Indonesia’s fixation on the rupiah–US dollar exchange rate has made monetary policy too responsive to US and global conditions, leaving domestic activity to absorb external shocks. Proposals to ...

China–Japan relations have entered their most troubled period since normalisation in 1972, driven less by temporary diplomatic friction than by deepening structural rivalry over Taiwan, military ...

On 4 May 2026, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a map indicating a zone of Iranian authority over a large area of the Strait of Hormuz, covering a large part of both Oman’s and the ...

Lucky Christ Nugroho is an official at Bank Indonesia, the central bank of Indonesia. He is currently serving as a Junior Economist at the Economic and Monetary Policy Department. He earned a bachelor ...

The concept of ASEAN Centrality has been questioned due to increasing rivalry between the United States and China. Despite its limitations — particularly in conflict resolution — ASEAN Centrality ...

Climate change adaptation in the Pacific needs to be examined more carefully. While it is empirically established that those most impacted by climate change are those least responsible for causing it, ...

The Mekong River is the lifeblood of countries in the Mekong region, but the past few years have seen water flows recurringly decline and processes of saltwater intrusion accelerating in the ...

In 2022, Japan saw a substantial depreciation of the yen which correlated with the Bank of Japan's monetary easing policy and declining US interest rates, peaking at 150 yen against the US dollar ...

The Philippines reveals democracy's digital paradox. The Marcos administration, which rose to power through disinformation campaigns, now attempts to counter pro-Duterte disinformation networks using ...

Mongolia's mining sector dominates its economy, contributing nearly 30 per cent to GDP and over 90 per cent to exports. While this brings substantial economic benefits, it creates significant ...

Growing use of economic sanctions by numerous countries today has increased the significance of WTO security exceptions, which allow members to retain otherwise WTO-inconsistent measures — such as ...

The contemporary security context has sharpened Japan’s dilemma regarding nuclear weapons. Japan is surrounded by several nuclear-armed neighbours and depends on US extended deterrence rather than its ...