Washington’s AI export controls cannot effectively slow China’s technological development without sustained cooperation from allied countries, many of which are deeply integrated with Chinese markets.

Lucky Christ Nugroho is an official at Bank Indonesia, the central bank of Indonesia. He is currently serving as a Junior Economist at the Economic and Monetary Policy Department. He earned a bachelor ...

China has long held strategic interests in Myanmar, ranging from border stability and resource security to access to the Indian Ocean. Since the 2021 coup, Beijing has adapted its approach, practising ...

US President Donald Trump’s transactional foreign policy has changed how Washington’s Asian allies think about strategic alignment. While alliances and institutions remain intact on paper, repeated ...

Singapore is not typically seen as a middle power, but its economic strength, global connectivity and proactive diplomacy have enabled it to exert influence beyond its size. The city-state has ...

To Lam’s visit to New Delhi in May 2026 marked a shift in India–Vietnam relations, with the Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership framing the relationship less around regional balancing than ...

Debt-for-nature swaps have helped finance conservation while easing fiscal pressures, but Asia has accounted for only 13 per cent of global deals despite containing some of the world’s most ...

The Philippines was the first country to declare a national energy emergency following the February 2026 US–Israel attacks on Iran, exposing its dependence on imported oil and the limits of its ...

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In South Korea, marginal part-time work has risen sharply as stronger enforcement of worker protections above a 15-hour weekly threshold has made those protections more binding in practice. As ...

ASEAN has increasingly been urged to act as a collective middle power, but internal diversity limits its ability to do so. Differences in threat perception and foreign policy priorities often produce ...