Aileen San Pablo-Baviera is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University and a professor at the Asian Centre, University of ...

Cindy X S Zheng is a Postgraduate Student at Sciences Po Paris and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in European Policies and Public Administration with a background in Communication Science. Her main ...

Since the introduction of visa exemptions in late 2023, foreign tourist arrivals in China have surged. China’s visa-free policies include mutual exemptions, unilateral waivers to select nations and a ...

East Asian economies should respond to the US election result by increasing their leadership on the global stage.

Many around the world may joke that they should be allowed to vote in American elections because the results have as big an effect on them as they do on those who live in the United States. The ...

Taiwan’s civil defence system, administered by the National Policy Agency (NPA) under the Ministry of the Interior, plays an important role in supporting disaster relief, public security and military ...

Global security and economics are increasingly intertwined, leading to more insular actions and complicating efforts to address challenges like climate change and digital technology advancement. ASEAN ...

Reframing Japan's agriculture industry as an ordinary sector with diverse actors, not only family farmers, will pave the way ...

Japan’s House of Representatives election on 27 October resulted in a hung parliament. Having ruled Japan since 2012, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost 68 seats, winning only 191. For the first ...

In 2014, the New Colombo Plan was envisaged as a way for Australians to become 'ambassadors' to the Indo-Pacific and to ...

Japan is investing heavily in its semiconductor industry to regain technological autonomy. While these efforts aim to strengthen supply chains and bolster economic security, Japan faces significant ...