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Digitising the social safety net: Lessons from Indonesia
Analysis
Digitising the social safety net: Lessons from Indonesia
Leapfrogging past the analogue delivery of social assistance is possible. Policy focus and careful design are the keys to success.
Deterring at a distance: The strategic logic of AUKUS
Analysis
Deterring at a distance: The strategic logic of AUKUS
With regional security anxieties rising, nuclear-powered submarines are the optimal deterrence machines.
Outrage is not a policy: Coming to terms with Myanmar’s fragmented state
Analysis
Outrage is not a policy: Coming to terms with Myanmar’s fragmented state
To remain relevant to Myanmar’s future development, the West should support parallel state-building in liberated areas.
Timor-Leste’s uncertain future
Analysis
Timor-Leste’s uncertain future
Timor-Leste has accomplished a great deal over the past two decades but faces challenges of an intensity that could undo much of what it has achieved.
Chips, subsidies, security, and great power competition
Analysis
Chips, subsidies, security, and great power competition
Motives in the tech competition between the United States and China pose increasingly difficult policy issues for other economies.
2023 Asia Power Index - Key Findings Report
Analysis
2023 Asia Power Index - Key Findings Report
In-depth analysis and insight into the changing power distribution in Asia and its geopolitical consequences.
Mixed report card: China’s influence at the United Nations
Analysis
Mixed report card: China’s influence at the United Nations
China is of growing importance to the UN system, and Beijing is aiming to capitalise on this influence at the world body.