Can China ‘serve the foreign’?
Politics
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Simply limiting access to its large domestic market cannot be an effective geopolitical and foreign policy tool for India
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South Korea’s New Southern Policy (NSP) firmly establishes it as a key partner of ASEAN and India, and could widen its engagement across the Asia-Pacific
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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature initiative, the BRI, seems more problematic in light of COVID-19
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The decline in global freedom is an alarming trend exacerbated by the pandemic
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‘Dual circulation’ shifts emphasis from continued integration into the global economy to a more measured approach, and means the nature and terms of connectivity are back as a major policy variable
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India’s policy mess is often blamed on its politicians, but its experts and economists should be held accountable for their poor and unrealistic advice too
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The election of Joe Biden to the US presidency notwithstanding, Japan will need to maintain its more independent and activist foreign policy to protect its interests
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The change in the US administration augurs well for the global order as the world looks for direction
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The political implications aside, the coup could not have come at a worse time for an economy that was already struggling to cope with the impacts of the pandemic
