US says China’s poor Covid transparency has led to lack of consensus in America on disease’s origin
China’s foreign ministry pushed back on reports of the latest assessment earlier on Monday, calling them a smear against Beijing.…
The problematic politics of Japan’s ageing electorate
Author: Yasuo Takao, Curtin University Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida used a policy speech at the opening of the 2023…
The unintended consequences of unconstrained economic sanctions
Author: Editorial Board, ANU It’s now been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. In response to an unprovoked act of…
Without diplomatic carrots, economic sanctions less likely to work
Author: Ken Heydon, LSE There is a paradox with economic sanctions. They tend to command widespread support within the sanctioning…
Nepal’s ruling coalition in turmoil as deputy PM and 3 other ministers quit
Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (right) looks on as Ram Chandra Poudel of the Nepali Congress party shows his…
Reimagining Bangladesh’s economic progress
Author: Soumya Bhowmick, Observer Research Foundation Bangladesh’s economy has grown at impressive rates in the last decade. Even as one…
Economic slowdown may prompt reluctant reform in China
Author: Hiroki Takeuchi, Southern Methodist University At a press conference on 28 May 2020, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told reporters…
First Chinese pangolin baby ‘Little Cone’ in Europe born in Prague zoo, doing well
A baby Chinese pangolin is being weighed at the Prague Zoo in Czech Republic. A female baby of Chinese pangolin…
Seeing through the clean hydrogen hype
Author: Andrew Blakers, ANU In 2021, Australian company Star Scientific signed an agreement with the Philippine government to develop green…
Singapore fertility rate hits all-time low as Year of the Tiger takes a bite out of births
More people in Singapore are postponing marriage, Indranee noted, adding that more couples are also delaying having children or having…