Rintaro Nishimura is a Tokyo-based associate in the Japan practice of The Asia Group, a Washington-based strategic advisory firm.

Others demand respect in quite different forms. New Zealanders want others to like and admire their country, although not ...

Reallocation of the $600 million NRL bid financing could fund another 150 similar projects across the country, with change to ...

The Switzerland of Asia would perhaps be Bhutan, consistently ranked the most peaceful country in South Asia since 2011 and ...

In recent years, expectations for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to “get its act together” and actively respond to regional challenges have been met with disappointment. Lukewarm responses ...

Reports are circulating that North Korea is sending troops to Russian-occupied Donbas, and some might have even been killed and wounded. Moreover, sending troops would earn cash for the North Korean ...

At first glance, Cambodia and Australia might not seem like major players in each other’s diplomatic orbits. But watch this space. Over the past decades, Canberra has been a key partner in Cambodia’s ...

The Asian Development Bank has certainly not chosen a TikTok-grabbing theme for its latest bout of navel gazing by committing to “Solving challenges together, connecting the region, and empowering ...

Heads of state and senior representatives from all 56 Commonwealth countries will converge in Apia, Samoa next week for the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, known as CHOGM. According to ...

Hangga Fathana is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Universitas Islam Indonesia, with more than 15 years of experience teaching Australian politics and foreign policy. In addition ...

Angeline Tan is an analyst at the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. Her research covers East Asia’s international relations, with a particular focus on China. Angeline ...