DIPLOMACY
On November 20, Shinzo Abe became Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, surpassing a predecessor who had ruled over 100 years ago. Until Abe, who took office…
ANALYSIS
- by Yoshikazu Kato, Asia Global Institute
SECURITY
Prior to his fifth official visit to China in August, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he would raise with his host, President Xi Jinping,…
ANALYSIS
- by Renato Cruz De Castro, De La Salle University (DLSU), Manila
FINANCE
Although cryptocurrencies have been around for about a decade, it was no more than three or four years ago that regulators began to feel intense…
ANALYSIS
- by Tipsuda Thavaramara, Thai Fintech Association
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Those working in international affairs would not be surprised to observe that a small number of countries and institutions spearhead a “global peace policy agenda”.…
ANALYSIS
- by Cecilia Milesi, Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong, and Lauren Hess, Georgetown University
HEALTH
Western medicine has been the main driver of modern healthcare systems, but a recent global resurgence of interest in traditional Chinese medicine raises the question:…
ANALYSIS
- by Edwin Yu Chau-leung, Chinese University of Hong Kong
HEALTH
Almost half of Asia is online, and its internet users comprise 51 percent of the world’s total online population. But digitalization, miraculous as it seems,…
ANALYSIS
- by Christopher H Lim and Henrick Z Tsjeng, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
INVESTMENT
Pohang Iron and Steel Company (POSCO), the world’s fifth-largest steel producer from South Korea, decided to cease its US$12 billion investment project for the eastern…
ANALYSIS
- by Sojin Shin, Tokyo International University
ECONOMY
At first glance, it might be absurd to suggest that India has witnessed a lost decade in terms of economic opportunity and outcomes. India has…
ANALYSIS
- by Vasuki Shastry, Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs)
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