As the Philippines prepares to chair ASEAN in 2026, Manila is confident her fresh hand can finally restart diplomacy surrounding the South China Sea.

The LDP and Japanese PM for about a year, Shigeru Ishiba will be remembered for what he wasn’t, rather than what he was.

ASEAN is about to add an eleventh flag. As the bloc prepares to welcome Timor-Leste into the fray, this development is more than ceremonial.

Against a backdrop of de-globalist sentiment, PM Narendra Modi has crystallised his intentions: to build a muscular, self-reliant nation resistant to unilateral coercion.

Two centuries since the days of indentured workers toiling away on sugar and rubber plantations, the agricultural sector in many parts of the developed world continues to rely on...

Disinformation is believed to have first gained prominence in political discourse through a Russian influence campaign targeting the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election...

He heard stories of his ancestors in wars of resistance, and had a dream: to free his people from struggle. 

A naked man lies dead on a grassy hillside in West Papua. His body is surrounded by onlookers, fellow victims who were also inches from the same fate...

The principle of non-refoulement is one of the few norms in international law that feels morally unassailable...

In 2025, the world found itself once again caught in the maelstrom of Donald Trump’s presidency...

Trump slashes more than 90% of USAID contracts almost overnight. What's next?

Against a backdrop of escalating US-China tensions, TikTok takes centre stage.