[Analytics] The cost of Southeast Asia’s independence
In 2025, Southeast Asian countries risk finding themselves at the center of a standoff between…
Analytics
Analytical publications on politics, economics, culture and sports and other topics of the countries of the Asia Pacific region.
[Analytics] ASEAN should take the RCEP reins to strengthen economic and political security
The world is faced with heightened uncertainties, including from growing interlinkages between economics and security….
[Analytics] Japan’s decision to discharge nuclear-contaminated water has affected its exports
Thirteen years have passed since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was crippled by the massive…
[Analytics] What is APEC, anyway? The summit in San Francisco explained
The United States is hosting the annual APEC summit of world leaders this week for…
[Analytics] China’s real estate sector goes south
Chinese real estate developers are desperate to recover from the prolonged lockdowns driven by China’s…
[Analytics] How the Middle East is developing a taste for K-pop
K-pop seems to be unstoppable. For a long time, only the Middle East seemed to…
[Analytics] In search of a new identity for SCO
Uzbekistan chaired the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai…
[Analytics] Can regionalism contain geopolitical competition in the South Pacific?
Name the region: a group of internally diverse states, lying across strategically significant maritime passages,…
[Analytics] Indonesia won’t go with the flow on data
Cross-border data flows have been a priority on the G20 agenda since 2019. This year…
[Analytics] RCEP shows that open regionalism still calls the shots
Whether fully intended or not, Australian trade policy is embracing a theatrical element that serves…
[Analytics] Indonesia’s financial sector needs more consumer protection
In line with the Indonesian government’s goal to build a strong financial sector, the Indonesian…
[Analytics] Sri Lanka’s struggle to bring down the Rajapaksas
When Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa banned chemical fertiliser, insecticides and herbicides in May 2021,…