Globalisation has created a new political reality of polyalignment, forcing states to maintain links with both the United ...

Despite grand pronouncements from some governments about resilience and geopolitical alignment, economic relationships ...

China’s low-altitude economy is growing faster than the airspace management and ground infrastructure needed to support it at ...

Indonesia can demand more from Chinese nickel investors, but only predictable rules will secure both public returns and future investment ...

As risk migrates towards non-bank finance and sovereign debt rises, the Asian financial crisis offers institutional lessons ...

Bangladesh is graduating twice over and its move to middle-income status is already making borrowing more expensive at a time ...

Japan’s physical AI strategy is realistic, but its long-term advantage depends on preserving the human knowledge creation ...

Japan is reviving its once-dominant semiconductor industry through major investments in new fabrication plants, but investment alone does not guarantee regional growth. Kumamoto’s experience shows how ...

Formalising Indonesia’s care economy could create millions of jobs, but only if the government backs care sector reforms with ...

Indonesia’s mandate for 50 per cent biodiesel decreases reliance on oil imports, but risks making food scarcer, subsidies heavier and forests more vulnerable.

Vietnam’s Population Law is part of a wider governmental initiative to boost birth rates and reduce the overrepresentation of male births. But Hanoi’s initiatives to encourage more children may fail ...

Markets and smuggled South Korean culture, more than geopolitics, have pushed North and South Korea towards separate ...