Better strategy for climate finance is key to COP26 success
The need for a better architecture of climate finance is more loudly pronounced now than ever before.
Carbon border adjustment, a new tool to reach carbon neutrality
If the European Commission's proposal for a carbon border adjustment mechanism is implemented, imports of carbon-intensive products will be subject to a carbon levy.
The US and Southeast Asia: Deepening partnerships and tackling shared challenges
Today, the US-Asean Strategic Partnership underscores our vitally important cooperation on everything from public health and human capital development to economic recovery and…
Sri Lanka’s push for 100% organic agriculture could end up as a national disaster
Five months after the decision was announced, the entire agriculture sector is in a crisis.
The Nepal factor in the Indo-Pacific strategy
The country should not rush to side with either of its neighbours carrying hegemonic ambitions in the region.
This is not how Hindu devotees wanted to bid farewell to Durga
It is difficult to explain the failure of local administration to take adequate steps to ensure protection of puja mandaps and Hindu neighbourhoods
Militancy changes its colours in Kashmir
Militants seem to be adopting a new ‘hybrid warfare’ strategy as part of which they are employing overground workers to kill ‘soft targets.’
CPTPP is attractive for Xi Jinping, not (yet) for Joe Biden
Japan and Australia are intensely lobbying the U.S. to join the CPTPP, which China wants to join. And there are reasons why.
A tale of two state polls
The Melaka polls - if they are held - will give us a glimpse of what could happen in the 15th General Election (GE15). Elections will also take place in Sarawak.
Slowing the rise in Seoul home prices
The Moon Jae-in administration has tried a series of measures to control rising housing prices. None have worked.