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Monique Taylor 1 hour 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 3 hours 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 5 hours 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 12 hours 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.
R. N. Prasher 5 Dec 2025 Has the Second World War finally ended for Germany and Japan? Doubts about US commitment are pushing Berlin and Tokyo toward military self-reliance they haven’t sought since 1945.
Natalia Beghin 4 Dec 2025 Markets have the money, developing countries need the projects – what’s stopping them? Investors assume developing economies are risky, but evidence shows the opposite.