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Indo-Pacific | Security | Cyber | Geopolitics | Climate | Diplomacy | People | Culture | IR |
www.9dashline.com
'For the first time in years, Ottawa is treating the Indo-Pacific not as a region of opportunities to sample but as a theatre in which it must choose where to invest' www.9dashline.com/article/cana... | by Jonathan Berkshire Miller
9DASHLINE — Canada and the Philippines: A fast-rising security partnership reshaping Ottawa's Indo-Pacific posture
Written by Jonathan Berkshire Miller. For the first time in years, Ottawa is treating the Indo-Pacific not as a region of opportunities to sample but as a theatre in which it must choose where to inve...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
'For the first time in years, Ottawa is treating the Indo-Pacific not as a region of opportunities to sample but as a theatre in which it must choose where to invest' www.9dashline.com/article/cana... | by Jonathan Berkshire Miller
'Although the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 aspires to build a “resilient, innovative, dynamic, and people-centred ASEAN,” the organisation has instead constructed a regional order defined by authoritarian solidarity from above.' www.9dashline.com/article/peop... | by Yatana Yamahata
9DASHLINE — People for democracy, States for impunity: Competing transnational solidarities in Southeast Asia
Written by Yatana Yamahata. Solidarity among Southeast Asians has strengthened pro-democracy movements across the region and, in doing so, fostered a sense of shared regional identity. ASEAN, however,...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
'Although the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 aspires to build a “resilient, innovative, dynamic, and people-centred ASEAN,” the organisation has instead constructed a regional order defined by authoritarian solidarity from above.' www.9dashline.com/article/peop... | by Yatana Yamahata
"More can and should be done to deter, protect from, and respond to Chinese cyberattacks. If leveraged appropriately, the Quad can offer a powerful counter to China’s growing cyber threats" www.9dashline.com/article/enha... | by Kristina Lozinskaya
9DASHLINE — Enhancing the Quad’s cybersecurity cooperation to counter Chinese cyberattacks
Written by Kristina Lozinskaya. More can and should be done to deter, protect from, and respond to Chinese cyberattacks. If leveraged appropriately, the Quad can offer a powerful counter to China’s gr...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"More can and should be done to deter, protect from, and respond to Chinese cyberattacks. If leveraged appropriately, the Quad can offer a powerful counter to China’s growing cyber threats" www.9dashline.com/article/enha... | by Kristina Lozinskaya
"If the US cannot uphold the rules it once championed or at least offer an alternative, it will see itself a bit player and ultimately of less importance to Southeast Asia’s future" www.9dashline.com/article/desp... | by @hmarston.bsky.social
9DASHLINE — Despite Trump’s red carpet visit, Washington holds a weak hand in Southeast Asia
Written by Dr. Hunter Marston. With the Trump administration fixated on bilateral trade deals with individual countries, rather than the large multilateral trade deals that have shaped the region’s ec...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"If the US cannot uphold the rules it once championed or at least offer an alternative, it will see itself a bit player and ultimately of less importance to Southeast Asia’s future" www.9dashline.com/article/desp... | by @hmarston.bsky.social
"ASEAN’s future will not be determined by declarations or summit communiqués. It will hinge on whether the organisation can transcend the comfort of paralysis and confront the contradictions that sustain it" www.9dashline.com/article/asea... | by Aniello Iannone
9DASHLINE — ASEAN, Myanmar, and the crisis of regionalism: Between centrality and irrelevance
Written by Aniello Iannone. ASEAN’s future will not be determined by declarations or summit communiqués. It will hinge on whether the organisation can transcend the comfort of paralysis and confront t...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"ASEAN’s future will not be determined by declarations or summit communiqués. It will hinge on whether the organisation can transcend the comfort of paralysis and confront the contradictions that sustain it" www.9dashline.com/article/asea... | by Aniello Iannone
The Navigator’s October issue — out now!
This month we examine:
• Australia–PNG’s Pukpuk Treaty — where shared identity is redefining defence
• IMF–World Bank & Global South autonomy
Stay ahead with our regional roundup.
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This month we examine:
• Australia–PNG’s Pukpuk Treaty — where shared identity is redefining defence
• IMF–World Bank & Global South autonomy
Stay ahead with our regional roundup.
Read here: 9dashline.substack.com/p/the-naviga...
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THE NAVIGATOR
Welcome to the October edition of The Navigator. Alongside our usual roundup of regional developments, this month’s features examine the contrasting models of sovereignty shaping the Indo-Pacific’s ev...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The Navigator’s October issue — out now!
This month we examine:
• Australia–PNG’s Pukpuk Treaty — where shared identity is redefining defence
• IMF–World Bank & Global South autonomy
Stay ahead with our regional roundup.
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This month we examine:
• Australia–PNG’s Pukpuk Treaty — where shared identity is redefining defence
• IMF–World Bank & Global South autonomy
Stay ahead with our regional roundup.
Read here: 9dashline.substack.com/p/the-naviga...
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"Jakarta... seeks to de-escalate tensions on the peninsula by keeping dialogue alive, even with an isolated Pyongyang, while simultaneously deepening cooperation with a democratic Seoul and its Western allies" www.9dashline.com/article/bala... | by Geo Dzakwan Arshali
9DASHLINE — Balancing the peninsula: Indonesia’s diplomacy between the two Koreas
Written by Geo Dzakwan Arshali. Jakarta has never been aimless in its approach to the Koreas — it seeks to de-escalate tensions on the peninsula by keeping dialogue alive, even with an isolated Pyongy...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Jakarta... seeks to de-escalate tensions on the peninsula by keeping dialogue alive, even with an isolated Pyongyang, while simultaneously deepening cooperation with a democratic Seoul and its Western allies" www.9dashline.com/article/bala... | by Geo Dzakwan Arshali
"Without a cadre of China specialists embedded across government and academia, Jakarta risks responding to events rather than shaping them" www.9dashline.com/article/beyo... | by Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat
9DASHLINE — Beyond symbolism: Why Indonesia needs China expertise to match its ambition
Written by Dr Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat. Indonesia’s foreign service, though respected in ASEAN, has not fully kept pace with the demands of a world where China is central to trade, technology, and se...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
"Without a cadre of China specialists embedded across government and academia, Jakarta risks responding to events rather than shaping them" www.9dashline.com/article/beyo... | by Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat
"This agreement is less a stabilising alliance than a strategic gamble — one that risks drawing Pakistan into conflicts beyond its capacity while further complicating the already turbulent geopolitical landscape of South Asia and the Middle East" www.9dashline.com/article/saud... | by Imran Khurshid
9DASHLINE — Saudi–Pakistan strategic defence agreement: A dangerous gamble with regional consequences
Written by Dr Imran Khurshid. In the end, this agreement is less a stabilising alliance than a strategic gamble — one that risks drawing Pakistan into conflicts beyond its capacity, while further comp...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"This agreement is less a stabilising alliance than a strategic gamble — one that risks drawing Pakistan into conflicts beyond its capacity while further complicating the already turbulent geopolitical landscape of South Asia and the Middle East" www.9dashline.com/article/saud... | by Imran Khurshid
"Without institutional mechanisms that both parties accept as legitimate and binding, border disputes remain vulnerable to escalation and external intervention whenever domestic political pressures or regional tensions rise" www.9dashline.com/article/five... | by Chhay Lim and Chandarith Neak
9DASHLINE — Five days that shook ASEAN: How the Cambodia-Thailand border clash became a superpower showdown
Written by Chhay Lim and Chandarith Neak. Without institutional mechanisms that both parties accept as legitimate and binding, border disputes remain vulnerable to escalation and external intervention...
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October 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Without institutional mechanisms that both parties accept as legitimate and binding, border disputes remain vulnerable to escalation and external intervention whenever domestic political pressures or regional tensions rise" www.9dashline.com/article/five... | by Chhay Lim and Chandarith Neak
"These commemorations are not merely symbolic; they are integral to a broader campaign to cultivate national resolve, readiness, and loyalty to both party and state" www.9dashline.com/article/vict... | by Vincent K. L. Chang.
9DASHLINE — Victory and sacrifice: The dual message behind China’s commemorations
Written by Vincent K.L. Chang. China and the United States should be willing to make concessions; treating compromises not as a sign of weakness, but as strategic wisdom. The rest of the world should ...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"These commemorations are not merely symbolic; they are integral to a broader campaign to cultivate national resolve, readiness, and loyalty to both party and state" www.9dashline.com/article/vict... | by Vincent K. L. Chang.
The Navigator’s September issue - out now
This month we spotlight Beijing’s use of Martyrs’ Day as a tool of loyalty & resolve, and how domestic instability across the Indo-Pacific is constraining states amid intensifying great power rivalry.
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This month we spotlight Beijing’s use of Martyrs’ Day as a tool of loyalty & resolve, and how domestic instability across the Indo-Pacific is constraining states amid intensifying great power rivalry.
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THE NAVIGATOR
Welcome to the September edition of The Navigator. Alongside our usual roundup of developments this month, we spotlight the mounting pressures reshaping the Indo-Pacific: Beijing’s use of Martyrs’ Day...
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September 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Navigator’s September issue - out now
This month we spotlight Beijing’s use of Martyrs’ Day as a tool of loyalty & resolve, and how domestic instability across the Indo-Pacific is constraining states amid intensifying great power rivalry.
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This month we spotlight Beijing’s use of Martyrs’ Day as a tool of loyalty & resolve, and how domestic instability across the Indo-Pacific is constraining states amid intensifying great power rivalry.
Read here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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"Without CBRs, Pacific Islands face reduced financial inclusion and slower development. For the US, it risks pushing the region toward central bank digital currencies and de-dollarisation; a trend that could weaken US financial influence" www.9dashline.com/article/navi... | by Jemima Holborow
9DASHLINE — Navigating partnerships: The Trump administration meets the Blue Pacific
Written by Jemima Holborow. Without CBRs, Pacific Islands face reduced financial inclusion and slower development. For the US, it risks pushing the region toward central bank digital currencies and de...
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September 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Without CBRs, Pacific Islands face reduced financial inclusion and slower development. For the US, it risks pushing the region toward central bank digital currencies and de-dollarisation; a trend that could weaken US financial influence" www.9dashline.com/article/navi... | by Jemima Holborow
New episode 🎙️
In conjunction with the European Parliament in ASEAN
Stefania Benaglia joins @zsuzsettte.bsky.social and @richheydarian.bsky.social to discuss the recent SCO summit, focusing on India’s strategic role and evolving EU–ASEAN dynamics.
Listen here 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6FCy...
In conjunction with the European Parliament in ASEAN
Stefania Benaglia joins @zsuzsettte.bsky.social and @richheydarian.bsky.social to discuss the recent SCO summit, focusing on India’s strategic role and evolving EU–ASEAN dynamics.
Listen here 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6FCy...
September 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
New episode 🎙️
In conjunction with the European Parliament in ASEAN
Stefania Benaglia joins @zsuzsettte.bsky.social and @richheydarian.bsky.social to discuss the recent SCO summit, focusing on India’s strategic role and evolving EU–ASEAN dynamics.
Listen here 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6FCy...
In conjunction with the European Parliament in ASEAN
Stefania Benaglia joins @zsuzsettte.bsky.social and @richheydarian.bsky.social to discuss the recent SCO summit, focusing on India’s strategic role and evolving EU–ASEAN dynamics.
Listen here 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6FCy...
"Ultimately, what Italy’s engagement with Malaysia demonstrates is that European middle powers can establish themselves as credible partners if they play to their strengths" www.9dashline.com/article/ital... | by Emanuele Ballestracci
9DASHLINE — Italy–Malaysia relations: A cornerstone of Rome’s Indo-Pacific engagement
Written by Emanuele Ballestracci. Italy cannot rival the hard-power presence of France or the UK, nor does it aspire to. Instead, it has constructed a pathway based on economic cooperation, private-se...
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September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"Ultimately, what Italy’s engagement with Malaysia demonstrates is that European middle powers can establish themselves as credible partners if they play to their strengths" www.9dashline.com/article/ital... | by Emanuele Ballestracci
"Perhaps counter-intuitively, only an approach less concerned with morals and more with pragmatic engagement can pave the way for the EU to spread its values in the Indo-Pacific" www.9dashline.com/article/the-... | by Angelo M'BA
9DASHLINE — The European Union needs a more pragmatic foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific
Written by Angelo M’BA. Perhaps counter-intuitively, only an approach less concerned with morals and more with pragmatic engagement can pave the way for the EU to spread its values in the Indo-Pacific.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"Perhaps counter-intuitively, only an approach less concerned with morals and more with pragmatic engagement can pave the way for the EU to spread its values in the Indo-Pacific" www.9dashline.com/article/the-... | by Angelo M'BA
"While dealing with the military-backed government may assist Trump in reaching short-term agreements, constant disorder and popular uprisings will make it impossible for the benefits of such agreements to ever be felt." www.9dashline.com/article/trum... | by Marcus Andreopoulos
9DASHLINE — Trump’s Pakistan deal risks neglecting the plight of Imran Khan
Written by Marcus Andreopoulos. While dealing with the military-backed government may assist Trump in reaching short-term agreements, constant disorder and popular uprisings will make it impossible fo...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"While dealing with the military-backed government may assist Trump in reaching short-term agreements, constant disorder and popular uprisings will make it impossible for the benefits of such agreements to ever be felt." www.9dashline.com/article/trum... | by Marcus Andreopoulos
The Navigator’s August issue is out now.
This month we spotlight India’s growing partnership with the Philippines on maritime cooperation, and New Zealand’s growing role in space.
Plus, our roundup of regional developments.
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This month we spotlight India’s growing partnership with the Philippines on maritime cooperation, and New Zealand’s growing role in space.
Plus, our roundup of regional developments.
Read here: 9dashline.substack.com/p/the-naviga...
Subscribe now!
THE NAVIGATOR
Welcome to the August edition of The Navigator. Alongside our usual roundup of developments this month, we spotlight emerging strategies reshaping the Indo-Pacific: India’s partnership with the Philip...
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August 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Navigator’s August issue is out now.
This month we spotlight India’s growing partnership with the Philippines on maritime cooperation, and New Zealand’s growing role in space.
Plus, our roundup of regional developments.
Read here: 9dashline.substack.com/p/the-naviga...
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This month we spotlight India’s growing partnership with the Philippines on maritime cooperation, and New Zealand’s growing role in space.
Plus, our roundup of regional developments.
Read here: 9dashline.substack.com/p/the-naviga...
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"The ball now is in China’s court, forcing it to consider how aggressive maritime postures invite collective action by less-powerful adversaries who bridge and compound their military capacities" shorturl.at/rAMkB | by Eerishika Pankaj and Rahul Karan Reddy
9DASHLINE — Drawing a new India-Philippines arc of maritime convergence
Written by Eerishika Pankaj and Rahul Karan Reddy. The concern Beijing has with an India-Philippines strategic partnership lies in its signalling of the rise of layered, maritime-centric, military co...
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August 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"The ball now is in China’s court, forcing it to consider how aggressive maritime postures invite collective action by less-powerful adversaries who bridge and compound their military capacities" shorturl.at/rAMkB | by Eerishika Pankaj and Rahul Karan Reddy
"By expanding its presence in northern Myanmar, China not only reinforces its dominant position in the global REE supply chain but also strengthens its capacity to use REEs as geopolitical leverage at the negotiating table — both as a carrot and a stick" shorturl.at/JFTSF | by Ophelia Yumlembam
9DASHLINE — China's dominance in Myanmar's rare earth resources: A growing risk for global supply chains
Written by Ophelia Yumlembam. Given the Quad’s and the EU’s ongoing efforts to build resilient and diversified critical mineral supply chains, a more proactive and coordinated approach with other like...
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August 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"By expanding its presence in northern Myanmar, China not only reinforces its dominant position in the global REE supply chain but also strengthens its capacity to use REEs as geopolitical leverage at the negotiating table — both as a carrot and a stick" shorturl.at/JFTSF | by Ophelia Yumlembam
"Korea and Japan now have an opportunity to redefine their roles — not as competing spokes but as co-architects of a trilateral framework that can anchor stability in the Indo-Pacific" shorturl.at/z2AbM | by Yun Kyung Kim
9DASHLINE — From Momentum to architecture: Making trilateralism work for Korea, Japan, and the United States
Written by Yun Kyung Kim. Korea and Japan now have an opportunity to redefine their roles — not as competing spokes but as co-architects of a trilateral framework that can anchor stability in the Indo...
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August 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"Korea and Japan now have an opportunity to redefine their roles — not as competing spokes but as co-architects of a trilateral framework that can anchor stability in the Indo-Pacific" shorturl.at/z2AbM | by Yun Kyung Kim
"Global digital finance will also increasingly become entangled with broader structures of major power competition, particularly in the Indo-Pacific" shorturl.at/lxi3S | by Andrew Gordan
9DASHLINE — The fight for the future of global digital payments
Written by Andrew Gordan. Global digital finance will also increasingly become entangled with broader structures of major power competition, particularly in the Indo-Pacific. Anxiety about Chinese eco...
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August 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"Global digital finance will also increasingly become entangled with broader structures of major power competition, particularly in the Indo-Pacific" shorturl.at/lxi3S | by Andrew Gordan
"Non-ratification of the EEZ agreement to appease Chinese preferences would amount to de facto recognition of the Nine-Dash Line claim" shorturl.at/28395 | by John Bradford and Aristyo R. Darmawan.
9DASHLINE — Ratifying the Indonesia-Vietnam EEZ maritime delimitation agreement serves national and regional best interests
Written by Aristyo Rizka Darmawan and John Bradford. Ratification of the EEZ agreement provides a good opportunity for Indonesia to clarify its position by denying the validity of China’s Nine-Dash Li...
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August 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Non-ratification of the EEZ agreement to appease Chinese preferences would amount to de facto recognition of the Nine-Dash Line claim" shorturl.at/28395 | by John Bradford and Aristyo R. Darmawan.
"India’s position as a global leader on climate adaptation and sustainable development, especially as the voice of the global south, could be undermined by any perception of using water coercively" shorturl.at/bNjfm | by @faamer.bsky.social
9DASHLINE — The Indus Waters Treaty: South Asia’s most durable accord faces a tough test
Written by Farwa Aamer. India’s position as a global leader on climate adaptation and sustainable development, especially as the voice of the global south, could be undermined by any perception of usi...
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August 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"India’s position as a global leader on climate adaptation and sustainable development, especially as the voice of the global south, could be undermined by any perception of using water coercively" shorturl.at/bNjfm | by @faamer.bsky.social
"Japan and other US allies must strengthen ties with Southeast Asian countries to address US retrenchment, positioning themselves as credible alternatives for countries seeking to avoid over-reliance on China" shorturl.at/C9Kz5 by Shin Kawashima.
9DASHLINE — Japan and Cambodia: Partners in a diplomatic balancing act
Written by Shin Kawashima. Japan and other US allies must strengthen ties with Southeast Asian countries to address US retrenchment, positioning themselves as credible alternatives for countries seeki...
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August 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Japan and other US allies must strengthen ties with Southeast Asian countries to address US retrenchment, positioning themselves as credible alternatives for countries seeking to avoid over-reliance on China" shorturl.at/C9Kz5 by Shin Kawashima.