Tag: Asia

(Asia) Digital currencies are the future in Asia (East Asia Forum)

Gordon R Clarke, Monetics and Emir Hrnjic, NUS When digital currencies and cryptocurrencies sprang to life, bitcoin was viewed as a direct challenge to central...

(Asia) Shaping Policy in the Asian Century: New Politics, Ethics, and Economics (ORF)

KETAN MEHTA As the conventional ways of approaching policy issues are not working, it has necessitated fresh ideas and approaches. This space has been filled...

(Asia/Quad/China) The Great Game 2.0 in Asia (ORF)

YURI M YARMOLINSKY Amid increasing recognition of the Asia-Pacific Region (APR) as the engine and centre of future global development and growth, it is important...

(Asia/Infrastructure Financing) Can fintech open new doors for infrastructure financing in Asia? (East Asia Forum)

Kensuke Tanaka, OECD As the infrastructure investment needs of emerging Asian countries continue to grow, obtaining financing is becoming increasingly difficult. The COVID-19 pandemic has...

(USA/Asia) A hard time for democracy in Asia (East Asia Forum)

Larry Diamond, Stanford University Under the presidency of Donald Trump, concerns about democracy and human rights were demoted in US foreign policy. Trump’s administration deserves...

(Asia) IMF: How Asia can navigate the long-term economic impact of COVID-19 (WEF)

Chang Yong Rhee COVID-19 exacerbated existing long-term economic challenges in Asia https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/asia-covid-coronavirus-pandemic-economics-recovery-imf/

(Asia) Slump in gold prices draws shoppers across Asia (Al Jazeera)

Ranjeetha Pakiam and Swansy Afonso Retailers are snapping up more of the metal to cater to buyers who had been holding off their purchases for...

(USA/Asia) Clarity of Conviction but Harnessing Competition Is Key (Chatham House)

Cooperation with China by the US and its Asia region allies may be hampered by divergent conceptions of international order, but tensions can be...

(USA/Asia) Around the halls: Experts react to high-level meetings between American and Asian officials (Brookings)

David Dollar, Michael E. O’Hanlon, and Mireya Solís This week, foreign policy officials from the Biden administration made their first trip overseas. On March 15, Secretary of...

(USA/Asia) Domestic divisions leave blanks in US Asia policy (East Asia Forum)

Gorana Grgic, University of Sydney In the flurry of analyses of Joe Biden’s early policy moves, there is a common thread that depicts the 46th...

(USA/Asia) Asia and the United States after the election of President Biden (East Asia Forum)

Editorial Board, ANU The presidency of Donald Trump must go down as one of the most extraordinary in American history. Diplomacy in the conduct of...

(Asia) Casting the Asian dice on a West Asia board (ORF)

KABIR TANEJA As the complicated nature of security across this geography changes, the Asian footprint is expected to only grow https://www.orfonline.org/research/casting-the-asian-dice-on-a-west-asia-board/

(Asia) Asian Military Spending: A sign of worsening security environment (ORF)

RAJESWARI PILLAI RAJAGOPALAN With no guarantee that the security environment in the Indo-Pacific will settle down any time soon, the expectation is that military spending...

(Europe/Asia) Europe needs to learn from Asia to stop falling behind in tech (WEF)

Fabian von Heimburg Europe and the US mostly look to each other for innovation and progress. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/europe-learn-from-asia-stop-falling-behind-tech/

(Asia) Overcoming the economic hurdles in the race to vaccinate Asia (East Asia Forum)

Editorial Board, ANU The incentives for Asian governments are clear: vaccinate as many people as you can as fast as you can. Lives will be...

(Asia) Ministers, Experts Chart Asia’s Digitalization Pathway to Sustainable Post-COVID-19 Growth (ADBI)

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Research and Technology Minister Bambang P. S. Brodjonegoro highlighted developing Asia’s potential to leverage COVID-19 accelerated digitalization...