Bilateral trade deals with the United States will undermine ASEAN’s regional economic integration that only coordinated ...

Beijing is racing to keep debt from outpacing growth, but risk a balance sheet recession if it does not undertake deep fiscal ...

Indonesia’s persistent services deficit, driven by weak logistics and rising modern service imports, continues to weigh on ...

Asia Pacific leaders must act decisively on climate change, or face far higher costs in lives, livelihoods and economic ...

Japan’s constrained response to US and Israeli strikes on Iran highlighted the gap between its rhetoric on a rules-based ...

The Trump administration imposed an additional 25 per cent tariff on India, effective from 27 August 2025, citing ‘India’s ...

Policymakers must exercise caution and restraint in their green industrial policy to avoid spiralling fragmentation of global ...

Despite claiming to have a ‘no-limits’ partnership, China and Russia maintain a pragmatic and conditional alliance. Driven by ...

China relationship is not a structural inevitability, but a result of political choices made by governments across the ...

Hanoi’s fight for clean air may not be won within city borders alone. Modelling suggests that about 40–65 per cent of PM2.5 ...

A multi-faceted approach is needed to address the reality that in Jakarta, indoor air pollution levels are often worse than ...

While Beijing’s cultural promotion has floundered in the West, it is finding more favour in the developing world.