[Analytics] Indo-Pacific strategy gains support as China’s assertiveness fuels fears
Asia-Pacific nations are adjusting their defence strategies and looking to strengthen security ties with the…
USA
The United States is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. It is the largest economy in the world and home to 323 million people. When the forum began in 1989, the real GDP of the United States was USD 8.8 trillion, which went up to 16.9 trillion in 2016. Its real per capita GDP also rose from 36,000 in 1989 to 52,000 in 2016.
[Analytics] Are Southeast Asia’s cyber defenses vulnerable to Chinese attacks?
A telecom firm in the Philippines recently hired the services of a United States-based cybersecurity…
US delays human rights sanctions targeting Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
BEIJING, Sep 25, 2020, SCMP. The US Treasury Department announced a two-month delay on human…
[Analytics] North Korea’s evolving cyber warfare strategy
While South Korea and the United States focus on North Korea’s growing nuclear weapons and…
Moon’s call for end-of-war declaration ‘out of sync’ with US: US experts
SEOUL, Sep 24, 2020, The Korea Herald. Shortly after South Korean President Moon Jae-in proposed…
US slaps sanctions on six individuals, two companies from Russia
WASHINGTON D.C., Sep 24, 2020, TASS. US authorities expanded sanction lists and introduced restrictive measures…
Contrast couldn’t be greater between Trump and Xi at the UN
HONG KONG, Sep 23, 2020, CNN. In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly…
US needs new approach for N. Korea after election: ex-US diplomat
SEOUL, Sep 23, 2020, Yonhap. The next U.S. administration should come up with a new…
[Analytics] India-China border dispute reveals fragility of ‘Asian NATO’
Muhammad Zia ul Haq, the former president of Pakistan who aided the Afghani mujahideen against…
TikTok, WeChat face new risks after ‘win’
BEIJING, Sep 22, 2020, Global Times. Popular Chinese mobile apps TikTok and WeChat encountered fresh…
Japan’s PM Suga, Trump vow to boost Japan-US security alliance
TOKYO, Sep 21, 2020, Kyodo. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed…
Russian billionaire Rotenberg ‘laundered millions’ through Barclays: Report
MOSCOW, Sep 21, 2020, BBC. One of Vladimir Putin’s closest friends may have used Barclays…