Economics

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Yoshie Tomozumi Nakamura, GWU Gender inequality and the underutilisation of women’s labour continues to be a significant issue in Japanese society. Japan ranked 139 among 156 countries for women’s…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Neil DeVotta, Wake Forest University When Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa banned chemical fertiliser, insecticides and herbicides in May 2021, protesters blamed the government rather than the President or…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Editorial Board, ANU The election of Donald Trump to the US presidency in 2016 forced many to revise their assumptions about the nexus between the United States’ internal socio-political…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Kristen Hopewell, University of British Columbia Beijing’s trade practices have come under intense scrutiny amid its ongoing competition with Washington. Yet with the United States and other rich countries dominating the…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Nazia Hussain, Nanyang Technological University After a two-year COVID-19 induced delay, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) concluded its fifth summit on 30…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Kyle Ferrier, Korea Economic Institute of America Since the Asian Financial Crisis, South Korea has pursued a delicate balance between openness and stability in its domestic financial markets. While…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Ye Yu, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies On 21 November 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping laid out the key principles for the next stage of the Belt and Road…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Authors: Poonam Singh, NITIE and Vikas Kumar, Azim Premji University While New Delhi was brought to a standstill in 2021 by protests that forced the rollback of farm law reforms, the…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Céline Pajon, French Institute of International Relations Laying the foundation for the Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi held talks on 28…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Christian Kurzydlowski, Toronto. Global strategic considerations are fluid and ever changing. India’s geography and location position it at the nexus of global supply chains and powerful state and non-state…