Indo-Pacific Monitor

11/01/2025

Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center: Construction Nearing Completion at Radiochemical Laboratory - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea

Recent commercial satellite imagery of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center ...

10/01/2025

The Prospect for US-Korea-Japan Trilateralism in a Second Trump Administration - Korea Economic Institute of America

Although the US-Korea-Japan trilateral relationship may face new challenges under the incoming Donald Trump administration, cooperation between the three countries will likely persist.

10/01/2025

Preparing the ASEAN Economic Community for a Securitised World | FULCRUM

To prepare for the ratcheting up of geoeconomic tensions, ASEAN members should seek strength in numbers and look to their own community to navigate difficult terrain in the coming years.

10/01/2025

As the UK government seeks greater engagement with China, a clearer strategy is crucial – and long overdue | Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank

While engaging with China’s leaders can be beneficial, it must be underpinned by a clear strategy to counter covert influence and manage the risks of economic and technological dependencies.

10/01/2025

Review: India's Southeast Asia Stakes and Foreign Policy Future

New book reveals how India should navigate its foreign policy challenges and opportunities in the Indo-Pacific and the wider world through a Vishwa Shastra.

10/01/2025

Trump’s tactics go global in Seoul chaos

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10/01/2025

Vietnam’s Just Energy Transition: Whose Justice?

Vietnam’s so-called Just Energy Transition Partnership is actually “enabling serious human rights harms by the Vietnam government.”

09/01/2025

Will China's policymakers grasp the nettle in 2025?

China needs a bold policy shift to confront its many challenges. 2024 was not the inflection point many had hoped for. Whither 2025?

09/01/2025

Japan PM struggles with both U.S. relations and China’s growing threats

Ishiba has to govern under the constant threat of a no-confidence vote that could see the opposition parties pull the rug out from under him if they ever choose to work together.

09/01/2025

210 hacks made on JAXA, other Japan targets by China group since 2019

The Chinese hacker group "MirrorFace" carried out 210 cyberattacks from 2019 to 2024 on Japanese organizations with the aim of obtaining information related the country's national security and advanced technology, Japan's National Police Agency says.

09/01/2025

2025: Elections, Asean and anniversaries

It's a long year ahead

08/01/2025

Moscow–Pyongyang partnership could derail Japan’s Indo-Pacific strategy

With support from Russia, a more technologically-advanced military and emboldened North Korea could force Tokyo to rethink its positioning in Northeast Asia.

08/01/2025

🇲🇾 Najib Razak is one step closer to going home

An update from Malaysia this week where my head is spinning. A ‘rare win’ for Najib Razak, report some. Though it seems to me that that bloke wins plenty for a man who has been convicted repeatedly. 

08/01/2025

Davy Crockett and the Boy Scouts: The Korean War and Mismanaging Protracted Conflict - War on the Rocks

Rick Landgraf talks with Andrew Forney, author of "Davy Crockett and the Boy Scouts: The Korean War and Mismanaging Protracted Conflict," featured in

07/01/2025

The South China Sea in 2025: More of the Same, Possibly Worse | FULCRUM https://fulcrum.sg/the-south-china-sea-in-2025-more-of-the-same-possibly-worse/

07/01/2025

Indonesia is admitted to the BRICS bloc of developing nations

Indonesia has been admitted as a full member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies. The group’s presiding country Brazil announced the addition on Monday.

07/01/2025

Quad Shadow in Active ASEAN Japan Month And Co-Creation Meet https://www.aseanwonk.com/p/quad-shadow-asean-japan-co-creation-meet-2025

Plus new year summit; nuclear talent race; mining shutdown; murky cyber law; energy retargeting; shifting digital regulation hoops and much, much more.

06/01/2025

Sentencing of Hong Kong democrats just the latest legal blow

The sentencing of 45 pro-democracy activists under the national security law marks another step in the slow death of Hong Kong’s democracy by a thousand legalistic cuts.