Indonesia’s nickel boom has delivered staggering economic gains, but the industry’s dependency on great powers may be its ...

ASEAN’s responses to major regional security challenges like the Myanmar crisis illustrate weakening ASEAN centrality — ASEAN’s key principle and aspiration. The question of whether and how ASEAN can ...

Berlin Syahputra Situmorang is a researcher at the Indonesia Initiative for Sustainable Mining (IISM). His work focuses on the socio-political dynamics of industrial policy and the energy transition ...

Australia and India should pursue critical mineral partnerships with African governments to bolster supply chain resilience ...

As the 2026 APEC chair, China has the opportunity to lead by example on an enhanced services and digital cooperation agenda ...

Relations with Beijing will also improve considerably. North Korea will seek normalisation of trade relations and economic ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to emulate the economic policies of her mentor Shinzo Abe, but this agenda ...

While the Asia Pacific region has woken up to a changed world order, Australia’s foreign policy discussions are stuck in the ...

The Marshall Islands’ new universal basic income program rests on Compact funding from the United States, blurring the line between sovereignty and dependency.

Sri Lanka appeared on track to recover from the economic fallout of its 2022 external debt default until Cyclone Ditwah ...

Prioritising public health in intellectual property rights is what the doctor ordered for low- and middle-income countries to ...

As we begin the New Year, East Asia Forum would like to acknowledge and pay tribute to the legacy it owes to significant ...