| This week, we welcome Maima Koro to the APLN network. Manpreet Sethi elaborates on how Asia-Pacific nations view the evolving US-China relationship and the long-term roles they hope these two major powers will play in the region, and we provide details about our upcoming webinar on the same topic.
As always, we share recent activities from our network, including analysis on Australia’s stance regarding the TPNW, India-China relations, Indonesian foreign policy, and more. |
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| APLN is pleased to welcome Maima Koro as our newest network member. She is the Pacific Research Fellow and academic co-lead of the Regional Perspectives research collaboration between the University of Adelaide and Pacific partners, funded by the Defence, Science and Technology Group.
Maima has over 20 years of international development experience in the Pacific at both national and regional levels. She is also pursuing PhD studies, focusing on the intersection of security and development in Pacific communities. Her research interests include Pacific security, geopolitics, and development. |
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| Manpreet Sethi explores how Asia-Pacific nations perceive the evolving US-China relationship and the roles they hope these powers will play in the region, highlighting diverse perspectives that range from support for US primacy to calls for a multipolar order. She argues that both the US and China should align their actions with their stated intentions, and that regional actors like ASEAN should better leverage their collective strength to ensure multipolarity. |
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| Join us on October 29th at 10am KST for a webinar examining how Asia-Pacific states view the China-US relationship and the long-term roles they wish China and the United States would play in the region. Two of the report authors, Manpreet Sethi and Joel Petersson-Ivre will introduce the report, and discuss its findings with Zack Cooper, Melissa Conley-Tyler, and Yu Tiejun. The discussion will be moderated by APLN Policy Fellow Tanvi Kulkarni. |
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APLN has over 150 members from 22 countries in the Asia-Pacific.
Each week we feature their latest contributions
to global and regional security debates.
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| Marianne Hanson, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland, writes for Pearls and Irritations on Indonesia’s decision to ratify the TPNW, arguing that Australia would be more in sync with its region by signing the treaty. |
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| Rakesh Sood, former Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Afghanistan and France, writes on recent China-India border conflicts and examines the two recent crises, the Doklam crisis of 2017 and the Galwan crisis of 2020, exploring the role of nuclear deterrence as these unfolded. |
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| Huong Le Thu, Asia Program Deputy Director at the International Crisis Group, points out that middle powers in the Asia-Pacific region, such as Singapore, Australia, and Vietnam, are increasingly asserting themselves in international affairs, leveraging their unique positions to navigate great power rivalries while pursuing their national interests. |
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| Dewi Fortuna Anwar, Research Professor at the Research Center for Politics-Indonesian Institute of Sciences, will join an event hosted by the Quincy Institute to discuss how US-Indonesia relations might shift under Prabowo’s presidency, how Jakarta and ASEAN could respond to future regional conflicts, and what Indonesia’s rise means for the growing importance of the Global South in US foreign policy. |
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