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 ...

Donald Trump’s second-term tariffs have imposed significant costs on the US economy, but the shift to protectionism is likely to outlast both legal challenges and Trump’s presidency as the domestic ...

Countries across the Asia Pacific have been hit with a bewildering array of tariffs since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025. Negotiations for tariff reductions have ...

China’s Arctic ambitions have encountered growing resistance from Arctic states wary of its strategic intentions, with proposed investments blocked, scientific activities scrutinised and its ...

On 11 March 2026, at the first anniversary of Danantara Indonesia, President Prabowo Subianto made the striking promise that Indonesia would build 100 gigawatts of solar power ‘as quickly as possible’ ...

Taiwan’s 2026 local elections will test whether cooperation between the KMT and TPP can evolve from parliamentary coordination into a more durable electoral alliance. The opposition parties are ...

Vietnam launched international financial centres in Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City in early 2026, offering preferential tax rates, special legal frameworks and liberalised foreign exchange rules to ...

Dollar-linked stablecoins could make cross-border payments across Asia faster and cheaper, especially where banking access is limited or remittances are costly. But their wider use would shift part of ...

For much of the post-Cold War era, the Philippine military has struggled to reconcile its strategic responsibilities with limited capabilities, relying on ageing platforms and a force structure geared ...

China’s remarkable rise in electric vehicles is often attributed to coordinated state-led industrial policy, but its success depended crucially on competition and experimentation among central ...

China's rise as the world's leading electric vehicle producer is not the product of a unified interventionist state but of competitive interactions among rival central ministries, development-oriented ...