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Founded in 2005, Asia Centre is an independent research institute that holds debates and issues publications on matters relating to international, strategic, economic relations, as well as the political and social transformations underway in the Asia-Pacific region. At the crossroads of university research as well as public and private decision-making, Asia Centre researchers identify critical regional issues and analyse them in-depth, taking into consideration both local and global dimensions. Asia Centre’s programs are developed with a vast network of partners, companies and major specialist centres in Europe, North America and Asia. The Centre carries out joint operations with these groups, for a better interpretation of ideas and issues. The conclusions of these meetings, such as the results of the work carried out using original sources by our researchers, are widely distributed through the Centre’s publications as well as through international journals, books and media.

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G2: as simple as a phone call ?

4 April 2024 No Comments

PDF Jean-François Di Meglio shares a new analysis about the Sino-American discussion, April the 2nd. « April 2nd’s telephone call with president Joe Biden fortified the mutual tone of respect

[DiploMatrix Q1 2024] • Comparative analysis of the China-Philippines and China-Vietnam pairs • François Issard and Élodie Papin

11 March 2024 No Comments

PDF DiploMatrix ranks the Philippines in the top 10 countries with the highest tensions with China. In contrast to the deterioration in China-Philippines relations illustrated by the “DiploMatrix” tool, a

Security implications of Taiwan’s Presidential and Parliament Elections • Maëlle Lefèvre

18 January 2024 No Comments

PDF In her new brief, Maëlle Lefèvre, researcher at Asia Centre — and specialising in the Indo-Pacific region, Greater China, and more specifically China-Taiwan relations — delves into the security

CA 53 – A China reset in Northeast Asia – March 2015

A number of evolutions have characterized China’s direct Northeast Asian environment in 2013 and 2014. North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-un pursued a more assertive foreign and security policy, thereby isolating North Korea further; ties between China and South Korea warmed up quickly under Park Geun-hye; in Taiwan, the Kuomintang (KMT) suffered a stunning defeat at local elections last November, paving the way for a possible Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) victory at the next general elections; and relations with Japan recovered timidly after two very difficult years. The developments of each of those four relations remains uncertain but are crucial for Asia’s stability as a whole.

The latest issue of China Analysis, a collection of articles drawing on Chinese expert sources, deals with this issue. “A China reset in Northeast Asia” focuses on China’s relations with its four Northeast Asian neighbours. It underlines the necessity for China to rethink its regional foreign and security policy.

Summary

– A CHINA RESET IN NORTHEAST ASIA –

China and Japan: Two steps back, one step forward? (François Prayas)

Is Russia driving a wedge between North Korea and China? (Angela Stanzel)

China-South Korean relations: The best they have ever been (Antoine Bondaz)

Relations with Taiwan after the nine-in-one elections (Elizabeth Larus)