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Russia and China would be the first nuclear powers to sign a treaty barring use of the weapons in Southeast Asia.
East Asia and Pacific has led in economic growth, but to sustain momentum and create jobs, countries must address global uncertainties. Key challenges include shifting global integration, climate ...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell maintained a cautious stance on inflation and tariffs during his second day of Capitol ...
Here are five examples. Climate change is already having a profound impact on East Asia and the Pacific. This is a region that includes 13 of the 30 most climate-vulnerable countries on the planet, ...
An annual report from OAG on the world's busiest airport to airport routes as measured by seat capacity reveals no great changes compared to 2023, with the Asia Pacific region continuing to dominate ...
YUEN FOONG KHONG is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of ...
The World Bank’s $74 million Pacific Islands Regional Oceanscape Program, approved in 2022, is working with seven countries and one regional organization to improve sustainable ocean-based livelihoods ...
President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Michael George DeSombre to serve as the next U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific. Trump made the announcement on ...
The sophistication of these Southeast Asian sailors is further enhanced if one considers the geography of the region. The Wallacea islands and the Philippines never connected with the land, even ...
The Lowy Institute has unveiled its first South-East Asia Aid Map, which tracks financing for more than 100,000 development projects funded by almost 100 countries and international organisations ...
THE countries in the Pacific area have not customarily based their policies and actions toward one another on the plea of security. Yet it is a fact that security has been a compelling factor in ...
Third Fleet area of operations, in the Eastern Pacific, on July 18. USNI News, run by the U.S. Naval Institute, reported that the ship began a Pacific deployment on July 11. USS Nimitz : Eastern ...