Asia & Pacific Archives

Asia & Pacific

Stretching from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Rim, the Asia–Pacific holds the world’s fastest-growing economies and its most consequential rivalries. Regional cooperation deepens in some areas while maritime and technological competition intensifies in others. GCIRD studies these intersecting trends and their implications for global order.

The Battery Supply Chain as a New Geopolitical Battleground

July 8, 2026

Bougainville, New Caledonia and the Coming Struggle for Pacific Statehood

July 8, 2026

China’s submarine missile test and the struggle over Pacific security

July 8, 2026

China’s Carbon Statecraft and the Reordering of Global Industrial Power

June 30, 2026

Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab and the contest to reroute power between the Indian Ocean and Europe

Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab now form a single strategic theatre. Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Turkey and outside powers are competing over ports, pipelines, bases and transport corridors that could decide how energy, trade and military power move between Asia, Africa and Europe.

The Battery Supply Chain as a New Geopolitical Battleground

Bougainville, New Caledonia and the Coming Struggle for Pacific Statehood

China’s submarine missile test and the struggle over Pacific security

China’s Carbon Statecraft and the Reordering of Global Industrial Power

Security Without Command, Energy Without OPEC: China’s Strategy in the Persian Gulf

Four Futures of Work: How China Disrupts the Global AI Labor Framework

How Pope Leo XIV Redefines Vatican Political Interference

The Vatican no longer asks permission to speak; under Pope Leo XIV, it uses structural moral leverage to influence war, immigration, and sovereignty...

April 25, 2026

Strategic Alloys and Advanced Materials in Military Power: From Titanium and Superalloys to Hypersonics, High‑Entropy Alloys, and Circular Minerals

Titanium sponge, nickel superalloys, rare earth magnets, hypersonic ceramics, gallium, germanium, and forty more defense materials. China’s export controls, allied mine-to-magnet investments, and...

April 25, 2026

Four Futures of Work: How China Disrupts the Global AI Labor Framework

Three Western views on AI and jobs warn of collapse, gradual shift, or net creation. China operates on a fourth logic that treats...

April 25, 2026

The war imposed on Iran and its impact on ASEAN

Higher energy costs, shipping disruption, inflation, fiscal strain, and intensifying great-power pressure are reshaping ASEAN as the war imposed on Iran turns a...

April 22, 2026

The Hormuz Shock Is Reordering Energy Power

The disruption of the Strait of Hormuz is doing more than unsettling oil and gas markets. It is accelerating a strategic shift toward...

April 20, 2026

The Pacific’s Geoeconomic Exposure to the Persian Gulf Shock

The Pacific Island countries are not insulated from the war by distance. Their heavy dependence on imported fuel, limited storage, fragile shipping links,...

April 6, 2026

Inside the Iran Crisis: Escalation, Survival, Spillover

The Iran regional escalation is reshaping power balances across the Middle East and beyond. This in-depth analysis examines regime survival, proxy warfare, energy...

March 3, 2026

China’s Arctic Role in a Securitising Region

China is tempering its Arctic rhetoric, shifting from grand connectivity ambitions to climate-science messaging and selective partnership offers. But Nordic and EU governments...

February 24, 2026

Japan’s New Mandate and Asia’s Search for Balance

A decisive election mandate gives Tokyo rare political time to pursue domestic renewal and a more capable security posture. The central question is...

February 23, 2026

The Geopolitics of Digital Vulnerability

Cybersecurity depends on coordination. As institutional restructuring and strategic reprioritization reshape Washington’s posture, the resilience of the international cyber order is increasingly uncertain.

February 19, 2026

Asia & Pacific

The Battery Supply Chain as a New Geopolitical Battleground

Bougainville, New Caledonia and the Coming Struggle for Pacific Statehood

China’s submarine missile test and the struggle over Pacific security

China’s Carbon Statecraft and the Reordering of Global Industrial Power

Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab and the contest to reroute power between the Indian Ocean and Europe

The Battery Supply Chain as a New Geopolitical Battleground

Bougainville, New Caledonia and the Coming Struggle for Pacific Statehood

China’s submarine missile test and the struggle over Pacific security

China’s Carbon Statecraft and the Reordering of Global Industrial Power

Security Without Command, Energy Without OPEC: China’s Strategy in the Persian Gulf

Four Futures of Work: How China Disrupts the Global AI Labor Framework

How Pope Leo XIV Redefines Vatican Political Interference

Strategic Alloys and Advanced Materials in Military Power: From Titanium and Superalloys to Hypersonics, High‑Entropy Alloys, and Circular Minerals

Four Futures of Work: How China Disrupts the Global AI Labor Framework

The war imposed on Iran and its impact on ASEAN

The Hormuz Shock Is Reordering Energy Power

The Pacific’s Geoeconomic Exposure to the Persian Gulf Shock

Inside the Iran Crisis: Escalation, Survival, Spillover

China’s Arctic Role in a Securitising Region

Japan’s New Mandate and Asia’s Search for Balance

The Geopolitics of Digital Vulnerability

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