Pita Limjaroenrat of the Move Forward Party should have been selected as the PM if Pheu Thai did not defect from the alliance. The ousting of Srettha Thavisin ONCE AGAIN shows that it doesn’t matter who the PM is. The military won’t respect electoral results.

How do smaller states & middle powers in Indo-Pacific live with an intensifying US-China competition? Looking forward to the speakers' insights in the ANU CIW Forum.

Registered!

#PoliticalConsumerism: We are here to show support for non-economic & non-self-interested reasons.

The Routledge Handbook of Great Power Competition, edited by Brian Fong & Ja Ian Chong, is out! 📕 🎉 Everyone knows that Ian Chong is a big IR scholar. It's fascinating to know Brian Fong's expanding his research on IR.

I’m excited to share that I’ve just published an article in American Behavioral Scientist! journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Delighted to have joined Jude to talk about my CSP Journal article on China’s policy responses to its peacekeeping fatalities, China-UN Relations and Beijing’s Global Security Initiative (GSI). cc: Security Studies @ MQ

Many middle powers & smaller states hedge between the United States & China to maximise gains. However, will such alignment strategy bring more uncertainties to the liberal international order? Please join the CIW Forum's events if you are in Canberra!

The 2024 ANU #Taiwan Update explores President Lai’s administration and implications on international affairs, #MeToo Movement, social welfare for Indigenous Elders, migrant workers, and telling Taiwan’s story from western perspectives. REGISTER: bit.ly/3AipuUg

If you are interested in the alignment strategies of smaller states & middle powers in US-China rivalry, don’t miss Professor Kuik’s lecture at the Australian Centre on China in the World tomorrow.

Those who are supporting the like-minded people are braving pressure, risks, and fear in this journey. Let’s do our part. 🙏 #YellowEconomicCircle

On 18 October, I'll be discussing China's approach to the global governance of sovereign debt restructuring ANUBellSchool. Many thanks to Amy King for the invitation! If you're in the nation's capital come and check it out. bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/explaini…

Drawing connections from the Sunflower Movement (ten years ago) to the recent Bluebird Movement, Brian Hioe 丘琦欣 reflects on how social movement history is documented and passed down in #Taiwan, with a closer look at film and TV adaptations. REGISTER: bit.ly/3z7VXMK

An IR masterclass by Prof. Kuik. I admit that I've blind spots in understanding the ASEAN states' alignment strategies. It's well-noted that ASEAN states don't want to take sides. I'm wondering could individual states' gains from hedging cause the whole region's loss?

I bought four boxes of mooncake from AsOne. Hope more like-minded ppl could support the outlet’s endeavour! #YellowEconomicCircle

Prof. Ma Ngok's article on Hong Kong's last democratic District Council election in Journal of Civil Society. Based on 50 interviews with former councillors, it analyses how the DC changed the nature of local politics in 2020-2021. Open access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

China handed a nine-year prison term to a Taiwanese political activist convicted of “separatism”, a rare sentence that prompted #Taiwan to warn its people about the dangers of travelling across the strait. straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia…