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This month, we examine EU engagement with the Taliban, where Chris Fitzgerald argues that efforts to curb irregular migration risk undermining the bloc's longstanding commitment to human rights and international law. As Europe weighs strategic pragmatism against its normative identity, Fitzgerald asks what is sacrificed when geopolitical priorities take precedence over democratic values.
Welcome to the June edition of The Navigator. This month’s brief examines Taiwan–Lithuania relations, where shared experiences of external pressure have driven closer political and tech cooperation. Five years on from Vilnius hosting Taiwan’s Representative Office, the relationship remains strongest politically, while delivering more limited economic outcomes — highlighting the challenge of…
Welcome to the May edition of The Navigator. This month highlights a defining trend across the Indo-Pacific: economic pressure and strategic competition are increasingly intertwined, as heatwaves, energy shocks, and supply-chain strain drive states to hedge more actively in a fragmented global order. This month’s feature examines Europe’s growing “strategic self-containment” in its China policy,…
Welcome to the April edition of The Navigator. Alongside our usual roundup of regional developments, this month’s features examine a system under sustained strain: as Middle East conflict drives energy shocks and exposes fragile supply chains, Indo-Pacific states navigate mounting constraints — hedging across partners, absorbing economic pressure, and exploring alternative routes such as the…
Welcome to the March edition of The Navigator. Alongside our usual roundup of regional developments, this month we examine a world under pressure: as conflict in the Middle East disrupts energy flows, Indo-Pacific states confront constrained choices, balancing neutrality, domestic stability, and external dependencies. From political resets in Nepal and Bangladesh to energy rationing in Sri Lanka…
Welcome to the February edition of The Navigator. Alongside our usual roundup of regional developments, this month’s features examine a hardening strategic landscape: as grey-zone drone incursions test Europe’s resolve, Indo-Pacific states grapple with contested political transitions and mounting internal pressures that complicate deterrence, resilience, and regional stability.
Welcome to the January edition of The Navigator. Alongside our usual roundup of regional developments, this month’s features examine an international order in rupture: across the Indo-Pacific, middle powers are hedging through overlapping, issue-based partnerships, even as Myanmar’s sham election exposes the limits of values-based realism in an increasingly pragmatic global landscape.
Welcome to the December edition of The Navigator. Alongside our usual roundup of regional developments, this month’s features examine an Indo-Pacific shaped by hybrid insecurity: as the United States retreats from development leadership, middle powers step in to fill the void, while escalating climate disasters are redefining resilience, influence, and regional power.
Welcome to the November edition of The Navigator. Alongside our usual summary of regional developments, this month’s features explore twin fragmentations reshaping the Indo-Pacific: the quiet construction of a north–south undersea security arc as South Korea joins Australia on the path to nuclear-powered submarines, and the near-collapse of COP30, which exposed a deepening crisis of trust at the…
Welcome to the October edition of The Navigator. Alongside our usual roundup of regional developments, this month’s features examine the contrasting models of sovereignty shaping the Indo-Pacific’s evolving order: Australia and Papua New Guinea’s Pukpuk Treaty redefines defence cooperation through identity-based integration, while the IMF–World Bank meetings in Washington expose how financial…
Welcome to the September edition of The Navigator. Alongside our usual roundup of developments this month, we spotlight the mounting pressures reshaping the Indo-Pacific: Beijing’s use of Martyrs’ Day as both a tool of domestic loyalty and an international signal of resolve highlights how nations are navigating turbulence on two fronts. Across the region, domestic instability — from popular…
Welcome to the August edition of The Navigator. Alongside our usual roundup of developments this month, we spotlight emerging strategies reshaping the Indo-Pacific: India’s partnership with the Philippines demonstrates sovereignty-sensitive maritime cooperation, while New Zealand’s expanding role in space highlights how smaller states assert strategic influence in high-tech domains.
Welcome to the July edition of The Navigator. This month, we spotlight Taiwan’s sweeping drone procurement drive — a decisive shift in defence strategy that underscores its push for self-reliance and asymmetric deterrence. We also track shifting regional dynamics, from landmark defence exercises in Australia and a new AUKUS treaty, to South Asia’s turbulent politics, Southeast Asia’s evolving…
Welcome to the June edition of The Navigator. This month, we track mounting economic headwinds across the Indo-Pacific, as global growth forecasts plunge to post-2008 lows. Trade-dependent economies are scrambling to attract investment and stabilise recovery amid rising uncertainty. Our briefs examine shifting US engagement: new Pacific travel restrictions threaten Washington’s influence, while…
Welcome to the May edition of The Navigator where this month we cover the India-Pakistan flare-up that reignited nuclear concerns, followed by a burst of regional diplomacy — from Macron’s visit to Southeast Asia and the ASEAN Summit to China’s Pacific push and renewed US engagement.Our briefs examine how China and India are turning foreign policy into a tool of domestic control — through maritime…
Welcome to the April edition of The Navigator. Alongside our regular regional review, we explore rising economic tensions in Northeast Asia, as Japan and South Korea respond to a new wave of US tariffs and navigate growing economic ties with China. We also turn to Myanmar, where a devastating earthquake has worsened an already dire humanitarian crisis. Despite urgent calls for aid, the junta is…
Welcome to the March edition of The Navigator. This month, alongside our usual roundup of events, we examine how India is balancing oil imports amid geopolitical pressures and the impact of defunding Radio Free Asia on US soft power in the Indo-Pacific. Both developments underscore the shifting balance of influence, where economic choices and media narratives are shaping global power dynamics.
Welcome to the February edition of The Navigator, where we examine how Indo-Pacific players are navigating evolving security, economic, and strategic challenges. This month we examine Berlin’s economic and political challenges, a tough stance on China, and Southeast Asia’s reaction to the arrival of the Trump 2.0 presidency amid US policy uncertainty.
Welcome to the January edition of The Navigator. This month, our briefs examine Western hypocrisy and reassess the definition of the Indo-Pacific construct. The ongoing Gaza conflict is reshaping global geopolitics, deepening divisions within the EU, fuelling anti-Western sentiment across the Global South, and intensifying the rivalry between the US and China in the Indo-Pacific. Our second brief…
Welcome to the December edition of The Navigator. As the year comes to a close, the Indo-Pacific continues to witness dynamic shifts across the political, economic, and strategic landscapes. This month's brief explores how China may be attempting to connect disputes in the South China Sea with its declared objective of reunification with Taiwan.
