In a landmark move, the Indian government passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill on 18 December 2025. While the reform marks a ...

Beijing’s 15th Five-Year Plan elevates foundational science as central to China’s competitive survival. The country has had major successes in AI and semiconductors, as well as in electric vehicles ...

Japan’s deep-sea rare earth breakthrough in February 2026 marks a technical milestone and advances Japan’s broader science and technology agenda, but its contribution to supply chain security remains ...

As Cambodia’s microfinance sector comes under pressure from post-pandemic strain, global fragmentation and a rising number of non-performing loans, transitioning microfinance institutions into banks ...

Malaysia’s affirmative action framework remains organised around ethnic categories that no longer reflect the reality of inequality on the ground. Malaysia’s affirmative action policy, now in its ...

The Japanese upper house election last week offered voters an opportunity to embrace stability or deliver change. The results landed somewhere in between, and the indecisive result will pose a ...

Thailand’s return to civilian rule has concealed deep political instability, as the monarchy and military obstruct democratic reforms. Legal mechanisms and entrenched elites weaken the government, ...

The concentration of rare earth magnet supply chains in China has exposed vulnerabilities in global high-tech and defence industries, amplified by Chinese export curbs imposed in response to US ...

ASEAN’s involvement in the South China Sea dispute began informally and incrementally. As Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, China and Taiwan firmed up their territorial claims, the dispute ...

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The second Trump administration has transformed US foreign policy, with immediate implications for economic and security ties with Asia and long-term implications for regional and global order. The ...