#SouthKorea’s #IndoPacific Strategy: A Ray of Hope or Losing Steam? nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-wat… Julie Yu-Wen Chen Richard Ghiasy ISDP HCSS - The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies YCAPS

Despite calls for de-risking, German investment in China is soaring - driven by carmakers Investment for the first half of 2024 was €7.3bn, compared with €6.5bn for the whole of 2023. ft.com/content/339ac2…

My book is now available for download as an open access book (free PDF). brill.com/display/title/…

Welcome to my online talk for Mahidol University tomorrow! 🇹🇭🇨🇳Topic: Restoration of Chinese Heritage Houses in Thailand: Conservation Model and Narratives 📆Date: 15 August 2024 🕒Time: 15.00-16.00 (BKK time) 🌎Online Via Zoom zoom.us/j/98434885450?… EUVIP_project

If you're looking for a postdoc and are willing to move to Japan, consider applying for a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan. I'd be happy to host someone doing historical IR. Deadline 30 Aug. jsps.go.jp/english/e-fell…

Yale Political Science is looking to hire! Multiple positions in International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Political Economy, open to specialization. Apply here by September 15th: apply.interfolio.com/151662 #PoliSciJobs

⁉️ What does the latest #NATO summit in Washington, D.C. reveal about the alliance’s ambitions in the #Indo-Pacific? 👉Zdeněk Rod dives into NATO's evolving role in the region, key summit takeaways, & efforts to contain China 🇨🇳. Read more HERE: ceias.eu/natos-expandin…

.⁦Bojan Pancevski⁩ take on Nordstream bombing. August is usually considered silly season for news, but these stories keep bubbling to the surface … wsj.com/world/europe/n…

Li Ka-shing's CK Group empire accelerates pivot to Europe s.nikkei.com/3Aqfg4e

Once Fumio Kishida steps down as Prime Minister of Japan next month, he can fulfill his lifelong dream: running a smoky okonomiyaki stall in Okonomimura, in the heart of his hometown, Hiroshima.

Nguzunguzu is the traditional figurehead affixed to canoes in the Solomon Islands. In this podcast, I talk to Rodolfo Maggio, senior researcher University of Helsinki about the dragon & the nguzunguzu-> relationship between China & Soloman Islands. newbooksnetwork.com/the-dragon-and… EUVIP_project

🎓 EUVIP member Alfred Gerstl, with Petra Alderman, Duncan McCargo, and James_Iocovozzi, published "All About China? (Mis)Reading Domestic Politics through a Great Power Lens", exploring Thai politics and the limits of great power realism 🇹🇭📘 zenodo.org/records/133125…

China’s ties with Vietnam are a diplomatic priority, Xi Jinping tells Tô Lâm on state visit – SCMP: ‘Lam is Vietnam’s first leader since its founding revolutionary Ho Chi Minh to visit China as president and party chief.’ scmp.com/news/china/dip…

原上海季风书园宣告，将在美国华盛顿特区“重生”，9月1日开业 mp.weixin.qq.com/s/bOni0cSRvJY2… “季风品味依旧，秉持独立立场，关注思想和未来，推崇自由与多元。书架上除了有大陆出版的社科人文书籍，还有台湾、香港出版的优质中文图书。英文书则聚焦于研究中国和亚洲问题的经典及新著。”

Vietnam's long-awaited first subway line will open in Ho Chi Minh City by the end of this year, although the delays that have plagued construction prompted Japanese company Hitachi to file for arbitration seeking payments from the city as costs pile up. eu1.hubs.ly/H0bW2yF0

What is #Nguzunguzu, and what does it reveal about the relationship between 🇨🇳 and the Solomon Islands? Julie Yu-Wen Chen and Rodolfo Maggio explore the dragon and Nguzunguzu symbols in the #NordicAsiaPodcast episode 👂 available also via #EUVIP website: euvip-project.com/podcasts

Reading about Nestorian Christians, once active across the Middle East, Central Asia, China and India. It's now known as the Assyrian Church of the East.

South Korea’s #IndoPacific Strategy: A Ray of Hope or Losing Steam? A new article by Jagannath Panda, 潘杰根 | Ph.D., Julie Yu-Wen Chen and Richard Ghiasy explains how #SouthKorea 🇰🇷 can rethink and strengthen 🤝 its relationships with regional allies: nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-wat… National Interest

Director for Europe-Asia Research Cooperation Jagannath Panda, 潘杰根 | Ph.D., argues that the EU and Australia must align on shared goals related to rules-based order in the #IndoPacific Read the brief below👇 tinyurl.com/49zyrf9k

Physical representations of diplomatic networks are important. The essays in this The Hague Journal of Diplomacy Forum relate embassy architectures to major historical events and decisions taken about architectural forms. Fresh Research + Free Access! brill.com/view/journals/…