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Economy

No Second-Rate Trade Deal: What RCEP Means for the Global Economy

Thursday 30th June 2022

RCEP is a thoroughly modern trade accord that will boost trade in services and drive growth in trade and investment in “new” areas.

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Geopolitics

China’s Data Security Cooperation Initiatives and Their Implications

Wednesday 29th June 2022

Beijing’s moves will intensify the already heated China-US strategic rivalry.

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Geopolitics

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and ASEAN: Washington’s Hopes and Hanoi’s Wishes

Thursday 23rd June 2022

ASEAN members may find the IPEF an attractive platform for advancing economic engagement with the US.

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Politics

Sri Lanka’s Crisis of Governance: Bad Policy, Irresponsible Spending

Wednesday 22nd June 2022

A look at how the crisis has unfolded.

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Geopolitics

Japan’s Foreign Policy Shift in Response to the Ukraine War: Parallels with Taiwan

Thursday 16th June 2022

An analysis of the security challenges Tokyo faces, particularly with China, given the possibility that Beijing may attempt to take control of Taiwan.

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Population & Society

Covid-19 and Japan’s Evolving Work Culture

Wednesday 15th June 2022

Could the pandemic change Japan’s work culture for the better?

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Economy

Chinese City, Global Hub: Hong Kong’s Future in China’s Greater Bay Area

Wednesday 8th June 2022

The success of the GBA depends on a range of factors from resolving corporate cultural clashes to working around the geopolitical climate.

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Technology

China’s Smart City Transformation: Data Commercialization is Key

Tuesday 7th June 2022

Data commercialization could improve total factor productivity and tackle political, economic and social challenges resulting from the slowdown of growth.

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Technology

Covid-19 and Digitalization in Southeast Asia: A Crisis Within a Crisis

Thursday 2nd June 2022

Leaders have focused on short-term needs and benefits without addressing long-term implications.

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Economy

Sri Lanka in Turmoil: An Old-School Economic Crisis

Wednesday 1st June 2022

International creditors should facilitate renegotiations of Colombo’s debt and press for efforts by the new prime minister to implement stabilizing measures and reforms

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Technology

Fighting for Data Dregs – and Losing the Fight Against Digital Violence

Thursday 26th May 2022

With limited access to data on online content and behavior that could point to remedies, only so much can be done to improve the safety and wellbeing of internet users.

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Politics

Anti-Feminism as a Driver of Far-Right Movements in the West

Wednesday 25th May 2022

The promotion of a misogynist agenda is worsening divisions and spurring global campaigns to counter the advancement of women, and the marginalization of other groups.

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Money

Can Digitalization Help Asia Finally Solve its Financial Inclusion Challenge?

Thursday 19th May 2022

Financial technology applications need to go beyond payments systems to provide a wide array of services, from lending to insurance, to new and existing banking customers

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Economy

Can the World Trade Organization be Reformed?

Thursday 19th May 2022

An examination of the prospects for reform of the global body and the governance of world trade.

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Politics

Australia’s Choice: Back to the Future?

Thursday 12th May 2022

Australians will make a pivotal choice as they consider the country’s divided society, strained relationships in the region and future-readiness.

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Population & Society

Should Governments Legalize Three-Parent Babies?

Wednesday 11th May 2022

2017 AsiaGlobal Fellow Florencia Daud discusses the limits and dilemmas of maternal spindle transfer.

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Economy

Is Tax Policy Delivering Enough Support to the Chinese Economy?

Thursday 5th May 2022

Will broad business liquidity support and efforts to bolster the labor market turn out to be necessary?

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Geopolitics

Post-Duterte Philippine Foreign Policy: A Matter of Change – or of Seeking Equilibrium?

Thursday 5th May 2022

The real issue is whether the new leader can find an appropriate balance in dealing with the two major powers in the Indo-Pacific region – China and the United States.

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