Publications
The Institute for Security and Development Policy regularly issues a variety of publications ranging from shorter Policy Briefs to more comprehensive studies in its Asia and Silk Road Papers series. Explore the different series below.
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Japan’s Energy Security in the Persian Gulf: Caught Between New and Old Challenges
The goal of this paper is to investigate the evolution of Japan’s energy strategy in the Persian Gulf and understand how intra-Asian competition for business opportunities in the region can […]
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EU-Taiwan Semiconductor Supply Chain: Resilience amid the Digital and Green Transition
As the European Union (EU) sets ambitious goals of maximizing a ‘Digital Decade’ through its Digital Transition plan and attaining carbon neutrality in its Green Transition plan, technology becomes the […]
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Strategic Trade Dynamics: Unpacking De-risking and De-coupling in EU-China Relations
What goes on between the EU and China is of vital significance to global trade and our efforts to provide economic stability. Right now, the EU-China trade relationship could be […]
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South Korea’s Road to Carbon Neutrality: Solutions and Obstacles
Globally, energy security policies are gaining prominence as geopolitical tensions and climate concerns intersect. The escalating impacts of climate change, evident through extreme weather events like heatwaves, heavy snowfall, typhoons, […]
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Two Tines, One Fork: China’s De-dollarisation and Bond Issuance Drive Economic Independence
I wrote earlier this week about China’s announcement of a huge sale of ultralong bonds (Iselin, 2024), and the implications of that sale in geostrategic terms. And already we have […]
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Beyond Debt: How China’s Ultralong Bonds Could Reshape Global Geopolitics
In a bid to revitalize its sluggish economy, China has announced the sale of $140 billion in ultralong bonds. This financial manoeuvre is set in a context marked by declining […]
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Taiwan’s Energy Transition: Opportunities for Collaboration with Sweden and the EU
Taiwan has a moment now to define its future energy development. As an island nation with limited natural resources, Taiwan has historically relied heavily on imported energy sources, a practice […]
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Jagannath Panda: “India’s INSTC Commitment Is Not Reliant on Western Endorsement”
Interview conducted by Ilya Roubanis, Caucasus Watch The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is a 7,200km mostly overland network stretching from India to Russia, via Azerbaijan and Iran, branching […]
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EU-Thailand FTA Negotiations: IUU Fishing and Human Rights Remain Obstacles
Thailand’s fishing industry, which at its height saw as many as 200,000 migrant workers from neighboring Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia caught in a brutal system of abuse, withered global criticism […]
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Can UAE become an Indo-Pacific Sea Power?
Amidst the intensified race over connectivity in the Indo-Pacific in a competitive infrastructure marketplace, the UAE is positioning itself to play an important role through strategic investments in ports abroad […]