Dongkeun Lee is Policy Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network and has recently submitted his PhD thesis at The Australian National University. His primary research focus is maritime security in ...

During the annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in October 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia and China are cooperating on developing a ballistic missile early ...

The military coup in Myanmar in February has reversed or put at risk a decade of gradual economic progress. In the last decade, the Myanmar economy benefited from significant economic and political ...

Taiwan's semiconductor industry may be strong enough to dampen the impact of US onshoring and deter further Chinese tariffs.

In Brief Gender equality was a key aspiration of the popular movements that led to the toppling of Indonesia’s authoritarian New Order regime 24 years ago. The catchcry of that euphoric moment — ...

Taiwan has seen a rapid decrease in fertility rates, from seven births per woman in 1951 to 0.97 births in 2021, resulting in the country becoming an 'aged society'. The decline is linked to factors ...

The new normal for any ASEAN Chair is the expectation of having to manage a crisis, if not multiple crises, amid an increasingly hostile geopolitical environment. The Myanmar conflict and South China ...

Vietnam is rewriting its economic playbook through bold political reforms, technological investment and strategic diplomacy — positioning itself as a dynamic player in the global tech and ...

The rise of minilateralism in the Indo-Pacific heralds a new way of cooperating with the potential to provide diverse strategic benefits.

ASEAN and China's efforts to finalise a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea move at a languid pace as crucial challenges including disagreements over geographical scope and involvement of external ...

Wary of the risk of economic dependence on Beijing, Vietnam has engaged cautiously with China's Belt and Road Initiative.

Mongolia’s interim trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union is a step towards economic diversification and regional integration.