Trumpian trade policy promises a period of spasmodic aggression and persisting uncertainty. What is clear, however, is that the United States’ focus will be principally on its relationship with China ...

Indonesia's underperforming VAT system should bring the informal sector into the tax framework, closing loopholes that cost ...

Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest reveals ambivalence towards human rights violations made in the pursuit of anti-drug policy.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious food security program integrates the military into civilian affairs, ...

Security interests are reshaping Japan’s developmental aid policy and its commitment to the liberal international order.

China’s pivot to domestic stability and consumption-led growth signals a broader geostrategic realignment amid deepening ...

Sadia Rahman is Lecturer at Department of International and Strategic Studies at Universiti Malaya. Her research interests include International Relations, China Studies, Cross-Strait Relations, ...

At the start of Australia’s six-week election campaign, opposition leader Peter Dutton led the opinion polls. By the 3 May ...

Despite economic pressures and low pre-election approval ratings, Australia's incumbent Labor Party government, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, achieved a landslide victory over the ...

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Trump’s tariff havoc gives Indonesia the momentum to push regional economic integration, diversify its partners and undertake ...