2022-06-13 02:00
Author: Editorial Board, ANU
The election of Donald Trump to the US presidency in 2016 forced many to revise their assumptions about the nexus between the United States’ internal socio… Read More
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2022-06-12 12:00
Author: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Former US president Donald Trump looms heavily over the US political landscape. His celebrity candidates, JD Vance… Read More
2022-06-11 12:00
Author: Deka Anwar, IPAC
Policymakers in Jakarta are forging ahead with a plan to divide Papua into four provinces despite strong local opposition. Jakarta claims this will accelerate develo… Read More
2022-06-11 00:00
Author: Gordon Nanau, University of the South Pacific
A draft security agreement between Solomon Islands and China was leaked on social media on 24 March 2022, sparking anxious reactions loc… Read More
2022-06-10 12:00
Author: Maholopa Laveil, UPNG
Successive Papua New Guinean (PNG) governments have adopted different policy stances towards the resource sector, but its benefits to citizens remain limited. A… Read More
2022-06-10 00:00
Deasy Simandjuntak, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
After months of speculation, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo announced in April that Indonesia’s 2024 elections would not be… Read More
2022-06-09 12:00
Authors: Alice Dawkins and Luke Hurst, Lydekker
Human rights allegations have moved large portions of China’s renewables sector off the table for investors bound by economic, social an… Read More
2022-06-09 00:00
Authors: Kevin Zhang and Tham Siew Yean, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Malaysia’s low-wage workers ostensibly saw a big boost to their salaries in May 2022 when Prime Minister Ismail Sab… Read More
2022-06-08 12:00
Authors: Deasy Pane, Bappenas and Krisna Gupta, CIPS
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) — the world’s largest trade deal — came into effect in early 202… Read More
2022-06-08 00:00
Author: Kristen Hopewell, University of British Columbia
Beijing’s trade practices have come under intense scrutiny amid its ongoing competition with Washington. Yet with the… Read More
2022-06-07 13:21
Author: Ken Heydon, LSE
Trade is a key multiplier in spreading the technology vital to the climate transition. But protectionist tendencies embedded in the implementation of the climate tran… Read More
2022-06-07 00:00
Author: Eugene Mark, Nanyang Technological University
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine constricting the global supply of edible oils, demand for palm oil has spiked. But as the war co… Read More
2022-06-06 12:00
Author: Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Blockchain is transforming supply chains and facilitating cross-border transactions. In 2020, Anglo-Australian mining, metals and… Read More
2022-06-06 02:00
Author: Editorial Board, ANU
The costs of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine continue to mount, not only in terms of lives lost and cities and villages reduced to rubble. The war in E… Read More
2022-06-05 12:00
Author: Peter Timmer, Harvard University
In just over two months, the world food situation has gone from bad to worse. Calls to not panic fell on deaf ears, even as the Ukrainian military pu… Read More
2022-06-04 12:00
Author: Niky Brugnatelli, University of Catania
Technological innovation is one of the main fields of US–China competition. Competition in the semiconductor industry is a significant p… Read More
2022-06-04 00:00
Author: Ömer Faruk Yildiz, Anadolu Agency
Malaysia’s Barisan Nasional is pushing for an early snap general election and preparing for electoral triumph. The coalition has recovere… Read More
2022-06-03 12:00
Author: Arif Rafiq, Vizier Consulting
When a suicide bomber killed three Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver several weeks ago in Karachi, China–Pakistan relations were alread… Read More
2022-06-03 00:00
Author: Sreang Chheat, UQ
Cambodians will go to the polls to select their local councillors on 5 June 2022. The main contestants are the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the C… Read More
2022-06-02 12:00
Author: Francis Domingo, De La Salle University
The emergence of cyberspace as a domain of strategic competition has made it more complicated for the Philippines to leverage the advantages o… Read More
2022-06-02 00:00
Author: Makoi Popioco, Canberra
The Philippines was the first from ASEAN to announce support for AUKUS — the tripartite nuclear-powered submarine pact between Australia, the United Kin… Read More
2022-06-01 12:00
Author: Biswajit Dhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University
In April 2022, India and Australia endorsed the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA), an ’early harvest agreement’… Read More
2022-06-01 00:00
Author: Zhihui Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
The core module of the China Space Station (CSS) was launched into space in April 2021. In July and October 2021, two SpaceX Starlink satell… Read More
2022-05-31 11:58
Author: Kavi Chongkittavorn, Chulalongkorn University Much has changed since the first meeting between US and ASEAN officials in 1977. But after 45 years of engagement, ties between the… Read More
2022-05-31 00:00
Author: Vera Yuen, HKU
A month ahead of the 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, former chief secretary John Lee declared he was running for office. The city was already expecting Lee to… Read More
2022-05-30 12:00
Author: Yun Jiang, AIIA
China is watching closely at how countries are reacting to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in preparation for the day it might make its own military move on Taiwa… Read More
2022-05-30 02:00
Author: Editorial Board, ANU
As one old political hand remarked in the aftermath of Australia’s momentous federal election, the shifts underway in the country’s politics are simi… Read More
2022-05-29 12:00
Author: Andrew Chubb, Lancaster University
The change of government in Canberra opens the possibility of a thaw in Australia’s diplomatic relations with China. Since 2017, the Australi… Read More
2022-05-28 12:00
Author: Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi, University of Tokyo
Japan is planning to revise its National Security Strategy (NSS) by the end of 2022, which would also reconfigure the National Defence Progr… Read More
2022-05-28 00:00
Author: Amitendu Palit, NUS
The much-awaited Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) between Australia and India was signed on 2 April 2022. The ECTA is an interim trade deal that sh… Read More
2022-05-27 12:00
Author: Melissa Mahoney, Johns Hopkins University
Japan’s response to the annexation of Crimea in 2014 was lacklustre. It took considerable US pressure to push Japan to act. Once Japan… Read More
2022-05-27 00:00
Author: David Camroux, Sciences Po
Within two months of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has inadvertently achieved more for promoting European unity than th… Read More
2022-05-26 12:00
Author: Nazia Hussain, Nanyang Technological University
After a two-year COVID-19 induced delay, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)… Read More
2022-05-26 00:00
Authors: Juliette McIntyre and Adam Simpson, University of South Australia
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is dealing with two very different cases under the Genocide Convention &md&hell…Read More
2022-05-25 12:00
Author: Kyle Ferrier, Korea Economic Institute of America
Since the Asian Financial Crisis, South Korea has pursued a delicate balance between openness and stability in its domestic financia… Read More
2022-05-25 00:00
Author: Citra Handayani Nasruddin, Jakarta
Women in Indonesia are forced, at some point, to choose between career and family. As governments around the world seek to cushion the impacts of C… Read More
2022-05-23 13:59
Author: Sourabh Gupta, ICAS
In the 14 months since its first leader-level summit, the Quad has gone from being a shiny object of tantalising potential to a used spare tire of questionable wo… Read More
2022-05-23 02:00
Author: Editorial Board, ANU
No matter what their diplomatic stances over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the countries of the Asia Pacific have an urgent interest in seeing the conflict… Read More
2022-05-22 12:00
Author: Susan Thornton, Yale University
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has produced disaster on many fronts, most immediately for the people of Ukraine. The conflict has jolted Europe fr… Read More
2022-05-21 12:00
Authors: Mengdi Yue and Christoph Nedopil, Fudan University
As COVID-19 continues to interrupt economic activities, induce higher public spending and decrease tax revenues, sovereign debt is… Read More
2022-05-21 00:00
Author: Nick Bisley, La Trobe University
In 2022, there will be great interest in Asia’s summit season because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The annual East Asia Summit, ASEAN… Read More
2022-05-20 12:00
Authors: Poonam Singh, NITIE and Vikas Kumar, Azim Premji University
As New Delhi was brought to a standstill in 2021 by protests that forced the rollback of farm law reforms, the Mumbai-bas… Read More
2022-05-20 00:00
Author: Jia Deng, Lowy Institute
Since the beginning of the Russia–Ukraine war, China has been urged to give up its ‘chilling silence’ and help to stop Russian military agg… Read More
2022-05-19 12:00
Author: Richard Pomfret, University of Adelaide
In 1991, the five Central Asian economies were republics of the Soviet Union, with trade and transport oriented towards Russia. Over three dec… Read More
2022-05-19 00:00
Authors: Rania Teguh and Albert Jehoshua Rapha, CSIS Indonesia
Indonesia is the world’s largest palm oil producer. On 28 April 2022, the government ordered an export ban designed to ad… Read More
2022-05-18 12:00
Author: Céline Pajon, French Institute of International Relations
Laying the foundation for the Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), Japanese Foreign… Read More
2022-05-18 00:00
Author: Christian Kurzydlowski, Toronto.
Global strategic considerations are fluid and ever changing. India’s geography and location position it at the nexus of global supply chains an… Read More
2022-05-17 12:00
Author: Liselotte Odgaard, Norwegian Institute of Defence Studies
Russia’s willingness to use force in Europe creates incentives for a division of labour between Europe and the U… Read More
2022-05-17 00:00
Author: Yvette To, CityU
Pursuing ‘common prosperity’ is one of the latest strategic goals of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This new initiative aims to reduce social inequal… Read More
2022-05-16 12:00
Authors: Ross Buckley and Mia Trzecinski, UNSW
Since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the United States, European Union and their allies have imposed extraordinary financial sanctio… Read More
2022-05-16 02:00
Author: Editorial Board, ANU
The last time a Marcos claimed victory in a Philippine presidential election, it was on the back of a victory so tainted by fraud it sparked a democratic revolut… Read More
2022-05-15 12:00
Author: Francis E Hutchinson, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Long characterised by ‘stability’ and excessive concentration of power, Malaysia’s politics have become fluid and… Read More
2022-05-15 00:00
Author: Ronald D Holmes, De La Salle University
A Philippine commentator described Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr’s victory as overwhelming. This is apt based on the curren… Read More
2022-05-14 12:00
Authors: Katherine M Nelson, Reiner Wassmann and Björn Ole Sander, International Rice Research Institute
At the COP 26 Glasgow, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joine… Read More
2022-05-14 00:00
Author: Genevieve Donnellon-May, University of Oxford and Hongzhou Zhang, RSIS
Against the backdrop of trade tensions with the United States, a worsening geopolitical environment and growing… Read More
2022-05-13 12:00
Authors: Pradeep S Mehta and Sandra George, CUTS International
Emerging cooperation between India and Australia is widely understood as a response to the China challenge that is facilitated… Read More
2022-05-13 00:00
Author: Mong Cheung, Waseda University
While the US-Japan alliance, US military bases in Japan, and its geographical proximity make Japan an important country across the Taiwan Strait, it is… Read More
From Mining To Fishing – How Blockchain Is Addressing Different Challenges Of Supply Chain In Asia
2022-05-12 12:00
Authors: Yingli Wang, CU and Imtiaz Khan, CMU
International supply chains are lengthy, complex and face risks of disruption. There is also public pressure on firms and governments to ensure… Read More
2022-05-12 00:00
Author: Matt Withers, ANU
Sri Lanka is in the grips of its worst economic crisis since independence. Behind recent headlines, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed structural problems that were… Read More
2022-05-11 12:00
Author: Sharon Seah, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
In hindsight, perhaps ASEAN was too optimistic about the Biden presidency. Who could blame them? After four years of the Trump administ… Read More
2022-05-11 00:00
Author: Xunpeng Shi, UTS
The energy price surge and crunch in late 2021 and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine have renewed global momentum for replanning energy transition roadmaps. While some s… Read More
2022-05-10 12:00
Author: Faizal Yahya, NUS
With the global aviation market still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asia Pacific region has gone from a world leader in aviation growth to a laggard. A… Read More
2022-05-10 00:00
Author: Diana Schnelle, Ruhr-University Bochum
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 shook the world to its core. Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of states didn’t he… Read More
2022-05-09 12:00
Author: Heribert Dieter, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Since mid-2021 Lithuania has been the target of Chinese diplomatic censure and economic boycotts. The Lithuan… Read More
2022-05-09 02:00
Author: Editorial Board, ANU
Policymakers have spent decades trying to stop financial crises. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, those in the United States, Europe and their partners… Read More
2022-05-08 22:07
Authors: Nico Ravanilla, University of California, Renard Sexton, Emory University and Dotan Haim, Florida State University
As the campaign to replace term-limited Philippines President Rodr… Read More
2022-05-08 12:00
Author: Barry Eichengreen, UC Berkeley
What will be the demonstration effect of Western sanctions on Russia? And what will be the reaction of China and of other countries worried about simil… Read More
2022-05-07 12:00
Author: Chietigj Bajpaee, King’s College London
The renewed polarisation of the international system following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the intensification of the US&ndas&hell…Read More
2022-05-07 00:00
Author: Julien Chaisse, City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong recently applied to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The underlying aim of RCEP is to create an int… Read More
2022-05-06 12:00
Author: Ramonette B Serafica, PIDS
Six years ago, in his first State of the Nation Address, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte underscored the need to relax economic restrictions to attrac… Read More
2022-05-06 00:00
Author: Tran Van Tho, Waseda University
Vietnam is highly integrated into the global economy and since 2017, trade has consistently sat above 200 per cent of GDP. Vietnam has trade relations… Read More
2022-05-05 12:00
Author: Jong Eun Lee, American University
On 9 March 2022, South Korea held a closely contested presidential election after months of volatile, acrimonious campaigns. Conservative People Pow… Read More
2022-05-05 00:00
Author: Willem Thorbecke, RIETI
In March 2022, the Japanese real effective exchange rate reached its weakest level since January 1994. Matters could get worse, with analysts predicting a fur… Read More
2022-05-04 12:00
Authors: Fitri Bintang Timur and Jovita Komala, CSIS Indonesia
In February 2022, Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto signed agreements with France to purchase 42 Dassault… Read More
2022-05-04 00:00
Author: Cecilia Jacob, ANU
On 21 March 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States has determined that the acts committed against the Rohingya minority in 201… Read More
2022-05-03 12:00
Author: Jing Gu, Institute of Development Studies
China’s growing role as a provider of development assistance, and the broader impact of its international economic engagement, has bee… Read More
2022-05-03 00:00
Author: Hiroaki Richard Watanabe, Ritsumeikan University
On 1 January 2022, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into effect. RCEP has significant economic importance… Read More
2022-05-02 12:00
Author: M Chatib Basri, University of Indonesia
At a time when the world desperately needs global cooperation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, increased geopolitical tension, economic nationali… Read More
2022-05-02 02:00
Author: Editorial Board, ANU
The challenges facing the global system and the global economy continue to multiply. The recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is still sputtering, with global inf… Read More
2022-05-01 12:00
Authors: Yose Rizal Damuri, CSIS Indonesia and Peter Drysdale, ANU
On 12 and 13 May the leaders of ASEAN will meet US President Joe Biden at the White House for the first in-person US–… Read More
2022-04-30 12:00
Author: Thong Anh Tran (ANU)
The Mekong River is the lifeblood of countries in the Mekong region, but the past few years have seen water flows recurringly decline and processes of saltwater… Read More
2022-04-30 00:00
Authors: Timothy S Rich, Ian Milden and Madelynn Einhorn, Western Kentucky University
Many presidential systems, especially in Latin America and Eastern Europe, have runoff elections if the… Read More
2022-04-29 12:00
Author: Kuniaki Nemoto, Musashi University
It has become a post-election tradition in Japan for groups of civil activists to sue election commissions across the country due to the disparity… Read More
2022-04-29 00:00
Author: Martin Weiser, Seoul
South Korea’s presidential election on 9 March 2022 was decided by the closest margin in the country’s history. Just a quarter of a million people &m&hell…Read More
2022-04-28 12:00
Author: Akash Sahu, Manohar Parrikar-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
India and Japan seem to be checking all the right boxes to develop a deeper partnership. Japanese Prime Minist… Read More
2022-04-28 00:00
Author: Simon Tay, Singapore Institute of International Affairs
Anyone seeking to manage China’s regional economic integration must proceed with caution, but not without hope. Influenc… Read More
2022-04-27 12:00
Author: I Gede Wahyu Wicaksana, Universitas Airlangga
The crisis in Ukraine should prompt Indonesia to reconsider the direction and strategy of its foreign policy. The war is not directly ex… Read More
2022-04-27 00:00
Author: Han Phoumin, ERIA
Even before the Russia–Ukraine war, the COVID-19 pandemic had brought the world economy into recession. Global oil demand also declined by about 8 million bar… Read More
2022-04-26 12:00
Authors: Danny Quah and Vinod Thomas, NUS
Resilience to shocks is no longer just about bouncing back — it’s also about building preparedness for even bigger disruptions. The clim… Read More
2022-04-26 00:00
Author: Jayant Menon, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
To understand the interrelationship between ASEAN and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), it is useful to separate… Read More
2022-04-25 12:00
Author: Rahul Nath Choudhury, ICWA
In 2022, India has renewed its interest in free trade agreements (FTAs) with several economies, including the United Kingdom and Australia. India and Austr… Read More
2022-04-25 02:00
Author: Editorial Board, ANU
A Sri Lankan debt crisis — the prospect of which has for many months hung over the country like a storm about to break — has arrived. Observers of th… Read More
2022-04-24 12:00
Author: Chulanee Attanayake, NUS
Sri Lanka is collapsing. Its economy is at a tipping point. The country is witnessing one of the worst economic and political crises in its history, with mas… Read More
2022-04-24 04:00
Author: Shuja Nawaz, Atlantic Council
Imran Khan was voted out of office after only three and a half years on 10 April 2022 by a vote of no confidence in parliament. He seemed to have become… Read More
2022-04-23 12:00
Author: Tanya Ogilvie-White, APLN
The grim realisation that our world has changed is starting to sink in among strategic analysts. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, hot on t… Read More
2022-04-23 00:00
Author: Hyung-A Kim, ANU
South Korea’s fiercely contested presidential election on 9 March resulted in a win for former prosecutor general Yoon Seok-yeol of the conservative opposition… Read More
2022-04-22 12:00
Authors: Anil Sigdel, SNSPA and Mani Dahal, Kathmandu
On 1 March 2022, Nepal’s coalition government, led by the Nepali Congress party, finally ratified the Millennium Challenge Corpora… Read More
2022-04-22 00:00
Author: Takeshi Hamano, University of Kitakyushu
At its 25th meeting on 1 February 2022, a subcommittee of the Japanese Ministry of Justice’s Legislative Council announced a proposal f… Read More
2022-04-21 12:00
Author: Sameer Patil, ORF and Uday Patil, MAHE
The world seems polarised between those opposing or supporting the Russian military campaign in Ukraine. Yet India has carefully avoided taking… Read More
2022-04-21 05:00
Author: Juthathip Jongwanich, Thammasat University
Russia’s unprecedented invasion of Ukraine is threatening Southeast Asia’s post-COVID economic recovery. Although these countri… Read More
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