[Analytics] ASEAN supply chain links with China and the perils of decoupling
China’s global value chain (GVC) links with ASEAN are both less dominant and more beneficial…
Analytics
Analytical publications on politics, economics, culture and sports and other topics of the countries of the Asia Pacific region.
[Analytics] Could China ever invade Taiwan?
With a record number of Chinese fighters flying sorties over Taiwan in October, and rhetoric…
[Analytics] The key to China’s decarbonisation efforts
The world is now battling a major energy crisis. Gas and oil price spikes are…
[Analytics] How coal-hungry Asia can stoke its transition to green energy
Whether the world even comes close to a net zero future will depend largely on…
[Analytics] Beijing’s coal addiction is key to climate summit
China is a country of epic contradictions. It is home to the world’s largest solar…
[Analytics] AUKUS mixed reception a symptom of strategic fault-lines in Southeast Asia
AUKUS, the new trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States…
[Analytics] What is driving China’s e-commerce growth?
China’s retail e-commerce market has been the largest in the world since 2013. Its sales…
[Analytics] Japan-South Korea’s Olympic battle over Dokdo
South Korea and Japan share an at times volatile post-war relationship. The dispute over the…
[Analytics] Asian countries hit hardest by China’s clampdown
Xi Jinping has pledged to the UN that China will no longer build coal-fired power…
[Analytics] Do the US and China have a ‘Taiwan agreement’?
Do the United States and China have an agreement on Taiwan’s political status? The question…
[Analytics] Nuclear submarines will not deter China from conflict with Taiwan
For an emerging superpower prone to petulant outbursts and coercive retaliation, China’s initial response to…
[Analytics] PM Modi’s bold leadership style
On September 17, the Bharatiya Janata Party launched the 20-day “Sewa aur Samarpan Abhiyan” to…