Author : East Asia Forum

Every five years, Vietnamese dare to hope that this time, the ruling Communist Party will take a chance on change. Four successive party congresses have just kicked the ball...

It is no exaggeration to say that 2015 will be remembered as a major turning point for Sri Lanka as a nation. The Sri Lankan people made a decisive...

The sixth Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), held on 4–5 December 2015, set in motion a deeper pattern of exchanges with its partners that could drive economic transformation across...

In my Year in Review piece from 2014, I had a very optimistic view for 2015, dubbing it a potential game changer. This year has been a game changer,...

India–Japan ties have never been as strong as they are today. The trajectory of upward swings began a decade ago and has accelerated in the last few years. But...

This year was a year of stillness in Thailand, at least in the political realm. The military staged a coup that ousted Yingluck Shinawatra’s elected government in May 2014....

China’s state monopolies survive alongside a cutthroat private sector. China’s state monopolies survive alongside a cutthroat private sector. The recent announcement of China Minmetals merger with MCG and this...

There is still optimism that the Japanese economy will prevail. Projections are that the economy is rebounding and Japan will achieve reasonably good growth for the next several years....

The overwhelming victory of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar’s November 2015 parliamentary elections has fundamentally altered the political landscape. The NLD captured large seat majorities in...

The political contest between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for the January 2016 presidential and legislative elections dominated Taiwan’s 2015. Since 2008, President Ma Ying-jeou’s...