Southeast Asia’s performative drug policies marginalise migrants and minorities, leaving criminal networks untouched.

In the Philippines, undelivered flood-control projects and collusion are undermining climate resilience and fuelling public ...

Rural communities in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta are losing traditional ecological knowledge as climate change, agricultural ...

On 4 October 2025, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected Sanae Takaichi as its new president, which in usual ...

Beijing’s 2025 defence white paper outlines a regional vision that challenges the Indo-Pacific strategy and raises difficult ...

Though often overlooked, US–China wartime cooperation left a maritime legacy that continues to shape Asia’s order today.

Until the LDP changes its focus under Takaichi, the debate over foreign resident policy will remain reactive, divisive and ...

Cross-strait peace between China and Taiwan hinges on Beijing choosing magnanimity over menace, wooing minds with study, jobs ...

A quiet revolution is underway in academia, reshaping how the world understands itself. After decades of Western dominance, ...

China is moving beyond its identity as the ‘world’s factory’ and investing more heavily in cool, cultural intellectual ...

Whether Sanae Takaichi can achieve political stability depends on her ability to defy her right-wing supporters’ expectations ...

Support from international partners is crucial to curtailing Indonesia’s slow democratic decline into Suharto-era ...