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Can Hong Kong still be a global financial centre in the post National Security Law era? More: bit.ly/4giGA3B

Global defence spending reached USD2.46 trillion in 2024, up from USD2.24 trillion in 2023. Real-terms growth rose to 7.4% in 2024 compared to 6.5% in 2023 and 3.5% in 2022. All regions, bar Sub-Saharan Africa, grew in real terms in 2024. FREE TO READ #MilitaryBalance 2025 |

CFP: The Association of Southeast Asian Studies (Association of Southeast Asian Studies (ASEAS)) is accepting proposals for it “ASEAS International PhD Workshop 2025” App Deadline: Feb. 28 Conference: May 20-21 (Srinakharinwirot University) tinyurl.com/emre7dc2

** SAVE THE DATE ** Similar to last year, we’re planning a workshop at Sydney University under the leadership of Sarah G. Phillips and Minglu Chen on Tuesday 8th July on the sidelines of the OCIS conference. Stay tuned for details!

The US is reviving nationality-based immigration restrictions, sorting countries into arbitrary "red, “orange," “yellow,” and "green" lists. This echoes the worst of the National Origins Act—discriminatory, bureaucratic, and unjust. America should stand for equal opportunity, not

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Myanmar is China’s top source of raw rare earth elements. As conflict threatens that supply chain, Beijing is moving more directly to intervene in Myanmar’s civil war. buff.ly/lC6VagB

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Cornell Consortium Receives $1M Luce Grant to Bolster Southeast Asian Studies The GETSEA consortium, led by Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program (SEAP), has been awarded a $1 million grant by the Henry Luce Foundation (Henry Luce Foundation). Read more: einaudi.cornell.edu/discover/news/…

China’s internal security agencies are reaching beyond its borders to engage with regional and global partners with a focus on non-military security cooperation. Isaac B. Kardon, Sheena Chestnut Greitens, and Cameron Walz analyze this arm of China’s foreign security policy:

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