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Bargaining chips: What the Vance Doctrine means for Taiwan

With Taiwanese chips integral to the US economy, the would-be vice president is promoting his…

Boosting Regional Integration with Enhanced Multimodal Transport Links

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), established in 1985, promotes…

  
North Korea and its middle power friends

The latest Asia Power Index has Pyongyang pegged as Moscow’s best buddy…for now.

  
India seizes a small chance to make a big difference in Africa’s solar transformation

Decentralised power projects – rather than expensive grid networks – are the focus of a new…

Beyond Growth: How AI Can Reshape Economies for Ecological Sustainability

Amid converging crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource depletion, the urgency…

  
Timor-Leste joins the Asia Power Index

Despite its small size, the Southeast Asian nation should not be underestimated.

  
Out of the way, USA

Focus on the United States might well reduce our bandwidth for what is going on in other regions…

  
Curfew lifted, change arrives: A firsthand view of Sri Lanka’s historic election

Newly-elected president Anura Kumara Dissanayake struck a chord with a nation frustrated and…

  
Power in Asia: Outliers and curiosities

Some findings of the latest Asia Power Index controvert conventional wisdom.

How to Integrate Informal Workers into Pakistan’s Solid Waste Management System

In Pakistan, informal waste “pickers” provide essential services yet face social stigma and…

  
Quad leaders trade symbolism over substance

A practical agenda amounts to a fine aim. But such details don’t demand the scrutiny of busy…

  
Why US-China bipolarity is good for Asia

Restoring US primacy is not in Asia’s interests but preserving a power balance with China is.…