Tag: Asia

Open newsletter – february 23, 2022

ASIA A divide is emerging between how the Asia Pacific region has responded to the Omicron wave of COVID-19, and how North American and Western...

Daily news – February 7, 2022 a.m.

AFGHANISTAN Bamiyan Buddhas and Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage. Rishika Dhumal, Vivekananda International Foundation: In Afghanistan, Buddhist cave temples are concentrated in three regions: Jalalabad (180 caves),...

Daily news – February 3, 2022 a.m.

AFRICA Artificial intelligence creeps on to the African Battlefield. Nathaniel Allen, Marian “Ify” Okpali, Brookings: Even as the world’s leading militaries race to adopt artificial...

In vying for economic preeminence in Asia, openness is essential (Mireya Solís, Brookings)

At a time when borders and minds are shuttering, it is hard to make the case for openness to project leadership in Asia, the...

The state of Asian trade and trade agreements in 2022 (David Dollar and Peter A. Petri, Brookings)

Peter Petri, a professor at Brandeis International Business School and a nonresident senior fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings, joins David...

To become Asia’s second economy India needs to join regional integration (Hui Qing, Global Times)

In spite of the continuous waves from the COVID-19 pandemic, many still maintain high expectations on the Indian economy as one latest report estimates...

Will RCEP make Asia ‘center of gravity’ for global commerce? (Wen Sheng, Global Times)

Everyone knows free trade enhances productivity and creates wealth. With the 15-member RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) coming into force at the beginning of...

Huge uncertainties still surround US trade policy (East Asia Forum)

Donald Trump’s presidency signalled a decisive US retreat from free and open trade and leadership of the multilateral trading system that had fostered unprecedented...

Security not economics is likely to drive US trade engagement in Asia (Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Megan Hogan, East Asia Forum)

It was a year of transition for US trade policy in 2021. The Trump administration’s trade representative Robert Lighthizer was replaced by Katherine Tai,...

The future of democracy and rise of authoritarianism in Asia (Don S Lee, Fernando Casal Bértoa, East Asia Forum)

History has shaped party politics and electoral instability in Asian democracies. History remains a critical factor in understanding how young Asian democracies can be...

The Asia-Europe Meeting needs to agree on a connectivity code of conduct (Shada Islam, Yeo Lay Hwee, Bart Gaens, East Asia Forum)

The 13th Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) on 25–26 November 2021 confirmed ASEM’s ambitions to become the ‘institutional home of connectivity’. The summit issued an...

Coal versus money in Asia (Peter McCawley, East Asia Forum)

The use of coal needs to be cut back as quickly as possible. Activists in developed countries are calling for new regulatory controls over...

Covid in Asia: the immediate payoff of donating vaccines (Alyssa Leng)

Covid-19 has loomed large over everything again this year and the new Omicron variant is a warning that there is still plenty of fight...

Will Asia buy into the Summit for Democracy? (Andrew Yeo, Brookings)

In his first major foreign policy speech, U.S. President Joseph Biden declared that the U.S. must “start with diplomacy rooted in America’s most cherished democratic...

There’s more to Australian security in Asia than AUKUS (East Asia Forum)

When the AUKUS agreement was announced on 16 September it not only surprised the French and President Macron — Indonesia’s parliamentarians were stunned and...

Why there are no grand alliances in Asia (Evan Laksmana, East Asia Forum)

The outlines of the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy are emerging. Public comments from administration figures indicate that the US is seeking to build more...