Support from international partners is crucial to curtailing Indonesia’s slow democratic decline into Suharto-era ...

David Hua is a technology policy researcher at AI Asia Pacific Institute. His research focuses on how artificial intelligence can be responsibly used and governed in settings that have significant ...

Kelly Forbes is the President and Executive Director of the AI Asia Pacific Institute. She also serves on the Editorial Board of the AI and Ethics Journal at Springer Nature and sits on the advisory ...

In July 2025, Taiwan saw a wave of recall votes — ballots on whether to remove sitting legislators mid-term — targeting opposition lawmakers. All failed. In ...

Japan’s non-refundable enrolment fees block student opportunities, deepening inequality and undermining the sustainability of ...

While there are indications that India and the United States could work towards cutting the Gordian Knot, the two governments ...

Only ASEAN can offer credible economic leadership in the region through the flagship Regional Comprehensive Economic ...

By pulling Afghanistan into the Belt and Road orbit, Beijing and Islamabad have set a new test for India’s influence in the ...

In one generation, Chinese families have been told to bear fewer children, then one, then two and now three. But shifting ...

ASEAN’s struggle to manage security crisis calls for a new regional maritime cooperation forum to strengthen Southeast Asia’s ...

Without decisive leadership and inclusive reform, Myanmar’s Spring Revolution risks dissolving into symbolism rather than ...

Myanmar’s rare earths are a source of local leverage and conflict, not a game-changer in global great power competition.