Malaysian efforts at domestic fiscal balancing and external economic rebalancing remained unfinished at the end of 2025. Progress on fiscal consolidation — particularly with reductions in subsidies — ...

India’s economy grew at a steady pace in 2025 despite a global climate of sluggish growth, decelerating investment and weakening trade. Estimated real GDP growth for 2025 is close to 7 per cent, ...

The collapse and outlawing of Bangladesh’s once-dominant ruling party has opened space for complex alliances of youth-led and ...

ASEAN faces pressure to move from managing political turbulence to more decisive regional leadership as conflict, economic ...

As several Southeast Asian leaders turn their attention to domestic politics amid elections in 2026, Indonesia's commitment is critical to preserve and strengthen ASEAN's global role ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s popularity is waning as a year of political blunders fuels the resurgence of the ...

As Malaysia enters 2026, the political horizon is clouded by speculation surrounding the 16th general election. Though Prime ...

Pakistan’s failure to translate stabilisation into inclusive development is also evident from the Household Integrated ...

Taiwan should respond with strategic caution as Trump’s National Security Strategy turns US interests further inward ...

As post‑war norms collapse, the Pacific islands confront an unpredictable world that threatens their sovereignty and ...

The events of September 2025 marked a sudden political upheaval in Nepal, triggered by student-led ‘Gen-Z’ protests and followed by rapid political change. The protests were met with a high-handed ...

As geopolitical pressure mounts and climate change accelerates, the Pacific enters 2026 determined to set the rules of ...