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India’s chance with Timor-Leste to shift ASEAN’s gaze

The newest ASEAN member faces the Indian Ocean, not the South China Sea, giving India fresh…

  
2025 in review: Trump, Substack, Europe, and fertility

Lowy Institute staff nominate the most notable books, trends, ideas, and people of 2025.

  
Sumatra floods: Indonesia stuck in a cycle of crisis management

President Prabowo must address years of institutional neglect to tackle the structural failures…

  
The Marshall Islands’ experiment with a universal basic income

The scheme tests whether microstates can sustain widespread cash transfers, with the Pacific…

  
Head in sand, the way of the ASEAN ostrich

Malaysia’s chairmanship sidestepped divisive issues. Manila’s turn will force ASEAN to confront…

  
Cyclones to coups: Crises drive violence against women

Governments treat gendered violence as an afterthought, leaving millions vulnerable across the…

  
Fighting China’s subsidies means copying China’s economic model

Rather than just raising trade barriers, countries should predict where Chinese subsidies will…

  
Landlocked Africa is an open opportunity for Australia

Rather than compete on aid volumes, Australia could leverage remote logistics expertise as…

  
Has the Second World War finally ended for Germany and Japan?

Doubts about US commitment are pushing Berlin and Tokyo toward military self-reliance they haven…

  
Trump to cast a shadow over coming Greenland talks

Officials from the US, Denmark and Greenland are expected to hold talks on Monday and Tuesday –…

  
What happens when Cambodia graduates from aid but isn’t self-sustaining?

Cambodia’s “missing middle” means economic growth hasn’t yet produced the managers and…

Small Kids, Big Payoffs: The Hidden Economics of Growing Up Healthy

Nutrition, caregiving, safe environments, and early learning in the first years of life generate…