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The Takeaway Nepal delivered a hung parliament two weeks … Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will likely continue for a sixth term, but the leadership faces an uphill battle … internal instabilities . The fragility of the alliances is best depicted through the number of parallel power-sharing …

The Takeaway   On June 3, 2025, South Korea held its 21st … Lee will be tasked with uniting a deeply polarized society and re-establishing South Korea’s regional and global … development project in 2023, have amplified public demands for transparency and accountability for Lee. (Lee disputes …

The Takeaway   In the final week of September, China’s … Beijing will be able to address the more deep-seated and structural issues plaguing the Chinese economy.   In … projects, indebted local governments, and venture capital for the ‘ new productive force ’ sectors that generally …

Senior Program Manager, Northeast Asia Dr. Jeehye Kim is the Senior Program Manager of Northeast Asia at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, overseeing the research program related to Japan, Mongolia, North and South Korea, and Taiwan. … Jeehye Kim …

funds are increasingly becoming more active investors in the Asia Pacific as they seek to benefit from the region’s rapid economic growth and demand for large, long-term infrastructure projects. The Asia …

Kakehashi Project Program Manager Siân Jones and Research Scholar for International Trade & Investment Kana Bak sit down with Stéphanie Valenzuela, City Councillor for the District of Darlington in Montréa l, president of the …

In the past two years, the China Coast Guard (CCG) has  … vessels, especially against the latter’s rotation and resupply (RORE) missions to the Barko ng Republika ng … might Beijing consider pursuing more genuine negotiations for de-escalation.  The limits of trust-based agreements The …

U.S. President Donald Trump made many promises on the campaign trail, but repeatedly returned to the … domestic challenges. Tariffs are, he said grandly, the  best word in the English language. It should not have shocked … had proposed the use of tariffs as a response to Columbia for failing to accept planes with migrants, against BRICS for …

In the past decade, the scientific community has made … as a bridge to Asia. As Jose explains “We can actually compare how Americans perceive 'x' versus how Asians perceive … when you have the American companies picking up the very best.” He suggests that the government should consider …

The Takeaway The 16th annual BRICS Summit, held from October … city of Kazan, highlighted the bloc's growing geopolitical and economic influence, with its members now accounting for 45 per cent of the world’s population and 28 per cent of …