The Chinese military wound down a series of historic drills around the coast of Taiwan on Sunday (Aug 7), but the geopolitical tension triggered by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island continues. The unprecedented military exercises – launched in response to a visit that China regards as a major breach of its sovereignty – have broken the.
Nick Lyall started out as a researcher at the Australian National University, where he spent multiple years engaging in interdisciplinary projects primarily at the National Security College, but also at the International Relations Department and Melanesia Studies Centre.
Introduction Over the past two decades, China has continuously increased its presence in, and cooperation with, countries across the African continent. The magnitude of increase in Chinese aid, can be seen by tracking the increase in China’s total Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitments to Africa, which jumped from $2.6 billion in 2000 to $37.3 billion in 2014 (AidData, 2019). At …