Rise of Low-End Urban Terrorism
The recent London Bridge attack underscores two major trends: IS terrorists are targeting civilians in the main Western cities and they are using low-tech methods like vehicle ramming and stabbing.
Security,China
China and US Forge Common Stance against Terrorism
The US has asked China to step up their efforts in combating terrorism. It is leveraging on China’s own national interests in fighting terrorism as a self-motivated incentive for the Chinese government to ramp up its security efforts against terror groups.
Security,Cyberspace,East Asia
An Electronic and Cyber Warfare Doctrine to Contain North Korea’s Provocations
Politics,Security,South Asia
GCC Rift Eases India’s Arab Muslim Headaches, At Least For Now
Politics,Security,Hotspots
Security,Southeast Asia
The Role of Mutual Respect in Improving Cambodia-Thailand Relations
The relations between Cambodia and Thailand can be appropriately labelled as a love-hate relationship. Given their current political, economic and diplomatic relations, both countries can enhance their generally troubled relationship through a reciprocal exchange of mutual respect.
Politics,Security
The Shangri-La Dialogue: Fundamental South China Sea Questions Left Unanswered
Defense ministers, officials and analysts flocked to the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore to hear the US and its allies bash China, who wisely sent a relatively low-level delegation. Lost in the bluster and bravado were fundamental questions regarding the strategic future of Asia.
Security,Hotspots
Who Will Fire the First Shot in the South China Sea?
China and ASEAN agreed to a framework for the Code of Conduct on the South China Sea in May 2017. Hopefully, after this agreement, none of the claimants or concerned sea-powers would need to fire the first shot.
Security,Southeast Asia
The Siege of Marawi and the Declaration of Martial Law over Mindanao
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has publicly declared that he is taking a hardline stance in law enforcement after Islamic radicals torched building structures and took human hostages in the southern city of Marawi.
Security,Cyberspace
The Global Ransomware Outbreak and the Challenge for Cybersovereignty
Among the victims were Renault and Federal Express, UK hospitals, Chinese universities, Russia’s Ministry of Interior, and Spanish telecommunications and energy companies. The efforts of countries like China to impose law and order on the internet are likely to see an urgent boost.
Security,East Asia
The Threat of a Nuclear War Today
With 14,900 nuclear weapons in the world, Global Zero reports that “even a minor nuclear conflict — one that uses only a fraction of the nuclear weapons currently in existence — could wreak havoc on the global climate and affect billions of people.”
Security,Hotspots,East Asia
Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in North Korea
Taking into consideration brief moments of hopeful peace in the past in the Korean Peninsula, there is a chance for peace in the current crisis and a return to the earlier state of functionalist constructivist cooperation if all stakeholders show the political will to do so.
Economy,Security,South Asia
The Murder of Mashal Khan and its Implications for the CPEC
The recent lynching of a university student in Pakistan who had been falsely accused of blasphemy highlights the fact that terrorist and separatist violence are not the sole security threats facing the successful completion of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
