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Scandal-hit Abe faces falling public approval rates 0
- Asia Pacific
- July 12, 2017
Japan’s Prime Minister has a long way to go to recover his political position.
India’s GST rollout: creating a national market 1
- South Asia
- June 30, 2017
PM’s Modi’s heavily championed goods and services tax will be implemented from July 1.
Mongolia’s presidential election: populists in Asia 0
- Asia Pacific
- June 24, 2017
Opposition candidates hope to capitalise on voter discontent come Monday’s election.
The changing face of Chinese investment in Myanmar 0
- Asia Pacific
- June 9, 2017
Chinese investment in Myanmar is making the government nervous – but it can’t ignore the assistance.
China’s Middle Eastern intervention: Sino-Syrian cooperation 0
- Middle East
- June 2, 2017
Sino-Syrian cooperation may secure Chinese national interests – but it will cost Beijing friends.
The emerging consensus on China’s regional influence 0
- Asia Pacific
- May 31, 2017
The US is re-engaging with South East Asia but China may already have greater influence.

Abe pushes ahead with plans to amend the constitution 0
- Asia Pacific
- May 26, 2017
PM Abe is pressing for constitutional reform but success will require more than a popular vote.
An unhappy marriage: China’s approach to North Korea 0
- Asia Pacific
- May 18, 2017
Tensions are still rising on the Korean Peninsula but China will continue to support Pyongyang.
Indonesia’s identity politics: a new normal?0
- Asia Pacific
- May 5, 2017
The success of political Islam in Jakarta’s gubernatorial election bodes ill for Indonesian pluralism.
India, China and Pakistan: a troubled trilateral 0
- South Asia
- April 10, 2017
China-India relations will struggle to improve so long as Pakistan dominates their strategic concerns.
The growing rift between China and North Korea 0
- Asia Pacific
- March 14, 2017
Though strained, the alliance will endure.
Australia’s sunspotted economy: strong but vulnerable 0
- Economics & Finance, Asia Pacific
- February 17, 2017
Australia’s strong economy is keeping ethno-nationalist politics at bay – for now.