Beijing’s approach of principled pragmatism has pulled China–US relations back from the brink of an all-out tariff war and into a period of relative stability ...

Xi summit may not promise major breakthroughs, but normalising leader-level dialogue and avoiding crisis is success enough ...

To remain relevant in Southeast Asia, Japan must pursue middle power diplomacy that respects ASEAN’s strategic autonomy.

Governments across Asia are increasingly allocating public capital to industrial capacity, yet the institutional capabilities required to manage these investments are often overlooked ...

Myanmar’s crackdown on hundi networks hurts households, humanitarian flows and ASEAN’s wider regional interests.

The low-budget dialect film Dear You is both an unexpected hit in global box offices and a flashpoint for wider debates ...

The success of the new GUIDE framework will depend on members converting voluntary exchanges into specific national measures and jointly supported activities.

The United States and European Union have played a leading role in strengthening global efforts to address forced labour in supply chains, but Asia’s deep involvement in critical mineral supply chains ...

China’s dominance of rare earth supply chains has given Beijing significant geopolitical leverage, but its ability to weaponise that position depends on more than control over mines, processing and ...

India and the United Arab Emirates are turning a relationship once centred on trade, energy and labour into a structured defence partnership, formalised by the Strategic Defence Partnership Framework ...

Vietnam’s US$4 billion Ca Mau–Hon Khoai bridge and seaport project is presented as an overdue development initiative for one of the country’s poorest regions, but it may also help Hanoi preserve its ...