China’s latest virtual currency notice signals a sharper response to the rapid expansion of US stablecoin regulation, bringing offshore RMB stablecoins and tokens linked to real-world assets under ...

Beijing’s 15th Five-Year Plan elevates foundational science as central to China’s competitive survival. The country has had major successes in AI and semiconductors, as well as in electric vehicles ...

Many scholars have converged on a dual track approach to critical minerals that separates strategy according to green and security-based end uses. Yet this distinction is arbitrary, as materials are ...

In a landmark move, the Indian government passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill on 18 December 2025. While the reform marks a ...

The Japanese upper house election last week offered voters an opportunity to embrace stability or deliver change. The results landed somewhere in between, and the indecisive result will pose a ...

Gender equality was a key aspiration of the popular movements that led to the toppling of Indonesia’s authoritarian New Order regime 24 years ago. The catchcry of that euphoric moment — pemberdayaan, ...

Sri Lanka is increasingly caught in a geopolitical tug-of-war between India and China in the Indian Ocean as the two powers seek strategic and mineral resources. The standoff escalated when the ...

In 2024, Japan revised its Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas to prioritise food security amid global instability. Despite the amendment, Japanese agricultural policy continues to focus on ...

Indonesia’s state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina is embroiled in a major corruption scandal that cost the state over US$12.06 billion between 2013–18. Involving top executives, the scandal eroded ...

Despite the impact of super Typhoon Yagi and a stormy geopolitical landscape, Vietnam’s GDP grew by 7.09 per cent in 2024, exceeding international forecast figures. But 2024 was not just a reset for ...

ASEAN’s involvement in the South China Sea dispute began informally and incrementally. As Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, China and Taiwan firmed up their territorial claims, the dispute ...

A potential consolidation in Indonesia’s digital economy has reignited debate over the country’s regulatory readiness to confront market dominance in the digital age. Singapore-based Grab Holdings ...