Europe’s growing concern over Chinese import competition has fuelled calls for stronger protectionist measures, but many of the continent’s current challenges also reflect long-standing domestic ...

Papua New Guinea’s exploration of electric maritime transport points to a practical path for Pacific island countries seeking to reduce fossil fuel dependence. Battery-electric vessels are ...

With the Trump administration increasingly distracted by conflicts in the Middle East and Latin America and showing little appetite for reviving North Korea diplomacy, South Korea, Japan and China ...

Actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam made history in April 2026 by winning 108 of 234 seats in its first Tamil Nadu state election, ending nearly six decades of alternation between ...

After the Liberal Democratic Party’s landslide victory in Japan’s 2026 snap election, faction-like ‘political groups’ have become increasingly active. Many are organised around members of factions ...

Australia’s prosecutions of former soldiers over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, alongside charges against women who returned from Syria with connections to ISIS, represent a major test of its ...

On 2 April 2025, China issued its first sovereign green bond denominated in Chinese renminbi (RMB). The issuance raised 6 billion RMB (US$824 million), an historic milestone that sends important ...

Since banning raw nickel ore exports in 2020, Indonesia has mounted an aggressive push use its control over nickel resources to drive industrialisation. The government’s ‘downstreaming’ policy — known ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit Australia in early May 2026 — on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation and almost 70 years on from the ...

Following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023, Japan's energy security is threatened by rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, where it sources over 95 per cent of its oil.

Indonesia’s arms procurement is fragmented. Since 2020, it has acquired a wide range of military assets. But instead of pursuing a disciplined long-term procurement policy, Jakarta has embraced a ...

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