China’s recent engagement with the Taliban jolted a dormant debate on whether China will move to recognise the Taliban. The question resurfaced around Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Kabul ...

Without decisive leadership and inclusive reform, Myanmar’s Spring Revolution risks dissolving into symbolism rather than achieving substantive change.

Over five days in July 2025, the Thai–Cambodian border erupted into its deadliest confrontation in more than a decade. At least 38 people were killed and 300,000 were displaced as artillery and air ...

Pacific island countries can circumvent federal climate inaction by partnering with progressive US states through the Under2 ...

Indonesia’s bold decentralisation experiment risks backsliding as more work needs to be done to promote local governments' ...

Coordinated intellectual property frameworks can power sustainable cooling across South and Southeast Asia, improving ...

Indonesia’s path from discontent to growth depends on aligning domestic reform with global economic integration to build competitive industries that can create secure jobs.

The agriculture–tourism nexus offers an opportunity for Laos to broaden the benefits of connectivity gains from the ...

Indonesia’s fragmented arms procurement risks creating a defence force that looks formidable but struggles in practice.

Prabowo’s mission to combat ‘greednomics’ ignores Indonesia’s mixed experiences with state control over its rice market.

The Scarborough Shoal collision made clear that China’s South China Sea strategy is shifting towards higher risk tolerance and tighter links with broader security concerns.

Trump’s tariffs have given India’s economy a sharp shock, forcing it to confront its vulnerabilities and accelerate integration and reform.