Amid rising global tensions and economic uncertainty, Asia is strengthening regional trade, digital investment, financial cooperation, and people-to-people ties to protect growth and build resilience.

For decades, free trade has been a divisive issue in U.S. politics, criticized by both the New Right and progressive Left. While Washington policymakers focus on competing with China, they have also ...

For decades, free trade has been a divisive issue in U.S. politics, criticized by both the New Right and the progressive left. While Washington policymakers focus on competing with China, they have ...

The pursuit of green industrial policy in Southeast Asia is precariously dependent on China, offering opportunities while ...

Major powers are promoting disengagement and isolation from the global economy in their economic security strategies. Southeast Asia has bucked this trend. Deeply dependent on its integration into ...

Asia’s economic growth next year is poised to hold up more than previously estimated despite weaker external demand, elevated tariffs, and persistent policy uncertainty. Growth in the Asia and Pacific ...

GDP PPP of any country reflects the overall purchasing power and cost of living, offering a clearer picture of a nation's economic reality. And when it comes to Asia, everyone knows how its economy is ...

As China moves to expand its trade and investment footprint across the Indo-Pacific, the United States risks falling behind. The Pacific Islands is a case in point. 1 Pacific leaders have been clear: ...

Strangely enough, the literature on “state capacity” – including that on industrial policy and on the entrepreneurial state – says very little about the people who staff the higher ranks of the state.

The United Nations Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2025 indicates that the South Caucasus region currently experiences moderate impacts from climate change compared to other ...