China economic rebalancing to test Koreans before benefiting them
China is paradoxical. Two incredibly different narratives can be correct at the same time: its economy is slowing…
Japan’s ‘Owl’ spy satellites in orbit
Earth observation specialist Synspective has been selected as a partner company in the Satellite Constellation Project of Japan’s…
Israel-Lebanon ceasefire on the edge of a breakdown
An already troubled ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon is looking shakier than ever. Since the truce was…
Economic coercion risk in ASEAN’s growing China dependence
This article was originally published by Pacific Forum. It is republished with permission. The geoeconomic shock from the…
Space is America’s next frontier, not EU’s next bureaucracy
When the United States (US) publicly condemned the European Union’s (EU) proposed Space Act as “unacceptable,” it wasn’t…
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?…
Trump’s tariffs throw South Asia under the globalization bus
The World Bank’s latest forecast carries a tone of restrained alarm. South Asia — a region that once symbolized post-pandemic…
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…
