Author : East Asia Forum

The rapid rise of China’s outbound direct investment (ODI) in the past decade is a significant economic phenomenon — one met with a lot of resistance in some destination...

Leadership is one of those things about which it is sometimes wise to be careful what you wish for. Leadership is one of those things about which it is...

On the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that the Communist Party and the Chinese people would stand firm and defeat illicit...

Human rights — chiefly political and religious freedoms — have been on the American agenda since Washington and Hanoi resumed direct dialogue about a quarter of a century ago....

Bhutan was a latecomer to democracy. The small Himalayan kingdom joined the ranks of democratic nations only in 2008 after the first national elections and its constitution approved. However,...

When the Obama administration unveiled its New Silk Road Initiative in October 2011, officials asserted that it was about re-embedding Afghanistan firmly into the economic life of Central Asia...

The 7 July visit to the White House by Vietnam’s Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong signaled just how far the United States and Vietnam have come in the...

Papua New Guinea’s recent period of exponential growth places it among the world’s most rapidly developing economies. Between 2005 and 2014, PNG’s economy expanded at a real annual rate...

It may seem that after several recent electoral defeats of prominent national dynasts, Asia’s ‘ruling families’ are in decline. However, a closer look suggests that reports of their political...

China has submitted its formal pledge to the UN climate negotiations. China’s target is a 60–65 percent reduction in the emissions intensity of its economy compared to 2005 levels...