Ravi Velloor

Prabowo needs to assure markets that entrepreneurs and experts, not his old-boy herd, will control the commanding heights of Indonesia's economy, says the writer.

Indonesia’s weakening markets and economy have a personality problem – Prabowo’s

GE Vernova's CEO Scott Strazik says that South-east Asia is a promising market for electricity generation as the investment super-cycle kicks off.

GE Vernova is riding geopolitics and AI for a spectacular surge

Senior leaders of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces at the opening ceremony of the Balikatan US-Philippines joint exercise at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro Manila, on Apr 20.

A different Japan is emerging in Asia

Iran is majority Shi’ite Muslim but significant Shi’ite populations also exist where Sunni Muslims are the majority, including in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and India.
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Beyond Iran, an arc of instability looms in West Asia

Hong Kong’s consumer battery giant Gold Peak Technology Group chairman and chief executive Victor Lo.

Making batteries to woofers, GP’s Lo sways to the rhythms of geopolitics and music

The big geopolitical question is where a US-Russia Arctic deal would leave China, says the writer.

For Trump, the hottest property on earth lies in the Arctic

US President Donald Trump meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea in October.

Why Asia should worry about a G1 world as China’s power grows

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's weaponisation of rare earths is a key driver of US President Donald Trump's China policies.

China hawks should temper hopes over Trump’s muscle flexing at Xi

Brompton CEO Will Butler-Adams said the measure of the company’s success is whether it has contributed to urban freedom, and helped change how people live in cities.

Brompton wants you to ride for yourself, and planet Earth