Economy
Digital Yuan as a Tool of Influence: Monetary Sovereignty and Strategic Autonomy of Southeast Asia
A New Financial Reality
The release of Digital Yuan 2.0 in 2025 will change the way money works in Asia. This technology links the People’s...
China’s Data Sovereignty Drive Is Weakening WTO E-Commerce Rules. Indonesia Could Pay the Price
The Uncontrolled Digital Market
The world of international trade is no longer driven solely by containers in ports but by optical fibers crossing oceans. Recent...
The Reluctant Hegemon: China’s Strategic Rejection of Global Currency Primacy
Ever since the 2008 global financial crisis, a popular narrative has assumed that China’s rise will inevitably push the Chinese yuan (Renminbi, RMB) to...
Africapitalism: A New Developmental Path or Just Polished Neoliberalism?
For decades, Africa’s development narrative has been outsourced from donors, consultants, and imported growth models. But a quiet rebellion is underway. Africapitalism, a philosophy...
How The US–Australian Critical Minerals Deal Reframes the Future of Pacific Supply Chains
“Our land abounds in nature’s gifts of beauty, rich and rare. Advance Australia fair.” Australia’s national anthem spells it plainly. The southern land is...
New Mercantilism in an Era of Unpredictability: Lessons from the Aggressiveness of China’s EV Industry
The world is currently characterized by increasing levels of uncertainty. Countries have changed their economic strategies in response to the US-China trade conflict, pandemic...
India-Afghanistan economic relations and the importance of the Chabahar Port
One of the key thrusts during the India visits of Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi (October 2025) and that of Commerce and Industry...
Europe Struggles to Push Savers Into Markets Despite Decade of Reforms
A decade after launching its capital markets union project, the European Union still struggles to convince households to shift their savings out of stagnant...
IMEC: A Corridor Built on Optimism, Destined for Reality Check
In February 2025, President Donald Trump praised the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) as ‘one of the greatest trade routes in history.’ While such...
Behind diplomatic crisis, Japan’s economic slide
On October 21, Sanae Takaichi, the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was voted in as the 104th prime minister of Japan;...