Why coal-rich Indonesia can’t keep the lights on
A wave of rolling blackouts across Indonesia in mid-2026 has exposed one of the country’s biggest economic paradoxes:…
Rupiah’s plunge pushes Indonesia’s manufacturers to the edge
Indonesia’s financial markets were jolted Monday (June 8) as the rupiah hit a new record low of over…
Dual paradox coiled inside China’s $1 trillion trade surplus
China just notched a historic milestone: a trade surplus exceeding US$1 trillion in 2025, with exports up 5.4…
China’s Nvidia snub reveals the price of US chip controls
In the push and pull of contemporary US-China relations, few moves reveal more about shifting power balances than…
Japan’s leadership drama won’t change the economic storyline
TOKYO — What if a political earthquake upends Japan in unpredictable ways and yet very little changes anyway?…
Quantum computers the key to elusive ‘Theory of Everything’
During the first two decades of the 20th century, European science experienced a revolution. Albert Einstein’s Theory of…
Asia’s energy future: green revolution or carbon catastrophe?
Electricity is the backbone of the modern economy – the operating system of the digital age. As the…
Gateways and barriers to Starlink in the Pacific
In the past few years, Starlink’s satellite internet service has become available across much of the Pacific. This…
With China, European Space Agency leaves politics to governments
The European Space Agency (ESA) has a comprehensive internal system in place to ensure that its collaboration with…