Tag: Asia
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China Expands Economic Influence in Central Asia
China’s trade with Central Asian states grew significantly during the first 10 months of 2025, compared with the same period in 2024, according to Chinese government statistics. Trade turnover with Kyrgyzstan saw the largest spike, rising from $17.4 billion to $23.6 billion. What also makes Kyrgyzstan noteworthy is that, according to Kyrgyz government statistics, the nation’s GDP…
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Pope Leo XIV Offers Prayers for Southeast Asia Flood Victims
Pope Leo XIV expresses his closeness and assures his prayers for the millions of people affected by heavy flooding in various parts of Southeast Asia in recent weeks. By Devin Watkins Over 1,500 people have been killed in recent days in several parts of Southeast Asia due to catastrophic floods and landslides. The current death…
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Global Power Shifts: Europe’s Independence, China’s Influence in Asia, and U.S. Supremacy in the Americas
Two big things happened last week that will reverberate for years, perhaps decades to come, and will define US military priorities in an era of multipolarity and rising geopolitical upheaval. First, the Trump administration released the new US National Security Strategy (NSS), which presidents typically release once each term, offering a formal statement of the…
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India’s ‘New Normal’ Doctrine: Implications for Nuclear Stability in South Asia
• Think tank says the narrative attempts to justify unilateral strikes• Terms Western belief in India as a counter to China flawed ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad-based think tank on Sunday warned that India’s “new normal” military doctrine is a destabilising force in nuclear-armed South Asia, saying New Delhi’s posture risks triggering a serious escalation in any…
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Zardari Emphasizes Collaboration for Enhanced Trade in South Asia
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have said that Pakistan is ready to work with all willing states in South Asia to promote trade and energy linkages and it is committed to principles and objectives of the Saarc’s charter. In their separate message on the 40th anniversary of Saarc Charter Day…
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India’s Export Policy Boosts Trade Relations with Southeast Asia
NEW DELHI: The government’s approval of a Rs 45,000 crore ($5 billion) export support package has sent a positive signal that India is ready to deepen its engagement with fast-growing markets, especially across Southeast Asia, according to an article in the Vietnam Times. By ensuring easier access to credit through CGSE (Credit Guarantee Scheme for…
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AI’s Impact on Employment: Insights from East Asia
Western analysts often frame automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics as an existential threat to workers, with the risk of impending unemployment potentially triggering economic unrest. However, 74 per cent of all industrial robots deployed last year were in Asia, where they do not appear to be replacing workers but are instead redefining roles amid…
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Asia Shifts to Euro Borrowing as US Financing Dominance Wanes
(Bloomberg) — Asian economies aren’t just shifting their trading ties to fight against US tariffs, they’re also increasingly moving their financing to other markets, underscoring how President Donald Trump’s policies risk eroding American dominance of capital raising. Asia Pacific borrowers increased euro‑denominated issuance to a record 23% of the total across both currencies this year,…
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Catastrophic Floods in Asia: Death Toll Surpasses 1,750 Amid Ongoing Heavy Rains
Rescue teams and volunteers have been struggling to assist millions of people affected by floods and landslides in parts of Asia, as the official death toll from the ongoing climate-fuelled disaster has climbed to more than 1,750 people in the worst-affected countries of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. In Indonesia, at least 908 people were…
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Devastating Floods: The Impact of Climate Chaos and Rogue Storms Across Asia
Looking at the weather map on his computer and seeing three tropical storms forming simultaneously across Asia in late November, climatologist Fredolin Tangang’s first thoughts drifted to the 2004 disaster movie “The Day After Tomorrow.” The film, in which three massive storms plunge the earth into a new ice age, goes beyond the realms of…