Japan-India Special Strategic Partnership And China – Analysis
By Dr Subhash Kapila The Japan–India Special Strategic Partnership that was further concretised with Indian Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Japan in mid-November 2016 has been a pointed eyesore for...
View ArticleMeeting Reviews Policies To Accelerate Transition To Sustainable Agriculture...
Asia-Pacific experts and policymakers met this week (15-17 November 2016) in Bogor, Indonesia at a three-day workshop on ways to transition the region towards sustainable agriculture. The transition to...
View ArticleSPECA Cooperation Offers Central Asia Better Pathway To Sustainable...
This week, countries of the Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA)1 are convening under the Chairmanship of Azerbaijan in Ganja. Eighteen years after the formation of SPECA, the...
View ArticleTrump And Aborting TPP: Will US Global Leadership Be Crippled? – Analysis
Apart from facilitating global trade between US and its Asia-Pacific partners, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) also seeks to promote better governance and human security. However the declared US...
View ArticleThe New Trade Future In Asia Pacific – Analysis
Right after the Asian-Pacific nations embraced the dream of free trade in the regional Peru Summit, President-elect Trump buried it. Last weekend, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit made...
View ArticleUN Calls For More Sustainable Financing To End Gender Violence In Asia-Pacific
Investments in gender equality, and specifically those addressing violence against women, remain vastly insufficient in the region, highlighted United Nations representatives at the Asia-Pacific...
View ArticleSeizing Opportunity In A Post-TPP World – Analysis
Trump dismisses TPP, but could pursue another big opportunity – the US-China Bilateral Investment Treaty. By Stephen S. Roach* The demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is the final nail in the...
View ArticleUN Says Stable Economic Conditions Provide Opportunity
Stable economic conditions in the second half of 2016 provide an opportunity to internalize the economic, social, environmental and governance dimensions of sustainable development in a comprehensive...
View ArticleUS Signs South Pacific Tuna Treaty Amendments
The United States and 16 Pacific Island governments initialed amendments to the Multilateral Treaty on Fisheries at a ceremony in Nadi, Fiji on December 3, 2016. According to the US State Department,...
View ArticleTransport A Pivotal Sector In Asia And Pacific’s Journey To Sustainability –...
Transport is a key contributor to economic growth, prosperity and tosocietal well-being. Physical links across Asia and the Pacific have increasingly improved throughyears of steady investments in the...
View ArticleSouth Pacific: ‘Sea-Level Rise’ Migrants Posing A Problem – Analysis
By Henry Oritimae and Sonal Shivangani With sea levels rising rapidly across the South Pacific and the resulting movement of people within and across countries, the region is facing a new problem of a...
View ArticleThe Terrex Vehicles Issue: China Seizes Asia-Pacific Initiative – Analysis
The seizure of nine Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Terrex Vehicles on 23 November 2016 is a grim reminder of the reality of international politics: power matters. China’s recent behaviour towards...
View ArticleRegional Solutions Key For Asia-Pacific’s Transition To Sustainable Energy –...
The Asia-Pacific region is at a turning point in its energy trajectory. The energy solutions that have fuelled growth in the region over the past few decades are no longer compatible with the...
View ArticleStrengthening Regional Cooperation To Mitigate Weather Extremes – OpEd
This month’s floods in Thailand are a worrisome reminder of the increasing uncertainty of extreme weather events. Thailand’s flood season usually ends in November, but this year, influenced by a low...
View ArticleExpanding Zeus’s Shield: New Approach For Theater Ballistic Missile Defense...
By Kevin Ayers* On September 17, 2009, President Barack Obama approved the creation of a “phased adaptive approach” to European missile defense, at the recommendation of Secretary of Defense Robert...
View ArticleWorking Together For The Region: ESCAP And ASEAN – OpEd
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has shown to be an exemplary role model for regional cooperation guiding the 10-country bloc on the path toward shared prosperity and sustainable...
View ArticlePositive Signs As Asia-Pacific Moves Towards Global Development Goals – OpEd
With just over a year since the adoption of a historic blueprint to end poverty and protect the planet, positive signs have already started to emerge among countries in the Asia-Pacific region as they...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific: Is Middle Power Multilateralism Possible? – OpEd
By Chandrali Sarkar* In light of President Trump’s abandonment of the original ‘Pivot to Asia’ policy, a recent article in The Indian Express, titled ‘Delhi, Tokyo Canberra’, by C Raja Mohan and Rory...
View ArticleEnhancing Regional Economic Cooperation Important To Advance 2030 Agenda In...
A United Nations meeting in Bangkok on Friday concluded that fostering regional economic cooperation and integration (RECI) in Asia-Pacific holds great potential to further reduce poverty, and advance...
View ArticleFinancing For An Inclusive And Sustainable Future – OpEd
Two years after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by world leaders in New York, the ongoing practical question is how to finance the needs of such an ambitious and universal...
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