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…
Australia stabilises its foreign policy but hard choices lie ahead
Author: Allan Gyngell, ANU Not for the first time in its history, distant events in Europe had a deep impact…
Stock wipeout knocks Asia’s richest man out of world’s top 10 wealthiest
India’s billionaires are not having a great 2023 so far. A massive selloff in the listed companies of the Gautam…
APEC’s ambitions met with challenges in 2022
Author: Rebecca Sta Maria, APEC The start of 2022 held much promise for APEC economies. The pandemic seemed under control.…
New Cathay Pacific CEO pledges to pay HK$1.2 billion in deferred dividends to Hong Kong government and rebuild operations
On January 20, Cathay warned it expected a net loss of between HK$6.4 billion and HK$7 billion for last year,…
Germany’s U-turn on tanks comes just in time for Ukraine, but much too late for Nato allies
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks next to a Leopard 2 battle tank of the German armed forces while visiting troops…