Taiwan’s ‘new normal’ of volatility and deterrence
Author: Roy C Lee, CIER Volatility is perhaps the best word to describe Taiwan’s 2022. Though initial economic forecasts expected…
South Korea must reach for diplomacy, not nuclear arms, to defuse tensions with the North
US Air Force B-1B bombers (centre), F-22 fighter jets and South Korean Air Force F-35 fighter jets (bottom) fly over…
Can Fiji keep its democracy in 2023?
Author: Richard Herr, University of Tasmania The most important event for Fiji in 2022 was the peaceful transfer of power…
Anwar Ibrahim returns to a changed economy
Author: Teck Chi Wong, University of Queensland During Anwar Ibrahim’s first stint as Malaysia’s finance minister in the 1990s, Putrajaya…
Climate systems are beyond human control – someone should tell the global warming activists
Dozens of volunteers look for plastic beads on a beach in Pornic, in western France, on January 21, after a…
Vietnam’s social insurance dilemma
Author: Tu Phuong Nguyen, University of Adelaide At the end of 2022, there were reports of long queues of employees…
John woos: Hong Kong leader plans 160,000 free airline tickets for locals, regional visitors in face off with world to boost ‘world’s freest economy’
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EU–China relations disintegrating on autopilot
Author: Andrei Lungu, RISAP In early December 2022, President of the European Council Charles Michel travelled to Beijing for his…
Laos must address rising inflation in 2023
Authors: Chanhsy Samavong, Laos Macroeconomic Research Institute, and Buavanh Vilavong, Laos Ministry of Industry and Commerce The Lao economy has…
Pakistan needs to lower its expectations of the United States
Author: Arif Rafiq, Middle East Institute Pakistan and the United States have recently been pursuing a reset of relations. High-level…