• Dr Guanie Lim – The Global Economy and its politics in 2025: The View from Southeast Asia   

    By Deiniol Brown Dr Guanie Lim is associate professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo. His research focuses on the political economy of Asia, the Belt and Road Initiative, and value chain analysis. He was previously a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and has worked in the private…


  • Dr Ralf Emmers – Competition in the Asia Pacific: Middle Powers, Networks and non-traditional security 

    By Deiniol Brown Dr Ralf Emmers is a professor in the international politics of East Asia at SOAS University of London. He is currently the Co-Chair of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS, having previously served as the Dean of the Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr…


  • FMW Blog – Reflections on the Young China Watchers’ 8th London Conference 

    By Deiniol Brown On the 26th April, I attended the Young China Watchers’ annual conference held at King’s College London, which included a series of speeches and discussions aimed at exploring China’s global political relevance, and relation to the UK. Speakers included former minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the Economist’s defence editor Shashank Joshi, and a host of…