US expects Beijing’s zero-Covid reversal to help keep China its No 1 buyer of farm goods
A farmer shovels corn inside a semitrailer during a harvest in Buda, Illinois, U.S., soybeans, pork, corn and beef.on Tuesday,…
China property crisis: Beijing drafts 21-point plan to aid developers with financing, debt extensions, state media says
Residential buildings in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, on January 6, 2023. China is planning to relax restrictions on developer borrowing,…
Will Thailand’s new residency visa achieve results?
Author: Paul Green, University of Melbourne On 1 September 2022, Thailand introduced a new Long-Term Resident (LTR) visa program. The…
Southeast Asia’s tech take-off and layoffs
Author: Faizal Bin Yahya, NUS 2022 saw big tech companies retrench thousands of workers globally. The trend highlights that the…
Sri Lanka’s disastrous 2022 ends with a sliver of optimism
Author: Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits, Erasmus University Rotterdam Sri Lanka entered 2022 beset by economic crisis and political upheaval. The economic crisis…
Tackling drug trafficking in the Pacific
Author: Anthea McCarthy-Jones, UNSW Canberra The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has recently identified the Pacific as a…
An agenda for regional economic and security cooperation
Author: Yose Rizal Damuri, CSIS The connection between economic integration and political security has long attracted attention. Integration through intensive…
South Korea upholds firewall against North
Author: Martin Weiser, Seoul South Korea is widely considered a successful democracy — but there is still a severe lack…
Relaying the ASEAN baton from Cambodia to Indonesia
Author: Sharon Seah, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute Cambodia assumed the ASEAN chair in 2022 with the theme ‘ASEAN ACT: Addressing Challenges…
Empowering women’s rights in Indonesia
Author: Kathryn Robinson, ANU Gender equality was a key aspiration of the popular movements that led to the toppling of…