Region: East Asia and the Asia-Pacific

Politicizing science costs more than a pragmatic division of labor between rival sides

How can legitimate medical or biodefence research be distinguished from activities that already lay the groundwork for developing a dangerous agent but still exist only in digital form?

From Europe to East Asia, US allies face a hard question: how far would Washington go to defend them? NATO’s Article 5 offers a revealing place to start

Two pillars—one continent

BRICS members differ sharply in power, politics and interests. Their ability to manage those divisions may be the secret of the group’s global influence

The Latest BRICS Summit Reaffirmed Its Value in a Turbulent Era

RIAC and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report #117 / 2026

Japan’s rupture with Moscow and North Korea’s rise as a Russian ally show how US power is reshaping the security order across Northeast Asia

The emergence of a universal, multilateral infrastructure for financial settlements within the SCO would amount to a genuine revolution, substantially strengthening the organisation’s practical potential

The Asia-Pacific region remains one of the key vectors of Russia's foreign policy

At the strategic level, we would venture to suggest that the permanent standoff between the US and Iran is not only a challenge for the SCO and BRICS, but also an opportunity

In general, the space of peace is shrinking, while that of war is expanding.