THIS WEEK
East Asia
China: European Parliament calls for sanctions of the European Council against Chinese human rights abusers
Japan: Ruling LDP loses lower house by-elections
Japan: Education ministry plans to reform elementary school teaching system
South Korea: Protest rally against Moon administration
Taiwan: KMT eyes waiver of party membership rules to pave way for the country’s wealthiest man’s presidential bid
South Asia
Sri Lanka: Suicide bomb attacks kill hundreds in churches and hotels
India: Chief Justice criticized for handling of sexual harassment allegations against himself
India: Election’s second phase kicked off as vote-buying allegations emerge
Bangladesh: Protests after the death of a student for reporting sexual abuse
Bangladesh: 3% conviction rate in cybercrime
Nepal: New Maoist conflicts and a slowdown in federalization
Southeast Asia
Indonesia’s polls unofficial results show Widodo and his coalition in lead
Singapore: Finance Minister named as Deputy PM
Singapore : Reflections on Asia’s most recent Anti-Fake News Bill
Thailand: New National Intelligence Act
Myanmar: Supreme court rejects Reuters’ reporters appeal
Myanmar: Over 9000 prisoners released under Thingyan Amnesty
IR & Geopolitics
China: Show of force at navy’s 70th anniversary celebration
China opposes US stop of sanction waiver for buyers of Iranian oil
China advances in rivaling US Global Positioning System (GPS)
India suspends cross-border trade with Pakistan in Kashmir
Ongoing confusion about corruption allegations surrounding French-Indian jet deal
Indian-Vietnamese military ties further deepened in joint exercise
Malaysia: Government agrees to revive China-backed Bandar Malaysia project
Thailand to sign cooperation agreement on Railway Connecting Line with China and Laos; Myanmar sees protest against China-backed Myitsone mega-dam project
Indonesian MoD signs contract with South Korea for three more submarines
Rodolfo Severino, former ASEAN secretary-general, passes away at 82
Asia in Review Special Feature: Eurasia’s Geopolitical Outlook for 2019
Asia in Review brings you this analysis by Henning Glaser of the geopolitical landscape from West Europe to Northeast Asia as an increasingly integrating ‘supercontinent’ Eurasia
Analyses
The Venezulean Crisis and Its Eurasian Implications
Henning Glaser, Director, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG)
One Belt One Road and its Strategic Implications
Major General (ret.) Ashok Hukku, former Chief Military Intelligence Advisor in the Cabinet Secretariat at New Delhi, India
US–Taiwan–PRC Relations: A brief history of US policy towards Taiwan
Jan Kliem, Senior Program Officer and Researcher, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG)
White Warships, Little Blue Men, and Looming Conflict in the East China Sea – China’s “Short, Sharp War” For The Senkakus
James E. Fanell, Government Fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), and Kerry K. Gershaneck, Senior Research Associate, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy & Good Governance
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EDITORS
Henning Glaser
Jan Kliem
Duc Quang Ly
Lasse Schuldt
Zachary Frye
