Codifying the Six Assurances can constrain unstable executive decision-making only if Congress turns historical commitments ...

Australia is paying greater strategic attention to the Maldives as it broadens its engagement in the Northeast Indian Ocean. The Maldives’ location along critical maritime routes and growing capacity ...

Given the entrenched gender inequality in Japan, the country ranks low in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index and exhibits a lacking advancement rate compared to other nations with a ...

Political protest has always propelled South Korea’s democratisation. It was through the mass uprising in April 1960 that South Koreans ended the autocratic rule of Syngman Rhee. The democracy that ...

The United States and the United Kingdom's dramatic cuts to foreign aid are creating immediate humanitarian crises in Southeast Asia, affecting healthcare, democracy support and humanitarian programs.

The May 2026 Xi–Trump summit produced mixed results and mixed reactions. Those who see the summit as a success point to the two countries' agreement to pursue ‘constructive strategic stability’, ...

Indonesia is experiencing record job creation, adding nearly 5 million positions in 2024 alone. Yet most of these are informal, low-wage roles rather than secure corporate or public sector employment.

As Trump-induced global economic uncertainty and economic protectionism rock the established international order, Japan is redefining its economic security strategy by looking to like-minded countries ...

The 2021 military coup has devastated Myanmar's education system through widespread violence and school closures. As the junta loses territorial control, the National Unity Government and Ethnic ...

For Asia Pacific governments, the US–Israeli war against Iran is a reminder that conflicts in the Middle East do not stay in the Middle East. Since February 2026, oil has surged past US$120 a barrel, ...

In late August 2025, Indonesia was shaken by a wave of protests following the death of Affan Kurniawan, a motorcycle taxi (‘ojek’) driver who was struck and killed by a police tactical vehicle during ...

In response to soaring supermarket rice prices, the Japanese government released 210,000 tonnes of rice from its emergency reserves in February 2025, despite an abundance of rice production in the ...