Chancay Port shows that Belt and Road infrastructure succeeds when it aligns with market demand, but its long-term scale ...

Confrontation, militarisation and US–China rivalry made for choppy waters in the South China Sea in 2025, complicating prospects for an ASEAN–China Code of Conduct.

Omar Narrea is Researcher at the Center for China and Asia-Pacific Studies, Universidad del Pacífico, Peru. He holds an MSc in Social Policy from the London School of Economics and an MSc in Mega ...

Fresh from joining ASEAN, Timor-Leste faces a defining moment as the shutdown of its main gas field accelerates the push for ...

As governments trade efficiency for security, resilience and strategic control, critical minerals are driving a new era of ...

India’s 2025 labour reforms increase flexibility, but without stronger social protection and skills investment they will not deliver sustained manufacturing growth.

Anutin Charnvirakul’s election victory sees backroom dealmaking moving from Bangkok suites into the heart of government.

Thailand’s weak growth in 2025 was not the product of a single shock, but the cumulative cost of decades of underinvesting in ...

Sri Lanka’s governing coalition has prioritised stability and anti-corruption, but delayed reforms and missteps threaten its ...

A two-track approach to critical minerals that separates supply chains for defence and energy transition technologies could ...

Security-first critical minerals policies risk slowing decarbonisation unless governments create a dual-track approach that ...

Hydrocarbons remained central to the economy, accounting for roughly 45 per cent of GDP in 2025 — and an even more dominant share of government revenue — with natural gas and liquefied natural gas ...