Insights

Kerry in Asia: Climate-change agenda trumps geopolitics

Beginning last Thursday, US Secretary of State John Kerry met leaders in Seoul, Beijing and…

February 21, 20143 min

Insights

The Worst (Haze) is Yet to Come

The severe haze episode that Singapore experienced in June 2013 may not be the worst…

February 14, 20143 min

Insights

Pipeline politics: Putin’s pivot to Asia?

Last week, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the opening of the Winter Olympics in…

February 13, 20143 min

Insights

The Be all and End all? BN’s continued strength

Malaysian opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim is contesting a seat in Kajang in Selangor in order…

February 12, 20142 min

Insights

Asian Fortunes: China and ASEAN in the Year of the Horse

What lies ahead for Asia in the Year of the Horse? The Singapore Institute of…

February 6, 20143 min

Insights

China’s shadow banking system: No end in sight to moral hazard

As China reopens for business after the Spring Festival, its financial system is coming under…

February 6, 20142 min

Insights

Key Environment Stories to Watch in 2014

The year 2013 has seen more and more devastating environmental disasters in many parts of…

January 17, 20146 min

Insights

China’s new fishing law: An ADIZ flashback?

China’s new fishing regulations over a disputed swathe of the South China Sea took effect…

January 16, 20143 min

Insights

Over the moon? China in 2014

Since President Xi Jinping came to power at the start of 2013, the “Chinese dream”…

January 7, 20143 min

Insights

ASEAN in Flux: Elections Ahead in 2014

As the new year begins, several ASEAN countries are heading into highly contentious elections. What…

January 6, 20143 min