ENVIRONMENT
Agricultural expansion has been the major driver of deforestation across the Asia-Pacific region for over a century, but declining rates of deforestation and tree cover…
ANALYSIS
- by Robin L. Chazdon, University of the Sunshine Coast
FINANCE
The initial coin offering (ICO) has become a viable if controversial means of raising capital and growing a user base for start-ups around the world.…
ANALYSIS
- by Arnat Leemakdej, Thammasat University, and Chiraphol N. Chiyachantana, Singapore Management University
INDUSTRY
In 2016 and 2017, thousands of disgruntled workers at the Sino-German car giant FAW-Volkswagen (Changchun) held a series of protests. They were so-called “dispatch workers,”…
ANALYSIS
- by Jenny Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
U.S. President Donald Trump’s much-anticipated summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the end of February ended early...
ANALYSIS
- by Markus Bell and Marco Milani, University of Sheffield
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
The Chinese Communist Party began its annual fortnight-long National People’s Congress this week. This year’s session is of particular interest to the international community as…
ANALYSIS
- by Yoshikazu Kato, Asia Global Institute
INCLUSIVENESS
The past few years have seen workers in Asia becoming increasingly restive and concerned over pensions. Demands for reform have erupted into street protests in…
ANALYSIS
- by Donghyun Park, Asian Development Bank
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
There is an old idea in retail: a shop should always have a loss leader, something flashy in the front that lures in passers-by. The…
ANALYSIS
- by Ryan Manuel, Asia Global Institute
FINANCE
“Great powers,” says the Nobel-laureate economist Robert Mundell, “have great currencies.” So where is China’s? In the years following the 2008 financial crisis, things seemed…
ANALYSIS
- by David Lubin, Citi
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