[Analytics] How to build agile, resilient supply chains against global disruptions
Despite its severity, the COVID-19 pandemic is but one of many shocks that lead to…
Analytics
Analytical publications on politics, economics, culture and sports and other topics of the countries of the Asia Pacific region.
[Analytics] PPE chic takes off at Asia’s trend-setter airlines
Couturier Puey Quiñones is on the cutting edge of what he terms “fashion for calamity”,…
[Analytics] End wildlife trade in Laos to prevent future pandemics
The severity of the Covid-19 outbreak calls for greater attention of governments around the world…
[Analytics] Australia must get better at picking its fights with China
Everyone loves a David and Goliath story. That is why we have all been cheering…
[Analytics] Allies despair as Trump abandons America’s leadership role at a time of global crisis
The United States has scaled back its role on the world stage, taken actions that…
[Analytics] The New Normal in ASEAN
The COVID-19 coronavirus has tremendously impacted livelihoods, local industries and the economy in general. Governments…
[Analytics] Can Japan and South Korea cooperate against pandemic?
In 2019 Japan–ROK relations were their worst since the normalisation of diplomatic relations in 1965….
[Special coverage] Secret service enacted an important role in the USSR victory in WWII
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 was a severe test for Soviet state security agencies….
[Analytics] Germany and S. Korea show life beyond lockdown isn’t what people think it will be
Life as we know it in much of the world has been turned upside down…
[Analytics] EU best choice to lead Covid-19 probe in China
Currently there is mounting international pressure for an independent investigation into the origin of the…
[Analytics] How will Covid-19 reshape Asia’s energy future?
While the global coronavirus pandemic continues to have significant macro-level political and economic impacts on…
[Special coverage] Furs, horses, aircrafts: How Mongolia did its part in WWII Victory
As soon as Hitler Germany and its allies committed aggression against the Soviet Union on…