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Sanchari Ghosh 3 hours ago India’s chance with Timor-Leste to shift ASEAN’s gaze The newest ASEAN member faces the Indian Ocean, not the South China Sea, giving India fresh maritime leverage.
Sam Roggeveen 9 hours ago 2025 in review: Trump, Substack, Europe, and fertility Lowy Institute staff nominate the most notable books, trends, ideas, and people of 2025.
Monique Taylor 22 hours ago The Marshall Islands’ experiment with a universal basic income The scheme tests whether microstates can sustain widespread cash transfers, with the Pacific watching on.
Hilman Palaon 1 day ago Sumatra floods: Indonesia stuck in a cycle of crisis management President Prabowo must address years of institutional neglect to tackle the structural failures fuelling disasters.
Helen Stenger , Phyu Phyu Oo 1 day ago Cyclones to coups: Crises drive violence against women Governments treat gendered violence as an afterthought, leaving millions vulnerable across the Indo-Pacific.
Richard Javad Heydarian 1 day ago Head in sand, the way of the ASEAN ostrich Malaysia’s chairmanship sidestepped divisive issues. Manila’s turn will force ASEAN to confront its paralysis.
Christopher Burke 5 Dec 2025 Landlocked Africa is an open opportunity for Australia Rather than compete on aid volumes, Australia could leverage remote logistics expertise as quality partner for major projects.
Srijan Shukla 5 Dec 2025 Fighting China’s subsidies means copying China’s economic model Rather than just raising trade barriers, countries should predict where Chinese subsidies will move next to compete there.
Lisa Martin 5 Dec 2025 Trump to cast a shadow over coming Greenland talks Officials from the US, Denmark and Greenland are expected to hold talks on Monday and Tuesday – the first since the President mused about taking the territory by force.