[Analytics] China is doubling down on its territorial claims and that’s causing conflict across Asia
Since taking power in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has helped cement China’s position as…
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Analytical publications on politics, economics, culture and sports and other topics of the countries of the Asia Pacific region.
[Analytics] Could Chinese investments cost Suu Kyi the Myanmar election?
Controversial China-backed projects like the Myitsone Dam and the Belt and Road Initiative will be…
[Analytics] China’s carbon target: coming clean or smokescreen?
It’s not often that Beijing has won plaudits recently from the international community. Frank Chen…
[Analytics] US–China rivalry ramps up pressure on the Pacific islands
It is said that when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. This may…
[Analytics] Indo-Pacific strategy gains support as China’s assertiveness fuels fears
Asia-Pacific nations are adjusting their defence strategies and looking to strengthen security ties with the…
[Analytics] Are Southeast Asia’s cyber defenses vulnerable to Chinese attacks?
A telecom firm in the Philippines recently hired the services of a United States-based cybersecurity…
[Analytics] North Korea’s evolving cyber warfare strategy
While South Korea and the United States focus on North Korea’s growing nuclear weapons and…
[Analytics] Is India-China agreement to stop sending more troops a good sign?
Commentators have pounced on just one point in the joint press release of the sixth…
[Analytics] How Cambodia can revive agriculture with big data
Will there be a drought in the coming weeks? Will rice fetch higher prices next…
[Analytics] Why India needs more than a V-shaped recovery to beat Covid-19 slowdown
Smarting under scathing criticism from the Opposition over historic contraction of the Indian economy in…
[Analytics] India-China border dispute reveals fragility of ‘Asian NATO’
Muhammad Zia ul Haq, the former president of Pakistan who aided the Afghani mujahideen against…
[Analytics] Can Japan lead the post-Covid-19 world in global health?
After seven years and eight months, the Shinzo Abe administration — the longest serving government…