Category: Asia

Ten years have passed since the International Arbitral Tribunal ruled in favor of the Philippines in its maritime case against China. The July 2016 award […]

By: Khanh Vu Duc Trump: like it or lump it Canada was supposed to be safe. America’s closest neighbor, a NATO member, a G7 democracy […]

The USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way home. This is welcome news after hearing of its abhorrent conditions. Yet, the situation lived by sailors […]

Washington’s August 13 report, The Great Transshipment Scam, puts Southeast Asia at the center of a widening US campaign against tariff evasion worldwide. Indonesia, Malaysia, […]

Japan’s rush to field interceptor drones marks a sharp break with its traditionally slow-moving defense procurement system as it prepares for a battlefield increasingly dominated […]

We are biased. Given our faith in the rapidly rising utility of AI that can only be done on a completely new type of hardware, […]

FDA’s proposed mandatory GRAS notification rule could increase regulatory risk for novel food ingredients, affecting investment, partnerships, M&A and product development…See More

In August 2026, a fatal traffic accident from the previous year became one of the biggest trending topics on Vietnamese social media. Nguyen Sy Cuong, […]

More than 150 people are dead and hundreds more missing after an enormous wave of water, ice, mud and rock cascaded more than 170 kilometres […]

Amidst the tragifarce of President Donald Trump’s apparently off-the-top-of-his-head war on Iran may lie a silver lining for the 2028 presidential election — a silver […]

There is a harsh paradox in today’s sustainability debate. The tools for understanding environmental risk are becoming more sophisticated: financed emissions, climate-risk models, taxonomies, transition […]

Marion Nestle’s Sugar Coated traces how cereal marketing and corporate lobbying shaped food labels, health claims and nutrition policy…See More

Ageism in the workplace is often framed as a problem for those nearing retirement. A new report suggests the picture is more complicated – and […]

By: Ainur Rohmah Indonesia’s experiment with decentralization is facing a tough test under President Prabowo Subianto. As Jakarta pulls billions of dollars in regional funding […]

The most telling number on American campuses this month is the one that didn’t show up. New foreign enrollment at US universities fell 20% this […]

There is very little information on CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow. Even so, there is enough information to make some observations. One reason […]

Tate & Lyle shareholders overwhelmingly backed Ingredion’s £2.7bn acquisition, with 98.64% of votes cast in favour. Completion is expected in H2 2027…See More

Japan’s national pension fund and its pension system in general face serious challenges that have recently been aggravated by an attempt to politicize the allocation […]

The Nikkei closed at 66,016 yen last week and is up 31.14% this year, one of the best runs on the planet. Now, fund managers […]

India’s interest in joining the French-led Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program reflects a convergence of strategic necessity, where India needs a credible path to […]