Thailand’s heavy reliance on Middle Eastern energy and fertiliser imports has left it vulnerable to the economic fallout from the 2026 US–Israel war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Indonesia’s fixation on the rupiah–US dollar exchange rate has made monetary policy too responsive to US and global conditions, leaving domestic activity to absorb external shocks. Proposals to ...

China today is actively shaping the security architecture which it inhabits. In a layered manner, from Myanmar to Djibouti, Beijing has increased its presence, exerting influence to protect its ...

Rommel Banlaoi, PhD, is the President of Philippine Society for International Security Studies and Chairman of the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research. He used to teach at ...

Greg Raymond is Associate Professor at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, and is a leading expert in Southeast Asian politics, defence and ...

Beijing opened 2026 with a clear signal on Taiwan. In his New Year message, Chinese President Xi Jinping celebrated the establishment of Taiwan Retrocession Day on October 25 and called reunification ...

Support for Australia’s right-wing populist One Nation party has surged from 6.5 to 28 per cent in the 13 months since Labor’s May 2025 election win, with immigration concerns appearing to matter more ...

Two southern Malaysian multi-ethnic states — Johor and Negeri Sembilan — are set to hold elections in quick succession. Held on 11 July and 1 August 2026 respectively, these elections could undercut ...

On 4 May 2026, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a map indicating a zone of Iranian authority over a large area of the Strait of Hormuz, covering a large part of both Oman’s and the ...

China–Japan relations have entered their most troubled period since normalisation in 1972, driven less by temporary diplomatic friction than by deepening structural rivalry over Taiwan, military ...

Taiwan’s passage of a scaled-back special defence budget highlights the strategic costs of divided government. While the compromise ended a political standoff, restrictive oversight requirements and ...

The Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA), formed by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) coalition partner Komeito, suffered a heavy defeat in the February ...