Author: Gabriel Lane

Gabriel Lane

This article sheds light on how the unexpected rise in BRI financing fits into Beijing’s ‘small yet beautiful’ mantra. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has defined China’s relationship with…

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Gabriel Lane

India charts its own diplomatic course: How the conflict in the Middle East has exposed underlying tensions within The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation that threaten to undermine the regional bloc. When…

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Gabriel Lane

There has been much international media coverage of the humanitarian impact of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), particularly in the aftermath of the…

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Gabriel Lane

With the Trump administration reportedly preparing to announce further tariffs of up to 3,521% on solar panel imports from a quartet of Southeast Asian countries in the aftermath of The…

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Gabriel Lane

How the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ inertia in the face of geopolitical instability continues to undermine its effectiveness The 46th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)…

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Gabriel Lane

How China’s efforts to address its key strategic vulnerability continue to encounter obstacles despite billions of dollars of investment It has been over two decades since the then Chinese President,…

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