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Six Ways to Count Her In: Economically Empowering Women in the Pacific

Significant disparities persist in women’s participation in the labor market and access to…

  
If industrial policy is the new candy house, developing countries need to gain more than just the bread crumbs

Local efforts to reshape national economies must account for the international implications.

  
Why Russia has only now declared war on Ukraine

A game of semantic camouflage allows the Kremlin to reposition itself onto a war footing.

  
Australia’s Southeast Asia trade stumbling block

Canberra must move fast on a formal information-sharing facility to reach its regional economic…

Four Strategies for Financing a Clean Water Supply in the Pacific

In the Pacific, governments and their partners must collaborate with utilities to ensure they…

  
A wave of US trilaterals sends a clear message to China

Revamped security groupings led by Washington, including with Manila and Tokyo, are the new…

  
Myanmar: The junta’s forced conscription of Rohingyas

The implications of this cynical act for people already oppressed could reverberate for…

  
We’re bouncing out for the Easter long weekend

Friday and Monday are public holidays in Australia. Normal publishing will resume on Tuesday.…

  
Replenishing the Asian Development Bank in the Pacific

A strong replenishment of the bank’s grant financing arm would serve the Pacific well.

  
India: What a Modi win means for relations with Malaysia

Shared strategic future can no longer rely on “silence” as response to contentious issues.

  
Are Beijing and Washington testing the dark forest hypothesis?

A TV spin-off may explain why China and the US have chosen not to shoot first and ask questions…

  
Mind the gap: China’s megaproject promises fall short of reality in Southeast Asia

Debt, delay and deteriorating ties between China and its infrastructure partners have led some…