Takaichi’s leadership promises continuity with Abe’s Indo-Pacific strategy, strengthening defence and economic cooperation ...

Simran Walia is a Research Analyst at the Southeast Asia and Oceania Centre at Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. She is pursuing a PhD in Japanese ...

Shashank Khandwe is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was previously a research intern at the Centre ...

Sanctions and discounted Russian crude are bringing Moscow, Beijing and New Delhi together in an energy relationship that ...

A sub-regional licensing and procurement facility would reduce prices, stabilise supply and narrow the regional gap in access ...

New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is unlikely to bring meaningful party reforms unless the LDP breaks free of factional party dynamics and funding scandals.

Trump’s transactional approach to foreign policy increasingly risks treating Taiwan as a potential bargaining chip in ...

Despite President Trump's declaration of the success of his Asia tour, his words and actions have done little to reassure the ...

Despite powering South Korea’s economy, migrant workers remain trapped in a legal framework that restricts mobility and ...

To counter the rising far-right the Australian government must move beyond rhetoric and turn its anti-racism commitments into ...

After Hasina’s departure and ahead of a February 2026 vote, Bangladesh’s Islamist parties test whether convenience can trump ...

The 2025 APEC Summit offers South Korea a pivotal stage to translate its ‘bridge’ diplomacy into action, mediating between ...