Coverage regions
Six regions. Distinct politics, shared consequences.
Begin with local context, then follow how policy decisions, markets, diplomacy, and security developments connect communities and governments across borders.
Northeast Asia
Coverage here connects alliance policy, cross-Strait and Korean Peninsula developments, and regional manufacturing.
Northeast Asia brings together dense security relationships, advanced industrial capacity, and consequential technology policy.
China · Japan · South Korea · North Korea · TaiwanSoutheast Asia
The region shows how governments preserve autonomy while making concrete economic and security choices.
Southeast Asian governments approach regional competition through domestic priorities, development needs, and policies that do not always fit simple alignment categories.
Indonesia · Vietnam · Philippines · Singapore · Malaysia · ThailandSouth Asia
India's foreign, economic, and security policies increasingly influence cooperation across the wider Indo-Pacific.
South Asia links Indian Ocean competition to land-based rivalries, industrial ambition, and the growing importance of India in coalition planning.
India · Pakistan · Bangladesh · Sri Lanka · Nepal · BhutanPacific Islands
Coverage follows local priorities alongside the region's relationships with external partners.
Local agency is essential to understanding the Pacific Islands: political transitions, adaptation pressures, and public capacity often provide more context than external narratives alone.
Papua New Guinea · Fiji · Solomon Islands · Samoa · Tonga · TuvaluAustralia & New Zealand
Their policies show how alliance commitments translate into regional engagement and domestic spending.
Australia and New Zealand are regional actors and important links between Pacific priorities and wider partnership networks.
Australia · New ZealandIndian Ocean
Coverage here connects shipping and energy disruptions with policy choices across the wider Indo-Pacific.
The Indian Ocean connects energy security, merchant shipping, submarine routes, and naval access in ways that increasingly shape Indo-Pacific planning.
Sri Lanka · India · Maldives · Mauritius · Seychelles · Oman