Women in Bangladesh have shown they are ready to lead, and it’s time for the country to fully embrace their potential.

After weeks of violent demonstrations, Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to abdicate in August 2024, ending 15 years of dominant-party rule. The rollback of democratic institutions, ...

Indonesia's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have grown significantly in the past decade, thanks in part to large capital injections, state-directed loans and reduced dividend payouts. SOEs play a ...

ASEAN has been challenged by internal conflicts and increased rivalry between the United States and China, yet it continues to work towards maintaining strategic autonomy and avoiding regional ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's new unification vision has garnered both praise and criticism. While his vision calls for freedom, prosperity and improved inter-Korean relations, it has also ...

Dr Intifar Chowdhury is Lecturer in Government at Flinders University. In July 2023, Intifar completed her PhD in political ...

Julio C Teehankee is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at De La Salle University. His research is on popular participation, governance, democratisation, and contested ...

Dr. Ngo Di Lan is a researcher at the Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. He earned his PhD from Brandeis University, specializing in state responses to ...

Sook Jong Lee is Professor of Public Administration at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, and head of the Asia Democracy Research Network (ADRN). She is a member of the Trilateral Commission and formerly ...

Nguyen Thanh Long is a Master’s student in International Relations at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Ulv Hanssen is an Associate Professor at Soka University's Faculty of Law. He holds a PhD in Japanese Studies from Freie Universitat Berlin. His research mainly focuses on Japan's foreign and security ...

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