Ben Bland @benjaminbland

Director, Asia-Pacific @ChathamHouse. Ex @LowyInstitute in 🇦🇺 & @FT in 🇮🇩 🇻🇳 🇭🇰 🇨🇳. Author:📘Man of Contradictions & 📕Generation HK. @BrentfordFC fan amazon.co.uk/Man-Contradict… London, United Kingdom Joined April 2009

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Chatham House Asia-Pacific @CHAsiaPacific

4 days ago

Why should the United Kingdom and the #IndoPacific Four form a new 'Quintet'? 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇯🇵🇳🇿🇰🇷 These five democracies face shared challenges that require coordination beyond existing alliance structures, argues @benjaminbland for @LowyInstitute. lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

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Ben Bland @benjaminbland

a week ago

Good piece on China-India reset by @Chietigj @Yu_JieC. Comes out of paper launched in April. Rather than publish "fire-and-forget" research, we work hard to ensure our in-depth analysis has a long tail of interest and engagement (chathamhouse.org/2025/04/how-ch…) foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/27/sco…

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Ben Bland @benjaminbland

a week ago

Facing a more assertive China & a more unilateral US, UK should set up a Quintet meeting w/ Australia, Japan, New Zealand & South Korea, NATO Indo-Pacific partners. There's much to be gained from coordination on trade, tech, security & alliance management lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

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Chatham House Asia-Pacific @CHAsiaPacific

2 weeks ago

Why should the United Kingdom and the Indo-Pacific Four form a new 'Quintet'? 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇯🇵🇳🇿🇰🇷 These five democracies face shared challenges that require coordination beyond existing alliance structures, argues @benjaminbland for @LowyInstitute. lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

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Ben Bland @benjaminbland

2 weeks ago

Enjoyed appearing on @bbcworldservice Weekend this morning to discuss the news, plus my career background, my recent paper on the UK’s Indo-Pacific policy and my new-found interest in largely forgotten German novelist Lion Feuchtwanger and The Oppermanns bbc.co.uk/programmes/w17…

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Chatham House Asia-Pacific @CHAsiaPacific

2 weeks ago

In his latest piece for @LowyInstitute, @benjaminbland explains why the five resource-constrained democracies of 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇯🇵🇳🇿🇰🇷 should establish a new Quintet meeting to coordinate beyond existing alliance structures. lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

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The Lowy Institute @LowyInstitute

2 weeks ago

@benjaminbland argues in The Interpreter that the UK should formally join the Indo-Pacific Four (Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea) to form a new “quintet,” deepening security, trade, and climate cooperation. 👉lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

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Ben Bland @benjaminbland

2 weeks ago

You may think the last thing the world needs right now is yet another minilateral group. But you’d be wrong. My piece for @LowyInstitute’s Interpreter arguing that the UK and @NATO’s Indo-Pacific Four partners should form a new informal Quintet lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

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Chatham House Asia-Pacific @CHAsiaPacific

4 weeks ago

How can the UK better 'join the dots' across its bilateral relationships and other interactions in the #IndoPacific? 🇬🇧🌏 @ChathamHouse experts @benjaminbland, @LivJOSullivan and @Chietigj explain all in their recent report 👇 chathamhouse.org/2025/07/why-in…

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Chatham House Asia-Pacific @CHAsiaPacific

a month ago

How can the UK better 'join the dots' across its bilateral relationships and other interactions in the #IndoPacific? 🌏🇬🇧 @benjaminbland, @LivJOSullivan and @Chietigj explain all in their new @ChathamHouse report 👇 chathamhouse.org/2025/07/why-in…

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Chietigj Bajpaee @Chietigj

a month ago

President Donald Trump’s announcement of 25% #TariffsOnIndia, coupled with his acerbic statements are likely to be bluster as the US seeks to extract concessions from #India to secure a favourable trade deal. However, even if a trade deal is secured, the damage may be done in…

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Chatham House @ChathamHouse

a month ago

Report | Why the Indo-Pacific should be a higher priority for the UK The UK must give strategic weight to relationships in the Indo-Pacific and deepen joint initiatives with 🇦🇺🇯🇵🇳🇿🇰🇷. Read @benjaminbland, @Chietigj and @LivJOSullivan's research⤵️ chathamhouse.org/2025/07/why-in…

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Yu Jie @Yu_JieC

a month ago

While🇨🇳🇺🇸 are having their third round of trade talks in Stockholm from today, how is Beijing handling Trump's trade war so far and what the key negotiation tactics are, here is my latest @ChathamHouse @EuroHub4Sino @CHAsiaPacific #Tradewars eh4s.eu/publication/st…

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Ben Bland @benjaminbland

a month ago

This looks like a good outcome for now and a good example of ASEAN diplomacy, with backing from other external powers. Let's hope the ceasefire holds.

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a month ago

This looks like a good outcome for now and a good example of ASEAN diplomacy, with backing from other external powers. Let's hope the ceasefire holds.

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Chatham House Asia-Pacific @CHAsiaPacific

a month ago

To be effective in the #IndoPacific, 🇬🇧 must work with European & regional partners. This isn't cooperation for its own sake but prep for a world in which the region will be ever more important to 🇬🇧 national interests. ~ @benjaminbland & @LivJOSullivan chathamhouse.org/2025/07/uk-nee…