Asia is one of the fastest-growing regions in the world when it comes to energy use. Rapid industrial development, the rise of huge data centers, and the growing demand for electricity in cities are ...

Since the early 2000s, Hong Kong has functioned as a discreet and effective channel for Chinese outbound investment in Southeast Asia. But across ASEAN, countries like Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia ...

Philippines entered into a partnership that will help skill and reskill the region’s workforce and micro, small, and medium enterprises or MSMEs in artificial intelligence (AI), and help strengthen ...

The region’s leaders must demonstrate the political will necessary to align national interests with a collective, climate-resilient future. “We’re baking bread in a dirty oven inside an enclosed room, ...

Governments in East Asia are hoping to attract their nations’ brightest overseas students in the wake of President Donald Trump’s war against Harvard University. China, Japan, Malaysia, and others are ...

Finance executives cheered plans by Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul to buy each other’s bonds as another possible step towards internationalizing China’s currency Market players have welcomed last week’s ...

Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao attends the ASEAN-Canada Summit in Jakarta, Sep. 3, 2023. Credit: Media Center of The ASEAN Summit 2023/M Agung Rajasa/pras/mifta The saga of Timor-Leste’s ...

With Western unity on globalisation and democratic norms fraying, Asia can no longer rely on developed-world leadership for global economic governance. ASEAN has preserved space for cooperation ...

Thursday, February 20, 2025 – Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) has published “ASEAN Caught Between China’s Export Surge and Global De-Risking,” written by Brendan Kelly, Fellow on Chinese Economy ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is spreading quickly across Southeast Asia, but schools, institutions, and governments are struggling to keep up, according to two new regional studies released this week ...