Cold War Archives: Return to the Jakarta-Tokyo-Canberra Trilateral
Author: Andrew Levidis, ANU Australia’s role in Asian regionalism has too often been a blind spot in public discourse about…
Asia’s coming demographic divergence
Author: Andrew L Oros, Washington College The trend of Asian populations growing and moving to cities — providing cheap labour,…
Improving working conditions in Japan’s agriculture sector
Author: Yusaku Yoshikawa, JIN Corporation In 2019, the Japanese government introduced the Work Style Reform Law which sought to increase…
Cambodia working towards independent foreign policy
Author: Chansambath Bong, Asian Vision Institute Taking the baton for the third time as the ASEAN chair in 2022, Cambodia’s…
Cambodia edges towards an independent foreign policy
Author: Chansambath Bong, Asian Vision Institute Taking the baton for the third time as the ASEAN chair in 2022, Cambodia’s…
An inflection point in US trade policy
Author: William Reinsch, CSIS December 2022 highlighted how much US trade policy has changed in recent years. It is tempting…
The Chongryon element in Japan–North Korea relations
Author: Soyoung Kim, Nanyang Technological University The General Association of Korean Residents in Japan — abbreviated as Chongryon in Korean…
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…
Ukraine crisis doesn’t herald a new era for refugee rights in Japan
Author: Petrice R Flowers, University of Hawaii at Manoa In March 2022, the Japanese government announced that it would accept…
Taiwan’s national security must not overshadow reform
Author: Sheryn Lee, SDU Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and China’s tacit support for it — led to increased international…