Agonising about Australia’s place in the scheme of things has been the principal pastime of policymakers since our notional independence. As Michael Wesley argues persuasively in Blind Spot: Southeast ...

I forget which comedian it was who joked, “A friend will help you move house; a good friend will help you move a body.” My mind, of late, has been preoccupied with broken friendships and impending ...

Installation view of the 2019 edition of the Asian Art Biennial The Strangers from Beyond the Mountain and the Sea (all images courtesy the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts) TAICHUNG CITY, Taiwan — ...

Discover the opportunities for South-east Asia in the artificial intelligence race between the US and China. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan’s defence policy shift — doubling spending, acquiring counterstrike capabilities and loosening arms-export restrictions — is reshaping Southeast Asia’s security landscape. Tokyo’s new official ...

Major powers are promoting disengagement and isolation from the global economy in their economic security strategies. Southeast Asia has bucked this trend. Deeply dependent on its integration into ...