Author : East Asia Forum

Japan’s declining population is a serious problem. Unless the nation can devise policy strategies either to arrest the decline or deal effectively with its impacts, in the long run...

World oil prices are falling precipitously. For an oil exporter like Malaysia, that is definitely bad news. Unless the country can diversify its economy, it may find it difficult...

Pakistan in 2014 was characterised by a mixture of ongoing malaise and, in some instances, guarded optimism.For many Pakistanis, the proudest moment came when the Nobel Committee awarded the...

Look at any global ranking of universities worldwide and Japan’s ‘big-name’ universities will feature in the top 100. University of Tokyo, for example, ranks well within the top 50...

The story of Myanmar’s transition to a more democratic political system, and a more productive economy, is far from over. The story of Myanmar’s transition to a more democratic...

As we count down the days and now the hours towards the beginning of 2015, what preoccupies most soothsayers of the outlook for the global economy in the coming...

George Orwell once observed ‘Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible’. Not long ago, many in the West declared that China would soon be...

A handful of India’s regions have marched ahead economically, leaving others behind.India is heavily dependent upon a few states such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka....

The view of the Southeast Asian region is an oasis of socioeconomic development. But the region’s vibrant economic growth has led to a corresponding increase in energy consumption, an...

India’s economy, which has languished in middling growth for the past few years, is on the mend under new Prime Minister Narendra Modi.After experiencing real GDP growth of less...