Author: Asia Sentinel

From strategic partnership between to the effects of natural disasters and climate phenomena, the past week brought developments with implications across Asia. Here are some […]

By: Tim Daiss Photo from Philippine News Agency Southeast Asia could face a double energy shock over the coming months as a strengthening El Niño […]

By: Rupakjyoti Borah The recently concluded Veer Guardian 2026 air exercise between India and Japan, which ended on Sept. 22, marks a capstone moment in […]

By: Toh Han Shih Xi Jinping was welcomed by Donald Trump at the White House in September 2026. Photo from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

By: Ainur Rohmah Firefighters attempt to extinguish flames burning peatland in Central Kalimantan. Photo from ANTARA Indonesia is once again scrambling to respond to a […]

By: Khanh Vu Duc Vietnamese President To Lam at a private talks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Photo from VNA Vietnam’s new Strategic Partnership […]

By: John Elliott Shyam’s $2.15m Pundole record breaker – an unusually large and strongly coloured 91in x 69in acrylic on canvas showing a spiritual figure […]

From China’s political and development ties with Southeast Asia to territorial disputes and agreements, the past week brought developments with implications across Asia. Here are […]

By: Salman Rafi Sheikh Photo from the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pakistan and China formally launched their Boundary Joint Commission in Islamabad on September […]

By: Dharendra Wardhana and Danifansen Simanjuntak A couple in northern Laos walk on the dam of the Nam Ou 1 hydropower plant invested in by […]

By: Nava Thakuria Kaptai National Park located at the Rangamati District of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in southeastern Bangladesh. Wikimedia photo For nearly three decades, […]

By: Clare Rewcastle Brown Image from Free Malaysia Today The background to Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, due to begin operations in January, […]

By: Majid Maqbool The People’s Republic of China has consistently utilized military pressure and gray-zone tactics against regional neighbors and global powers since its founding […]

By: Tita C. Valderama Police personnel inspect students’ bags in a school in Tacloban City weeks after a deadly campus shooting. Photo from the Department […]

By: Majid Maqbool The People’s Republic of China has consistently utilized military pressure and gray-zone tactics against regional neighbors and global powers since its founding […]

From Indonesia’s shifting political and economic landscape to questions over Chinese state-bank lending and regional cooperation, the past week brought developments with implications across Asia. […]

By: Toh Han Shih Photo from World Finance 100 Beijing announced its proposed Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law (ACBCL) in August following a blistering exposé by a […]

By: Ben Kiatkwankul Thailand expects to spend about $84 million hosting the world’s financial establishment in October, according to Vinit Visessuvanapoom, director-general of the Fiscal […]

By: Salman Rafi Sheikh Benjamin Netanyahu may lose Israel’s October election, but removing the man who has dominated Israeli politics for years may do little […]

By: Ainur Rohmah Photo from Jakarta Post Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto dismissed outspoken Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa on September 14, exactly one year after […]