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Bridging Asia-Pacific ‘digital divide’ vital to realize tech benefits
Countries across Asia and the Pacific are using new technologies to contain the global pandemic and mitigate its impact, the UN’s regional socio-economic development...
Pandemic lessons: Advancing gender-responsive justice reforms in Asia post-COVID
Authors: Mohammad Naciri and Jeremy Douglas*
Across Asia, places of detention have become a hotspot for outbreaks of COVID-19. Overcrowding – with some prisons in...
“Democratize”Quality Early Childhood Education in Asia: Interview with Dr. Lydia Chan
The covid-19 has created a colossal impact on education. Schools have been closed around the world and students have been stranded at home. For...
Asia’s New Geopolitics- Book Review
In Asia’s New Geopolitics: Essays on Reshaping the Indo-Pacific, Michael R. Auslin presents a series of essays touching on major security issues in the...
China’s Effect: A Global NATO
A shift is taking place in global military thinking. NATO, arguably the most successful military alliance in history, is slowly but steadily edging toward...
World Bank releases first comprehensive stock-taking of infrastructure services in Asia
A new World Bank report presents data about infrastructure provision in three key sectors is Asia: road transport, electricity, and water and sanitation. As...
Gray Zone Conflicts in Asia Pacific
The Asia Pacific region holds front row seat in geo-political, economic, and strategic issues in international relations. The pivot to Asia policy of the...
WTO Fundamental to Economic Recovery and Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
Asia-Pacific business leaders from the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), meeting virtually this week, called on the region’s Trade Ministers to take the lead...
What Indonesia Can Do to Prevent Nuclear Arms Race in Asia Pacific?
As the follow-up to the first round of talks convened last month, top diplomats from the US and Russia attended three-day meeting on 28...
What Does Beijing’s Wolf-Warrior Diplomacy Mean for Moscow?
Moscow wishes to remain a “non-regional power” in the “Indo-Asia-Pacific” region (IAPR) – it wants to maintain commonly held perceptions of itself as a non-threat...