[Analytics] Time for a Vladivostok Declaration?
Russia’s strongman Vladimir Putin was swift enough, as usual, on the sidelines of the recently…
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Analytical publications on politics, economics, culture and sports and other topics of the countries of the Asia Pacific region.
[Analytics] Japan-South Korea trade dispute threatens global tech market
A simmering diplomatic row with Japan is threatening South Korea’s output of components that drive…
[Analytics] Leaders ease recession fears as US-China trade war bites
Deputy prime minister Heng Swee Keat and the trade and industry minister have both emphatically…
[Analytics] Saving Asia’s Democracies
A Cold War-style, grand ideological campaign against authoritarianism is unlikely to halt democracy’s global regression….
[Analytics] In Duterte’s Philippines, fears of slow internet trump fears of China
In granting a licence to a joint venture backed by China Telecom, the Philippine leader…
[Analytics] Could Huawei be using Trojan circuits to help Beijing spy on the US?
US is regarded as the world leader in hardware hacking. Its allies have found no…
[Analytics] Rahul Gandhi, Indian Congress and the fight to stay relevant
Rahul Gandhi, the former Congress president, is looking more and more like a petulant princeling…
[Analytics] China struggling with slow progress on high-speed rail network expansion
Construction of new high-speed link between Zhengzhou in Henan province and Jinan in Shandong delayed…
[Analytics] Many questions follow Russian submarine tragedy
The July 1 fire on board the Russian “submarine” Losharik has raised many questions about…
[Analytics] Sino-US trade talks expected to resume next week
China is unlikely to soften its position on issues concerning its core interests in upcoming…
[Analytics] India’s Response to China’s Cyber Attacks
In a 2018 report to India’s National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), an unprecedented 35 percent…
[Analytics] Philippine suicide attacks under IS influence
A number of apparent suicide bombings in the Philippines over the past 12 months are…