Commentary / Japan Nov 21, 2019
Japan's global leadership in the G-Zero world
by Stephen R. Nagy
How should and how can Japan navigate the world's emerging transformative and chaotic landscape?
Commentary / World Nov 21, 2019
Asia's twin curse: Dams and droughts
by Brahma Chellaney
A proliferation of upstream dams is beginning to impose costs across much of Asia.
Commentary / World Nov 14, 2019
America's feeble Indo-Pacific strategy
by Brahma Chellaney
The United States has allowed Chinese expansionism in Asia to continue virtually unimpeded.
Business Nov 13, 2019
U.S. pork prices rising as fatal pig disease cuts global meat supply, says Tyson CEO
U.S. pork prices rose in recent weeks at a time when they would normally be falling, as a fatal pig disease in China is tightening global meat supplies, the chief executive of Tyson Foods Inc. said on Tuesday. The price increase is probably the first ...
Commentary / World Nov 4, 2019
Beijing is determined to reshape the globe
by Hal Brands
The Belt and Road initiative seeks to remake Eurasia in China's image.
Business / Tech Nov 1, 2019
Twitter says its tech tools removed 1 in 2 abusive tweets in first half
Twitter's technology tools removed one in two tweets containing abusive content posted in the first half of this year, it said on Thursday, amid calls to the U.S. social media company and its peers to do more to tackle the issue. Silicon Valley tech giants ...
World / Science & Health Oct 30, 2019
300 million face annual coastline flooding by 2050, especially in Asia, study warns
Coastal areas currently home to 300 million people will be vulnerable by 2050 to flooding made worse by climate change, no matter how aggressively humanity curbs carbon emissions, scientists said Tuesday. By midcentury and beyond, however, choices made today will determine whether Earth's coastlines remain ...
Commentary / World Oct 29, 2019
Trump's Indo-Pacific strategy at year two
by Elliot Silverberg and Matthew Sullivan
The U.S. president's actions raise questions about his commitment to the region.
World / Social Issues Oct 29, 2019
'Global ring' involved in smuggling 39 Vietnamese found dead in U.K. freight container, court told
A court heard on Monday that a global ring had been involved in smuggling the 39 people whose bodies were found in a truck near London, as the driver faced charges of manslaughter and people-trafficking. The discovery of the bodies last week in a refrigerated ...
Commentary / Japan Oct 28, 2019
2020 Tokyo Olympics: Democracy in the spotlight
by John Lee
Democracies must accept they are in a contest of political ideas, especially in Asia.
Business Oct 24, 2019
Asian nations face U.S. currency manipulation listing threat
Asia is bracing for the latest U.S. Treasury report on foreign currency manipulators, set for release amid a trade war that shows no sign of ending. The twice-yearly report is due in coming weeks and will likely see Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam on the watchlist. ...
Commentary / World Sep 2, 2019
Changes on the Indo-Pacific's geopolitical chessboard
by Brahma Chellaney
Today, with the specter of Asian power disequilibrium looming, the China factor has gained greater salience in the equations between and among the major Indo-Pacific powers.