Lowy: Weaving webs of statecraft in the Pacific Islands
Gaining influence in the region is about tools and techniques, not just the actors.
Lowy: Mixed report card: China’s influence at the United Nations
China is of growing importance to the UN system, and Beijing is aiming to capitalise on this influence at the world body.
The Lowy Institute: Unpacking China’s Global Development Initiative
Red flags should be flying about Beijing’s latest challenge to the international development agenda.
The Lowy Institute: New Caledonia: Not either/or when it comes to France and China
It’s time that Nouméa makes up its own mind on partners and friends when so many players have an opinion.
Lowy Institute: China’s education diplomacy in Central Asia
Once upon a time, parents in Central Asia sent their children to Moscow or St Petersburg for higher education. Now, some of them are opting... MORE
Lowry Institute: The Unfinished Chinese Civil War
John Culver, a former U.S. diplomat, makes the case that framing China's options against Taiwan as being either peace or invasion is a dangerous oversimplification.... MORE
