Chatham House Asia-Pacific Programme
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We conduct policy-relevant research on key political, economic, social & security issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region.
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27 July marks North Korea's 'Victory Day' to commemorate a war it never won. While this account of the Korean War remains a fabrication, Pyongyang's rapidly growing strategic leverage is dangerously real, writes our Associate Fellow Sung-Yoon Lee for @chathamhouse.org.
North Korea’s ‘Victory Day’ takes place with Kim Jong Un’s power transformed
Pyongyang’s account of the Korean War remains a fabrication. But its rapidly growing strategic leverage is dangerously real.
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An Indian youth movement led by an organization calling itself ‘the Cockroach Janata Party’ has called a halt to weeks of protest in India, after securing a significant victory. Read @chietigj.bsky.social's (@chasiapacific.bsky.social) latest analysis on India's democracy for Chatham House ⤵️
Has the ‘Cockroach’ movement changed Indian politics?
The movement has tapped into dissatisfaction with employment opportunities and the economy. But it does not threaten a Gen Z revolution of the kind India’s neighbours have undergone.
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India's 'cockroach' movement has tapped into dissatisfaction with employment opportunities and the economy. But it does not threaten a Gen Z revolution of the kind India's neighbours have undergone, writes @chietigj.bsky.social .
Has the ‘Cockroach’ movement changed Indian politics?
The movement has tapped into dissatisfaction with employment opportunities and the economy. But it does not threaten a Gen Z revolution of the kind India’s neighbours have undergone.
chathamhouse.org
27 July marks North Korea's 'Victory Day' to commemorate a war it never won. While Pyongyang's account of the Korean War remains a fabrication, its rapidly growing strategic leverage is dangerously real, writes our new Associate Fellow Dr Sung-Yoon Lee.
North Korea’s ‘Victory Day’ takes place with Kim Jong Un’s power transformed
Pyongyang’s account of the Korean War remains a fabrication. But its rapidly growing strategic leverage is dangerously real.
chathamhouse.org
An Indian youth movement led by an organization calling itself ‘the Cockroach Janata Party’ has called a halt to weeks of protest in India, after securing a significant victory. Read @chietigj.bsky.social's (@chasiapacific.bsky.social) latest analysis on India's democracy for Chatham House ⤵️
Has the ‘Cockroach’ movement changed Indian politics?
The movement has tapped into dissatisfaction with employment opportunities and the economy. But it does not threaten a Gen Z revolution of the kind India’s neighbours have undergone.
chathamhouse.org
India's 'cockroach' movement has tapped into dissatisfaction with employment opportunities and the economy. But it does not threaten a Gen Z revolution of the kind India's neighbours have undergone, writes @chietigj.bsky.social .
Has the ‘Cockroach’ movement changed Indian politics?
The movement has tapped into dissatisfaction with employment opportunities and the economy. But it does not threaten a Gen Z revolution of the kind India’s neighbours have undergone.
chathamhouse.org
27 July marks North Korea's 'Victory Day' to commemorate a war it never won. While Pyongyang's account of the Korean War remains a fabrication, its rapidly growing strategic leverage is dangerously real, writes our new Associate Fellow Dr Sung-Yoon Lee.
North Korea’s ‘Victory Day’ takes place with Kim Jong Un’s power transformed
Pyongyang’s account of the Korean War remains a fabrication. But its rapidly growing strategic leverage is dangerously real.
chathamhouse.org
A recent backcasting workshop at Chatham House found that China's influence on Europe may rest on anticipatory compliance, not economic coercion. Is Europe adjusting its choices before Beijing even asks? Find out more in the latest analysis from our Senior Research Fellow Yu Jie ⬇️
Europe’s ambivalent answers to China in 2036
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27 July marks North Korea's 'Victory Day' to commemorate a war it never won. While this account of the Korean War remains a fabrication, Pyongyang's rapidly growing strategic leverage is dangerously real, writes our Associate Fellow Sung-Yoon Lee for @chathamhouse.org.
North Korea’s ‘Victory Day’ takes place with Kim Jong Un’s power transformed
Pyongyang’s account of the Korean War remains a fabrication. But its rapidly growing strategic leverage is dangerously real.
chathamhouse.org
A recent backcasting workshop at Chatham House found that China's influence on Europe may rest on anticipatory compliance, not economic coercion. Is Europe adjusting its choices before Beijing even asks? Find out more in the latest analysis from our Senior Research Fellow Yu Jie ⬇️
Europe’s ambivalent answers to China in 2036
EuroHub4Sino Policy Paper 2026/12
eh4s.eu
As #ASEAN members meet in Manila this week, our Programme Director Ben Bland discusses #SouthChinaSea tensions, #USChina competition and the economic fallout from the Strait of Hormuz crisis for #SoutheastAsia with DW News. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLK...
ASEAN sounds alarm as US-Iran fighting threatens energy supplies | DW News
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As #ASEAN members meet in Manila this week, our Programme Director Ben Bland discusses #SouthChinaSea tensions, #USChina competition and the economic fallout from the Strait of Hormuz crisis for #SoutheastAsia with DW News. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLK...
ASEAN sounds alarm as US-Iran fighting threatens energy supplies | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
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The #IndiaUK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement #CETA came into force this week. Read more about the implications of the deal, and its strategic significance, in @chietigj.bsky.social's analysis from last year ⤵️
India–UK free trade agreement signals deepening bilateral relations
But New Delhi’s policy of strategic autonomy – and its brewing conflict with Pakistan – may hamper cooperation in some areas.
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Happy #CETA week! After over four years of negotiation and ratification, the trade deal (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) between #India and the #UK will go into effect on 15 July. Analysis in comments: @chasiapacific.bsky.social
Many thanks to Dr Shao Yuqun of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies for joining us last week for a closed-door discussion to reflect on China-US relations, as well as shifting China-US-Taiwan dynamics. Chaired by our Senior Research Fellow Dr Yu Jie.
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Don’t miss @chietigj.bsky.social's new analysis in the Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, where he examines the long‑term strategic implications of the #IranWar for India and its regional security. Read it here ⤵️
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Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, a peer-reviewed quarterly publication of the Association of Indian Diplomats, attempts to provide an intellectually stimulating forum for the examination of various asp...
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China appears caught between ambition and restraint. Beijing increasingly fills the space created by American retrenchment — but does not yet appear willing to bear the costs associated with leadership.
China sets out its vision for a new global order – but will it commit the resources to match its ambition?
China’s new white paper on global governance highlights its balancing act between global ambitions and financial restraint.
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Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka have new governments brought to power in the wake of mass protest movements. Now they must grapple with the fallout from Iran and tense ties with India.
South Asia’s Gen Z revolutions now face difficult realities
New governments in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka have popular mandates for change. But governance is proving challenging.
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The publication of China's new white paper on global governance signals Beijing's evolution from a mere participant of the existing international system to the architect of a new global order, writes our Senior Research Fellow Yu Jie for @chathamhouse.org. www.chathamhouse.org/2026/06/chin...
China sets out its vision for a new global order – but will it commit the resources to match its ambition?
China’s new white paper on global governance highlights its balancing act between global ambitions and financial restraint.
chathamhouse.org
Don’t miss @chietigj.bsky.social's new analysis in the Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, where he examines the long‑term strategic implications of the #IranWar for India and its regional security. Read it here ⤵️
Indian Foreign Affairs Journal | Prints Publications
Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, a peer-reviewed quarterly publication of the Association of Indian Diplomats, attempts to provide an intellectually stimulating forum for the examination of various asp...
printspublications.com
The #Iran-US ceasefire remains precarious. My article in the Indian Foreign Affairs Journal (published by the Association of Indian Diplomats) examines the strategic implications of the conflict on #India. Summary in the comments: @chasiapacific.bsky.social www.printspublications.com/journal/arti...
Indian Foreign Affairs Journal | Prints Publications
Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, a peer-reviewed quarterly publication of the Association of Indian Diplomats, attempts to provide an intellectually stimulating forum for the examination of various asp...
printspublications.com
China is offering the world a new language of international order. The question is whether it will provide the means to make that order a reality.
China sets out its vision for a new global order – but will it commit the resources to match its ambition?
China’s new white paper on global governance highlights its balancing act between global ambitions and financial restraint.
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#India's proclivity to make decisions based on principle rather than power is difficult to sustain in a world where values no longer carry the same currency. My article in the @lowyinstitute.bsky.social ‘The Interpreter’ discusses this @chasiapacific.bsky.social www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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The publication of China's new white paper on global governance signals Beijing's evolution from a mere participant of the existing international system to the architect of a new global order, writes our Senior Research Fellow Yu Jie for @chathamhouse.org. www.chathamhouse.org/2026/06/chin...
China sets out its vision for a new global order – but will it commit the resources to match its ambition?
China’s new white paper on global governance highlights its balancing act between global ambitions and financial restraint.
chathamhouse.org
Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka have new governments brought to power in the wake of mass protest movements. Now they must grapple with the Iran war and tense ties with India. Read @chietigj.bsky.social's (@chasiapacific.bsky.social) latest analysis for Chatham House ⤵️
South Asia’s Gen Z revolutions now face difficult realities
New governments in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka have popular mandates for change. But governance is proving challenging.
chathamhouse.org
What is the trajectory of China's economic and geopolitical ambitions as it looks toward its centennial? Watch @jkynge.bsky.social discuss 'China at 100' at @scsp.bsky.social's The Exchange conference in Washington DC earlier this month ⬇️
James Kynge on China's Global Strategy: China at 100
YouTube video by Special Competitive Studies Project
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While Modi's India may be less liberal today, it remains democratic. @chietigj.bsky.social explains why this has implications for how the West should engage with India in his latest analysis for @foreignpolicy.com.
How the West Misreads Modi’s Success
India may be less liberal now, but it remains democratic.
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