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 ...

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 ...

Japan’s rising anti-immigration reflects the growing influence of populist narratives that have supplied a ready-made explanation for existing anxieties about foreigners. Decades of accepting foreign ...

The Pacific Islands Forum annual leaders’ summit began in Palau on 30 August 2026 against the same backdrop of growing geopolitical pressures that catalysed the adoption of the Blue Pacific Ocean of ...

Beijing’s April 2026 guidelines for platform workers and its pivot to consumption-led growth mark early steps in an era of slower growth, but they do not resolve the precarity facing China’s ...

Rommel Banlaoi, PhD, is the President of Philippine Society for International Security Studies and Chairman of the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research. He used to teach at ...

The International Monetary Fund's assessment of Indonesia's nickel export ban policy has revived debate, pointing to substantial impacts on export revenues and value addition, while also discussing ...

Rare earth elements are a group of 17 metallic elements that are crucial components in electronics, electric vehicles, renewable energy technologies and semiconductors. But resources are concentrated ...

At the beginning of 2023, Australia’s relationship with the People’s Republic of China appeared to be one of hostility across the board, in both military and economic terms. In March, the Nine ...

The second Trump administration has transformed US foreign policy, with immediate implications for economic and security ties with Asia and long-term implications for regional and global order. The ...

In March 2025, Mongolia and the Eurasian Economic Union agreed to a draft three-year trade deal. The agreement is part of a broader push by Mongolia to reduce its economic reliance on China and the ...

Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) government, led by the charismatic President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, entered office in late 2024 at a turning point in the country’s economic history. Sri ...