Author: Purnendra Jain, University of Adelaide In its first breakthrough since easing restrictions on arms exports in 2014, Japan signed a deal to sell US$100 million...
Author: Atharva Deshmukh, LSE and Pranav Bafna, ILS Law College Pune The old Chinese saying to cross the river by feeling the stones offers insight into...
Author: Editorial Board, ANU When the ‘factory of the world’ shut down in February as Wuhan and then soon after much of China went into lockdown...
Author: Suiwah Leung, ANU Vietnam’s economy and people are often described as ‘resilient’. Nowhere is this more befitting than in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. After...
Author: Faizal Bin Yahya, NUS COVID-19 has severely impacted Singapore’s trade and economy. But the virus is also proving to be a catalyst for exploring alternate...
Authors: Joshua P Meltzer, Brookings Institution and Neena Shenai, AEI COVID-19 is fast-tracking the declining relevance and effectiveness of a rules-based global trading system — one...
Author: Sandra Seno-Alday, Sydney University The roughly 20 typhoons that hit Southeast Asia each year pale in comparison to the impact on the region of COVID-19...
Author: Justin Kwan, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada As COVID-19 takes its toll on the global economy, the need for international cooperation has seldom been so...
Authors: Nopriyanto Hady Suhanda and M Ridho Mubaroq, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia In the first week of July 2020, Indonesia and Hong Kong entered a new...