Thailand’s post-pandemic economic recovery still trailing behind
Thailand's new government is struggling to speed up its economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, with demand-side stimulus and new…
Indonesia doubles down on nickel export bans and downstreaming
Indonesia hopes its ban on nickel exports might open up new prospects for electric vehicle production, but the reality is…
US industrial policy the flipside of sanctions
Author: Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, ECIPE ‘A nation can be transformed’. With those stately words, US President Joe Biden signed the Inflation…
Jump-starting Indonesia’s transition to an innovative economy
Authors: Bryan Mercurio and Ronald Tundang, CUHK Indonesia has vast potential. Despite numerous setbacks since its independence in 1945 —…
Geopolitics goes into orbit with the US and China’s space ambitions
Author: Saadia M Pekkanen, University of Washington Space stations are the harbinger of a deepening bipolarity in the international relations…