The Trump administration imposed an additional 25 per cent tariff on India, effective from 27 August 2025, citing ‘India’s ...

Policymakers must exercise caution and restraint in their green industrial policy to avoid spiralling fragmentation of global ...

Japan’s constrained response to US and Israeli strikes on Iran highlighted the gap between its rhetoric on a rules-based ...

Despite claiming to have a ‘no-limits’ partnership, China and Russia maintain a pragmatic and conditional alliance. Driven by ...

Hanoi’s fight for clean air may not be won within city borders alone. Modelling suggests that about 40–65 per cent of PM2.5 ...

Trump’s protectionist blitz replaces supply chain efficiency with costly fragmentation and deepens geopolitical fault lines.

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A multi-faceted approach is needed to address the reality that in Jakarta, indoor air pollution levels are often worse than ...

Jeanne Sorin Le Guével’s research lies at the intersection of development, urban and spatial, and environmental economics. Jeanne leverages a variety of tools—from quantitative spatial models to ...

Athia Yumna is Deputy Director of Research and Outreach at SMERU Research Institute. She is responsible for the development and implementation of SMERU’s outreach initiatives with varying timelines, ...

Dil Rahut is Vice Chair of Research and Senior Research Economist at the Asian Development Bank Institute. His research focuses on development microeconomics, agricultural economics, and environmental ...

China relationship is not a structural inevitability, but a result of political choices made by governments across the ...