“Thailand’s efforts to crack down on Cambodian scammers therefore came at a moment when bilateral relations were already fraught, and heightened the stakes of the mounting security stand-off at the border.”

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“Defence-industrial partnerships need to balance military modernisation needs, defence-partnership and alliance management as well as domestic technological capacity and policy infrastructure.”

Can they move across tiers?

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Tomorrow we are launching the Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment (APRSA) 2025!

This Dossier examines the deeper drivers, emerging trends and future trajectories of the key security challenges and policies shaping the Asia-Pacific👇

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With the ASEAN Summit starting today and the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue this weekend, my colleague Morgan Michaels and I discuss why and how the grouping needs a regional crisis-response architecture 👇🏻

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"The joint statement was a diplomatic victory for China. It gave away practically nothing while bilaterally strengthening its overall strategic position in the South China Sea and beyond."

Why and how 🇮🇩 is sleepwalking into strategic alignment with 🇨🇳👇

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🇮🇩 defence minister recently concluded a trip to 🇨🇳 and promised to expand defence engagements 👇🏻

Here’s the broader context why and how bilateral defence ties have been underwhelming thus far👉🏻 www.iiss.org/online-analy...