in the face of a turbulent security landscape. First held in 2008, the meeting was originally intended to be an annual affair with a heavy economic focus. The format is... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3263610/china-south-korea-and-japan-are-talking-again-us-should-take-note?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3263610/china-south-korea-and-japan-are-talking-again-us-should-take-note?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 May 2024 21:30:08 +0000 Suddenly, a highly infectious virus has become China’s most prominent export. What began on January 3, when China reported 44 cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, has become the Covid-19 global pandemic. Wuhan, the manufacturing centre that helped to power China’s flagship Belt and Road Initiative, has become the epicentre of a health crisis shutting down many of those projects. The corridors that facilitate the flow of goods can be conduits for pathogens and disease. As Covid-19 spreads, is the Belt... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3075624/coronavirus-will-not-be-fatal-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3075624/coronavirus-will-not-be-fatal-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-it?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:30:12 +0000 The world sighed in relief that the Hanoi Summit did not end in an acrimonious return to “fire and fury” and Korea watchers were relieved that Donald Trump concluded that no deal was better than a dangerously bad one. But the Hanoi Summit validates Benjamin Franklin’s axiom that “by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail”. For nearly eight months after the Singapore summit, North Korea dodged US negotiators and only agreed to meet them after a second leaders’ summit was scheduled. The... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2188348/trump-kim-summit-2019-little-leverage-against-north-korea-us-made?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2188348/trump-kim-summit-2019-little-leverage-against-north-korea-us-made?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Mar 2019 06:40:23 +0000 Hong Kong is an ideal place to examine the issues of China, the US and global governance. Few places have benefited more than Hong Kong has from two of the major developments of our era: China’s emergence as an economic powerhouse and the globalisation of the world economy. One of the reasons that Hong Kong has been effective in facilitating China’s integration into the international economy is its long-standing status as an international financial centre. That status is based on its openness to... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2128429/not-zero-sum-game-global-governance-must-adapt-new-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2128429/not-zero-sum-game-global-governance-must-adapt-new-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Jan 2018 02:32:22 +0000