Tokyo and New Delhi recognise that they are natural partners in critical minerals, but without commercial projects that meet both countries’ needs, statements of intent will not translate into ...

President Lee’s ‘peace first’ approach to inter-Korean relations places engagement and risk reduction ahead of ...

The Trump-Xi summit is another step towards the stabilisation of US-China relations, but the rest of the region cannot rely ...

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

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

As the countdown for Xi’s visit nears, Washington — mired in bureaucratic dysfunction and steered by the whims of an unpredictable president — is still far from any consensus on what ‘constructive str ...

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

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 ...

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

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

China’s new ‘Artificial Intelligence + Education’ Action Plan seeks systemic reform of higher education, treating AI as a way to improve graduate quality amid a weakening labour market. A national ...

Vietnam’s rapid headline growth is driven almost entirely by foreign‑invested and government‑favoured conglomerates, leaving domestic small-to-medium enterprises and workers behind. Foreign-invested ...