What role, if any, could Asia’s middle powers can play in response to growing tensions across the #Taiwan Strait ? This advance release Asia Policy roundtable examines the strategies and approaches these states are adopt: bit.ly/3xXfbnh #Taiwan #china

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NEW ESSAY! Payal Dey (Payal Dey) examines #India ’s ambitious efforts to integrate #renewableenergy into its #energymix and explores the prospects for international grid integration to support the #energytransition across Asia. bit.ly/4aSMyq3

NBR nonresident fellow Joel Wuthnow: 'My sense is that the SSF [ #StrategicSupportForce ] proved to be an unnecessary management layer that obscured [ #Xijnping ’s] visibility into what the #PLA was doing in #space , #cyberspace and other information disciplines' defensenews.com/global/asia-pa…

'The reversals have prompted concern that U.S. influence in Africa is losing ground to overtures from Russia and China.' | US to pull troops from Chad and Niger as the African nations question its counterterrorism role apnews.com/article/niger-…

Timothy R. Heath RAND on why Beijing has adopted such a cautious approach to the next few decades: 'From Beijing’s perspective, its principal responsibility lies in preserving #China ’s modernization gains and avoiding disastrous missteps.' bit.ly/47cdkqP

Eunjung Lim (Kongju National University) discusses the role of economic factors and communication issues in the crushing defeat for the ruling People Power Party in #SouthKorea 's general election and considers the implications for domestic politics. bit.ly/44cRrrt

' #China ’s reaction to the election will become clearer in the months leading to Lai’s inauguration in May, but it seems likely to be within the parameters of the pattern of pressure and intimidation Beijing has applied to the DPP administration...' #Taiwan bit.ly/48rM1tT

S. Korea-US alliance won’t be swayed by US election outcomes: envoy koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20…

Taiwan president-elect names cabinet ahead of inauguration rfi.my/AXxd.X via RFI English

'These issues around #datasecurity , #semiconductors , #supplychains , #AI are obviously more broadly felt. Addressing them will take a broader effort of small groups of like-minded countries working together.' | Nigel Cory Nigel Cory @ITIFDC youtu.be/3EUXsVCwNmA?si… #datagovernance

' #G7 , #OECD , and other like-minded countries should establish specific positive and negative criteria to evaluate #cloud trustworthiness,' writes NBR nonresident fellow Nigel Cory in this new Information Technology and Innovation Foundation report: itif.org/publications/2… #technology

How should #China ’s neighbors view its continued increase in #defensespending given other tensions that exist on the #economic and #trade fronts? NBR's Nadège Rolland and Bill McCahill discuss this and more in this ASIA INSIGHT podcast: bit.ly/4ctkTxb #chinesemilitary

Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill apnews.com/article/us-chi…

'Despite all the nice sentiments in the Australian document, the reality is that there is greater momentum in some of Australia’s other partnerships than there is with India,' writes NBR advisor Raji Pillai, PhD she/ her in The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2024/04/indias…

What impact will the parliamentary election have on #SouthKorea ’s domestic politics and foreign policy? Amb. Ahn Ho-young considers prospects for persistent legislative gridlock and implications for the Yoon government’s foreign and security policy agenda. bit.ly/3w9PfnO

'The draft Security Framework Agreement...opens strategic space for #China but narrows...options for #SolomonIslands . Access enables the utility of dual-use facilities and requires the support of political and economic statecraft to make it possible' bit.ly/3HmqMh7

'The election is being watched by China, the U.S. and neighbouring Australia because of the potential impact on regional security.' | Solomon Islands faces tense wait for election results reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

NBR's Michael Wills and Alison Szalwinski (Ali Szalwinski) will be participating in the Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation Annual Forum on May 6 on the panel 'Economic Dynamism in the Face of Decoupling.' Register now to join in person or virtually! bit.ly/4cXVrzW #CAPRIAnnualForum