ASEAN has long framed trade diversification as a strategic priority, but in practice its economic ties have become more regionally concentrated, with engagement with the Gulf Cooperation Council ...

In February 2026, the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, but he is now reconstructing his tariff wall using other statutes. Global market interventions ...

At the pump, consumers across the world are reliving the kind of price shocks that defined the oil crises of the 1970s. Petrol prices that hovered around 180 cents per litre in early 2026 have surged ...

Kim Ju-ae, daughter of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, is reportedly being groomed as his designated successor. But the real question is not whether Kim Jong-un wants to pass power to his ...

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Takeo Otani is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Territory and History, The Japan Institute of International Affairs. He is also a doctoral researcher at Hitotsubashi University, specialising in ...

Anthony Saich is Daewoo Professor of International Relations and Director of the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Ye Zhang is Research Analyst at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Mitch Shin is Chief Correspondent for The Diplomat, covering the Korean peninsula. He is also Non-resident Research Fellow at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies and Associate Fellow at ...

Junqing Zhang is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University. His research interests focus on illicit economic flows, particularly online gambling in China ...

US protectionism is reshaping Asia’s trade politics. Rising tariffs and unpredictability from Washington are chilling investment, disrupting supply chains and driving governments towards transactional ...

The final days of 2025 saw Taiwan surrounded by Chinese warships, aircraft and coast guard vessels in what the Chinese Ministry of Defence described as a serious warning to ‘Taiwan independence’ ...