ARTICLES
Target of opportunity:Chinese Investment in Pakistan and the Kidnapping Threat
With a growing number of Chinese investment projects inprogress across the country, Julian Karssen examines the threat of kidnapping posed to Chinese nationals
With a growing number of Chinese investment projects inprogress across the country, Julian Karssen examines the threat of kidnapping posed to Chinese nationals
Islamic State-inspired kidnappings are increasingly likely in SoutheastAsia given the proliferation of affiliated militants and local sympathy for the group in the region, writes Mandira Bagwandeen.
Although the Abu Sayyaf Group has been weakened since the early 2000s, in a recent confrontation with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, in which the military sustained significant casualties, the ASG demonstrated that itremains a key security threat, writes Mandira Bagwandeen
Australian authorities foiled an elaborate plot to blow up an Etihad flight and release poisonous gas, highlighting the threat Australia-based Islamic State sympathisers, particularly radicalised individuals, pose to the country, writes Rob Attwell.
Two of the world's most financially secret jurisdictions are bowing to international pressure to increase transparency. But can they achieve this? And at what cost?
China has moved to align overseas investment more closely with government policy.
The kidnapping, and killing, of two Chinese nationals by Islamic State (IS) militants was a rare incident, but it renews fears about Chinese workers' safety in the volatile Balochistan province, writes Saif Islam.
The ongoing conflict in Marawi City highlights growing concerns regarding the cooperation between various Islamic State-aligned groups and an increasing number of foreign fighters in the region, writes Rob Attwell
The conviction of former Jakarta governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, on blasphemy charges has polarised Indonesian society along religious and ethnic lines, and has highlighted the power of divisive religious identity politics, writes Rob Attwell
Predictions of impending nuclear war between the two powers are overblown. The US is likely to pursue a rapprochement with China and will renew calls for economic sanctions in a bid to secure a diplomatic solution. As such, US policy under President Trump will be an intensification of Washington's existing North Korea strategy. Only in the long-term…
A recently released Islamic State (IS) propaganda video explicitly threatened to target China in future attacks. While the group's focus on China is concerning, the primary terrorism threat in China and to Chinese interests abroad will continue to be posed by transnational terrorist groups from Xinjiang Province. However, competition resulting from…
Recent high-profile kidnappings in Malaysia have highlighted the difficulty of combatingtransnational criminal gangs operating in the country, writes Rob Attwell.