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James Crabtree

James Crabtree is executive director of IISS-Asia in Singapore. He is author of "The Billionaire Raj."

Indonesia's Russia dilemma raises doubts about G-20's future

Group's divisions are a symptom of dysfunctional multilateralism

Western nagging will not ease India's Russia-China dilemma

Anxiety over New Delhi's unwillingness to condemn Ukraine attack is mostly overdone

Putin and Xi manifesto signals start of a new era

Moscow and Beijing's unity stems from mutual distrust of the U.S.

New wave of Asian defense pacts no magic template for countering China

U.S. will need to increase military presence to change Beijing's strategic calculations

What the 'Fat Leonard' bribery scandal can teach Asia's armed forces

New regional naval arms race risks rising threats of corruption

Quad must wrestle with post-AUKUS Asian dilemmas

Trilateral security pact reveals Washington's new ambition

Biden's digital trade idea reveals emerging US strategy for Asia

Reasserting economic leadership will require skillful new statecraft

Biden masks the tech clobbering coming China's way

Lifting bans on TikTok and WeChat is no sure sign of a softer approach

Method in UK's COVID madness has lessons for Asia

Shift from eliminating to managing COVID will be trickier than expected

How far will Biden dare to push China?

President must soon decide how much tougher he wants to become

Intel's US expansion highlights fragility of Asian supply chains

Others with China operations will be forced to follow the tech titan's lead

Biden set to double down on China tech denial

Beijing must prepare for harsher semiconductor rules

Asia's growth engines set to misfire as post-COVID bounce wears off

Wave of de-globalization will make it harder for developing economies to catch up

Myanmar coup reveals Asia's new democratic divide

US must balance democracy promotion against regional aversion to finger-wagging

Biden must not let the Indian Ocean slip away like the South China Sea

Vital maritime area is strategically up for grabs

A silver lining to Europe's imperfect deal with China?

Brussels must develop a more active approach to dealings with Asia

Asia's wise heads are wrong to dismiss Biden's big idea

President-elect's democracy push is worth considering

Asia's populists are here to stay

Tub-thumping leaders rewarded despite incompetent pandemic response

Why Asia should rethink strict travel rules

Ultra-cautious reopening policies risk deeper economic pain

Donald Trump's TikTok deal reeks of a grimy political shakedown

Xi Jinping would be perfectly justified in scuttling the messy arrangement