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
An examination of the prospects for reform of the global body and the governance of world trade.
2017 AsiaGlobal Fellow Florencia Daud discusses the limits and dilemmas of maternal spindle transfer.
With the emergence of Bitcoin and other decentralized crypto-currency and central bank digital money, governments must now act like strategic oligopolists.
Skeptics have dismissed NFTs as absurd, while enthusiasts call them the wave of the digital future.
The virtual summit between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden last November has signaled the possibility of better communication and more effective diplomacy between both countries
Supply-chain strains must be addressed with urgent action, but this will require the collaboration of various parties whose values may not align.
Pandemic preparedness should include a range of digital health capabilities with a view to minimizing the digital divide.
A look at the sources of the severe and and still growing financial imbalances between the US and China and the geopolitical and geo-economic tensions they have caused.
A personal reflection on leaving Hong Kong due to its public-health policies and the pressures they imposed.
A dual currency system would allow governments to control the sudden surge of excess funds flowing from the financial economy into the real economy.
The pathway to 2030 is likely to be set by the standards, practices, and policies of the non-state business sector.
While the two parties share many interests on which their cooperation is based, they still diverge significantly in their approaches to technology and data.
Dividing data into jurisdictional compartments and potentially data storage centers and the internet, too, would be a regressive move.
ASEAN has been put in an increasingly difficult position if it is to preserve its neutrality, assert its much-prized centrality in the region, and maintain cohesion.
Another ministerial conference is approaching later this year and, with a new director-general at the helm, there are hopes for a revival in the global body’s fortunes.
Post-Covid-19 resilient cities will be those that take advantage of the built environment to prevent mental ill health.
2020/21 AsiaGlobal Fellow Jason Yip reflects on the unfolding situation and considers the concerns of ordinary Afghan people.
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