While free trade has become politically infeasible in Washington, there are other ways to shore up the U.S. presence in one of the world’s fastest-growing regions. For decades, free trade has been a ...

Major powers are promoting disengagement and isolation from the global economy in their economic security strategies. Southeast Asia has bucked this trend. Deeply dependent on its integration into ...

The United Nations Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2025 indicates that the South Caucasus region currently experiences moderate impacts from climate change compared to other ...

Asia's economy demonstrated remarkable resilience and dynamism in 2025 despite a complex and challenging external environment ...

Australia sees Southeast Asia as a vital partner for economic growth, focusing on areas such as agriculture, critical minerals and energy transition. Despite shared goals of integration, their ...

Asia’s economic growth next year is poised to hold up more than previously estimated despite weaker external demand, elevated tariffs, and persistent policy uncertainty. Growth in the Asia and Pacific ...

As the global economic system is being reset, US tariffs are the highest in a century—with some of the steepest aimed at Asia. A leader in global trade, Asia accounted for nearly 60 percent of global ...

This paper was written in November 2024 prior to the inauguration of President Trump, and as such does not reflect or account for the changes that have occurred in the development space since then due ...

Strangely enough, the literature on “state capacity” – including that on industrial policy and on the entrepreneurial state – says very little about the people who staff the higher ranks of the state.

Economic development is important to many communities to increase jobs and long-term revenue growth. Local governments can encourage economic development and growth through a variety of tools, such as ...