Indonesia’s fixation on the rupiah–US dollar exchange rate has made monetary policy too responsive to US and global conditions, leaving domestic activity to absorb external shocks. Proposals to ...

On 4 May 2026, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a map indicating a zone of Iranian authority over a large area of the Strait of Hormuz, covering a large part of both Oman’s and the ...

Lucky Christ Nugroho is an official at Bank Indonesia, the central bank of Indonesia. He is currently serving as a Junior Economist at the Economic and Monetary Policy Department. He earned a bachelor ...

China and Gulf states are increasingly partnering to deploy renewable energy projects across the Global South, combining Chinese manufacturing dominance with Gulf financial and diplomatic influence.

US semiconductor export controls on China are both reducing China’s access to chipmaking equipment and changing the geography through which that access is organised. Several key parts of the ...

Japan’s economic security strategy seeks to reduce dependence on China and strengthen alignment with the United States, but macroeconomic constraints complicate this shift. Yen depreciation, driven by ...

Global AI governance has shifted from frontier risk mitigation towards development outcomes, with India’s 2026 AI Safety Summit centring the agenda around the Global South. While India has positioned ...

Debt-for-nature swaps have helped finance conservation while easing fiscal pressures, but Asia has accounted for only 13 per cent of global deals despite containing some of the world’s most ...

Singapore is not typically seen as a middle power, but its economic strength, global connectivity and proactive diplomacy have enabled it to exert influence beyond its size. The city-state has ...

In South Korea, marginal part-time work has risen sharply as stronger enforcement of worker protections above a 15-hour weekly threshold has made those protections more binding in practice. As ...

Pakistan’s LNG supply has been severely disrupted by the US–Israel war on Iran, exposing the country’s heavy reliance on Qatari gas and leaving it vulnerable to spot market price spikes and power ...

The Strait of Hormuz crisis has renewed interest in middle power cooperation as a way to manage US coercion, but India’s position reveals the limits of this approach. New Delhi’s commitment to ...