The China–Japan–South Korea (CJK) trilateral summit framework is effectively stalled, with the tenth summit delayed indefinitely as Japan–China friction over Taiwan and defence policy compounds a long ...

Norway’s cancellation of the Naval Strike Missile deal for Malaysia’s littoral combat vessel program, despite Kuala Lumpur having already paid 95 per cent of the contract, has raised doubts about the ...

The new government’s budget is an ambitious response to its first annual budget since the 2025 Gen Z protests. Yet its ambition is accompanied by a targeted reform agenda aimed at overcoming the ...

North Korea’s deepening ties with Russia are reshaping its relationship with China. While Beijing remains Pyongyang’s most important economic partner, Moscow has given North Korea a new source of ...

US technology companies’ investments in artificial intelligence in Southeast Asia risk reproducing existing patterns of technological dependency. Partnerships with regional telecommunications firms ...

China is making a strategic bet on renewable hydrogen as a way to carry clean electricity into the sectors electrification struggles to reach, such as steel, chemicals and long-distance transport. But ...

Dr Phan Le is Research Officer at the Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australia. Phan earned his PhD in Economics from the Australian National University. His areas of expertise ...

Dr Anil Sigdel is Lecturer at the University of Vienna, Austria. He is the author of the book India in the Era of China's Belt and Road Initiative: How Modi Responds to Xi by Rowman and Littlefield, ...

Michael Barr is Associate Professor of International Relations at Flinders University and a Deputy Editor of Asian Studies Review. He is author of ‘The ruling elite of Singapore: networks of power and ...

Thailand’s return to civilian rule has concealed deep political instability, as the monarchy and military obstruct democratic reforms. Legal mechanisms and entrenched elites weaken the government, ...

Japan’s defence policy shift — doubling spending, acquiring counterstrike capabilities and loosening arms-export restrictions — is reshaping Southeast Asia’s security landscape. Tokyo’s new official ...

The concept of ASEAN Centrality has been questioned due to increasing rivalry between the United States and China. Despite its limitations — particularly in conflict resolution — ASEAN Centrality ...