The Lowy Institute Southeast Asia Aid Map is an analytical tool designed to improve aid and development effectiveness in Southeast Asia. This report profiles the 11 Southeast Asian countries covered ...

China confirms the first helium-rich gas supergiant in the Tarim Basin: Hetianhe rewrites the map of strategic resources.

India’s influence today extends well beyond South Asia. Its economic gravity increasingly shapes outcomes across West Asia, ...

Reservoirs form the lifelines of water and energy security, yet their long-term dynamics remain poorly quantified across ...

A 9,500-year-old funeral pyre uncovered in a rock shelter in northern Malawi is forcing archaeologists to rethink when and ...

China’s export curbs signal strategic shifts in technology, supply chains, and capital allocation, benefiting top Chinese stocks like Tencent, Alibaba, and BYD, while also emphasizing energy ...

From a ‘blindsided’ Dutch minister to Brussels’ China de-risking, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in December 2025. Asia’s year of costly climate disasters spurs calls for ...

Understanding and developing these corridors represents the most important strategic work the travel industry can undertake.

Malaysia ex-PM Mahathir, 100, in hospital after hip fracture Malaysian 100-year-old former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to hospital after suffering a hip fracture following a fall ...

Atlantic Council Non-resident Senior Fellow Alexander Gray analyzes how the Trump administration aims to defend what it perceives as America's vital "core interests." (Source: Bloomberg) ...

A Global History of Empire and EspionageBy Alfred W. McCoy/ Haymarket BooksReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe Reviewer — Jean-Thomas Nicole is a Policy Advisor with Public Safety Canada. The opinions ...

In an effort to create a unified alternative to address these bottlenecks, Octopus, a security and intelligence software ...