In April 2022, Sri Lanka faced protests over scarcity of essentials, chaotic resignations, a first-ever sovereign debt default and began bailout talks with the IMF. Though improvements have been seen, ...

Australian university leaderships nervously await the final policy outcomes of two recent national reviews, each with significant implications for the financial health of Australia’s higher education ...

In January 2024, China's National Bureau of Statistics reported a youth unemployment rate of 14.9 per cent, highlighting a structural misalignment between an oversupply of tertiary graduates and a ...

The origins of BRICS — a bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and, as of 2024, new members Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates — can be traced back to a 2001 ...

Public polls over the past 10 years have consistently shown that more than half of South Koreans want their country to have nuclear weapons. North Korea’s growing nuclear arsenal has made South ...

The aims of China's climate actions are underpinned by a desire for political and economic stability — driving its investment in green transitions while still heavily depending on fossil fuels and raw ...

Shiro Armstrong is a Professor of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy in the College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University. He is Director of the Australia–Japan ...

Following Indonesia's 2024 general election, Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka have been announced as the new president and vice president. They plan to continue President Joko 'Jokowi' ...

Contrary to its external portrayal, Christianity has had a deep historical and cultural impact on modern China. But in the mid-20th century the Communist Party suppressed the religion due to perceived ...