South Pacific

The World in 2019: A Year on the Edge

One era is ending and another will soon begin.

Daily Memo: The Global Economic Outlook Is Grim

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Daily Memo: A Lost War in China, a ‘Troika of Tyranny’

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Saudi Arabia Reaches Its Moment of Reckoning, the Quad Keeps Things Informal

Checking the pulse of our annual predictions, every two weeks.

The Predictive Power of Demography

History suggests the conventional wisdom about demographics and national power may be wrong.

The Coral Sea: The Mirror Image of the South China Sea

Australia, like China, is militarizing the waters off its eastern coast.

A Sea Change in the Security of the South Pacific

Small countries have been caught in the current of great power politics.

America’s Global Engagement

The myth of disengagement derives from American rhetoric and not American actions.

The Fallout From a Currency Crunch

Checking the pulse of our annual predictions, every two weeks.

Daily Memo: Taiwan’s Allies, US Interest Rates

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