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Could Diego Garcia become an “AUKUS Island”?

A modest Australian presence at the Indian Ocean base would deliver strategic depth and alliance…

  
Last week was a disaster for Ukraine – and America’s allies

The mood in Kyiv is fatalistic, despondent about Western illusions yet resolved to learn and…

  
Building Growth and Stability Through Local Bonds

In Bangladesh, expanding the use of local currency bonds offers a practical way to attract…

Generative AI Can Revitalize Asia and the Pacific’s Analog Health Care

Generative AI can reduce paperwork, improve diagnosis, expand access, and strengthen trust in…

  
China’s innovation fixation

The coming plenum will reveal Xi’s economic agenda as security project, not growth program.

  
A new multilateral green trade pact is the antidote to growing economic nationalism

Linking decarbonisation with trade policy could offer an alternative to rising protectionism.…

Investing in Oxygen Access: A Lifeline for Health Resilience in Asia

Access to medical oxygen remains one of the most underfunded but essential components of…

  
Signal failure for China’s railway diplomacy in Southeast Asia

As Indonesia renegotiates railway debt with China, other Southeast Asian nations face a…

  
Trump wants our rare earths minerals, but we should keep selling to China too

With almost “the whole periodic table” on offer, Australia should avoid choosing sides in the US…

  
Europe’s strangest border: Crossing the Saatse Boot, a slice of Russia in Estonia

When a simple daily drive becomes an exercise in navigating geopolitical rivalry.