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Indonesian radicals warm to climate change

by Jing HsiaoPoliticsAugust 21, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Rizky Alif Alvian, Universitas Gadjah Mada As the threat of climate change intensifies in Indonesia, radical activists are weaponising the climate crisis to gain support for their cause. The…

What can we expect from Indonesia’s G20?

by Jing HsiaoInternational RelationsAugust 21, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Maria Monica Wihardja, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute The challenges of the 21st century are global and existential — climate change, pandemics, food insecurity and nuclear war. Global challenges require a…

US interest rate hikes trample on developing countries

by Jing HsiaoEconomicsAugust 21, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Nischal Dhungel, NIPoRe The International Monetary Fund’s recent World Economic Outlook report paints a bleak economic future. It has downgraded global growth predictions from 6.1 per cent in 2021…

Developing Asia spoiled for infrastructure choice

by Jing HsiaoDevelopmentAugust 21, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Kevin Chen, NUS Since its launch at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in June 2022, the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) has been met with both…

Healthcare costs leave Indonesians out-of-pocket

by Jing HsiaoAsian VoicesAugust 21, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Authors: Darmawan Prasetya and Eka Afrina, The Prakarsa Centre for Welfare Studies In July 2022, the Indonesian government introduced the Standard Inpatient Class (KRIS) system in several hospitals nationwide. The…

Old wounds water down Japan–ROK–US cooperation

by Jing HsiaoSecurityAugust 17, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Rena Sasaki, Georgetown University Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is the first Japanese leader to attend a NATO summit meeting. With Chinese and North Korean military expansion in mind,…

Vietnam eyes China’s expanding presence in Cambodia

by Jing HsiaoSecurityAugust 17, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Loro Horta, Dili In June 2022, several media reports announced that China was opening a military base at Cambodia’s Ream naval base located on the southern tip of Cambodia…

Japan’s missing nuclear energy policy

by Jing HsiaoPoliticsAugust 17, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Parul Bakshi, JNU The urgent global need to meet climate ambitions, growing uncertainty about securing vital energy resources due to the ongoing Russia–Ukraine conflict and the inability of renewable…

China–Canada relations come full circle

by Jing HsiaoInternational RelationsAugust 17, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Jeremy Paltiel, Carleton University After a tumultuous period, Sino–Canadian relations have settled into a ‘new normal’. In September 2021, Washington dropped the extradition request for Huawei Chief Financial Officer…

Can regionalism contain geopolitical competition in the South Pacific?

by Jing HsiaoInternational RelationsAugust 17, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Editorial Board, ANU Name the region: a group of internally diverse states, lying across strategically significant maritime passages, whose cultures and political systems have been profoundly shaped by colonialism…

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