2021/09/27 |
Taiwan’s Covid-19 Vaccine Struggles
Two lessons emerge from Taiwan’s experience with Covid-19 — even the best measures get eroded over time by complacency and fatigue, and it is nearly impossible to be safe from the virus without adequate vaccine deployment.
2022/05/17 |
Japan’s Reluctant Realism on Taiwan
As a key U.S. ally in East Asia, Japan is debating the introduction of legislation to ready itself to deal with a contingency scenario in Taiwan, a defensive response rather than a proactive military strategy.
2019/10/31 |
Taiwan's 2020 Election Is Not Just a Battle Between Presidential Candidates
Taiwan's 2020 election isn't just about the presidents — it's about the the local elections too.
2019/12/25 |
2019 Marked a Year of Economic Shift for Taiwan
2019 could be the beginning of the end of the economic integration between Taiwan and China that has persisted for the past 25 years.
2019/02/25 |
ANALYSIS: China and South Korea's THAAD Dispute May Be Set to Reignite
The US may see this week's summit with North Korea as the perfect time to bring the issue back to the table.
2019/09/24 |
How China Manipulates Geopolitics With Tourism Control
China is holding its outward tourism hostage to pressure other countries to succumb to its influence and policies. Is there a way to retaliate China's "tourism kidnapping"?
2022/02/17 |
Presidential Politics Heats up in Indonesia
Jokowi and his coalition partners have been preoccupied not just with the remaining two years of this presidential term, but also with the remainder of the decade. They have been prepared to countenance options that are contrary to democratic principles.
2020/03/09 |
Philippines Bans Deployment of Filipino Workers to Kuwait Due to Mistreatment
The Philippine government restricted the amount of overseas Filipino workers in Kuwait after a series of infractions against the bilateral labor agreement.
2019/10/17 |
Why Would Pakistan Rely on China Over Other Allies?
Pakistan often turns to the wealthy Arab states, China, or the United States for economic and diplomatic support — but why does China remain the most important ally for Pakistan?
2021/11/24 |
The Ongoing Battle for Historical Memory in Okinawa
Reflecting on the Battle of Okinawa sheds light on the ongoing exclusion of Okinawan voices in Japan.
2021/03/31 |
Tibetans in Exile Facing New Challenges
Tibetans in exile will elect the new president in April. The leader will need fresh thinking and expertise to navigate the challenges ahead.
2018/12/11 |
OPINION: Here's How Taiwan Should Tweak the New Southbound Policy
Taiwan's New Southbound Policy is bearing fruit, but could benefit from concrete proposals that map with partner countries' own development agendas.
2021/04/14 |
No Plan B for Singapore’s Leadership Succession
After Heng Swee Keat’s departure, there is no clear successor to Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. It exposes serious internal challenges for the ruling party.
2022/01/22 |
Vietnam’s Covid-19 Testing Scandal Goes Viral
Overpriced testing kits are an extremely sensitive issue that feeds into the long-standing problem of cronyism and backdoor politics in the medical equipment trade.
2022/10/19 |
The 20th Party Congress and the Crowning of Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping’s maneuverings to ensure his personal domination in the CCP, long in the planning, threaten to upset a bedrock of the durability of the party.
2019/09/04 |
China's Labor Reforms Dwindle After Government Crackdown
Space for Chinese workers to organize labor rights movement has been narrowed to its slimmest in the last decade.
2018/12/13 |
Meet Singapore's Next Leader, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat
The re-emergence of Heng Swee Keat as successor to Lee Hsien Loong as Singapore's leader could be viewed as a stopgap to the rise of Lee's son, Li Hongyi.
2018/08/27 |
The Challenges of Delivering a New Deal for Malaysia
A motley ruling coalition faces tough challenges in executing systemic reform.