For decades, palm oil expansion followed a simple logic — more production requires more land. Malaysia challenges that assumption, having increased production without significantly expanding into ...

Thailand’s transition into an ageing society is shrinking the pool of homebuyers, weakening long-term housing demand and exposing the limits of homeownership as a reliable source of financial security ...

Ongoing instability in the Middle East is exposing structural vulnerabilities in energy-dependent economies. South Korea, whose economic engine relies heavily on Persian Gulf hydrocarbons, has ...

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When former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in February 2026, the question was not only whether he would face trial. It was whether ...

China’s 15th Five-Year Plan signals a gradual shift in Beijing’s maritime strategy from participation to pursuing leadership in global ocean governance. While earlier plans focused on developing the ...

Malaysia is heading towards a high-stakes general election in late 2026 or early 2027. Anwar Ibrahim’s government is beset by corruption controversies, ethnic political tensions and unease among both ...

The year 2025 was never going to be easy for ASEAN. The region braced for greater geoeconomic pressures, rising unilateralism, internal conflicts and supply chain disruptions. ASEAN ended the year ...

ASEAN’s responses to major regional security challenges like the Myanmar crisis illustrate weakening ASEAN centrality — ASEAN’s key principle and aspiration. The question of whether and how ASEAN can ...

The Philippines has lost an estimated 42.3–118.5 billion Philippine pesos (US$713 million–2 billion) a year from flood control corruption since 2023. The scale of illegal wealth accrued by contractors ...