Development

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, ERIA India is the world’s second largest coal importer. It also imports 80 per cent of its crude oil and 45 per cent of natural gas demands….

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Xirui Li, NTU Cross-border data flows have been a priority on the G20 agenda since 2019. This year is no exception. Indonesia, which holds the G20 Presidency in 2022,…

Reading Time: 5 minutes Author: Editorial Board, ANU If there is a cliché that every observer of India strives — and usually fails — to avoid, it is Jawarhalal Nehru’s famous ‘tryst with destiny’….

Reading Time: 4 minutes Authors: Peter Drysdale and Charlie Barnes, ANU India’s population of almost 1.4 billion, its economic progress and its geopolitical appeal as a balance to China’s power in Asia point to…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Authors: Francesco Pastore, Vanvitelli University and Jie Chen, Jiangsu University Deciding whether to pursue academic or vocational education is not easy. Education costs time and money, and is expected to…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Passant Mamdouh Ridwan, Fudan University The introduction of the Health Silk Road (HSR) and Digital Silk Road (DSR) in 2015 as part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Melissa Conley Tyler, AP4D and Alexandre Dayant, Lowy Institute Investment in Pacific infrastructure has become an area of geopolitical competition. The landscape includes multilateral development banks, China’s Belt and…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Chulanee Attanayake, NUS Once the heroes of Sri Lanka who defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the Rajapaksa regime ended with former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigning from his…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Orkhon Gantogtokh, University of British Columbia In 2019, Mongolia ranked 102 out of 141 countries in the Global Competitiveness Report. Its areas of weakness included the prominence of research…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Cheng Wei Swee, AlphaBeta Asia’s digital economy has grown significantly in recent years, driven by factors such as national digitalisation efforts and COVID-19-induced changes in the use of digital…