ISDP Voices

A plan for a maritime corridor between Chennai in India and Vladivostok in Russia was recently formalized through a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) between the Indian Ministry of Shipping and Russia’s Ministry of Transport. Upon coming into effect, the route is expected to pass through the disputed South China Sea (and several other security hotspots), […]

The long-awaited Fourth Plenum of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded on October 31, after four days of deliberations in Beijing. The closed-door session, which was attended by the 202 full members and 169 alternative members, was convened after a 20-month hiatus, the longest gap in recent decades. Coming […]

While demonstrations in Hong Kong have grown in scope and intensity this summer, little attention has been paid to China’s other former European colony turned Special Administrative Region (SAR); Macau. Much has been made of the many anniversaries China is marking this year, whose political leaders are very conscious of political symbolism: 100 years since […]