geoeconomics
The Philippine chairmanship of Asean in a year of strategic tension
Manila’s challenge lies less in setting ambitious priorities than in preserving cohesion amid mounting challenges
Three challenges to South-east Asia’s technology ambitions
As the region accelerates its pursuit of high-tech growth strategies, it will confront the structural challenges of capacity, geopolitics and sustainability
Hedging or realigning: mapping the West’s China policy since Trump 2.0
The West is not breaking – it is modularising
The new age of chokepoints
Why global commerce depends on too few places and too little governance
Modi and Macron’s ‘contract of the century’: A new anchor for India-Europe trade
The two leaders sign a huge aerospace accord and key tax treaty changes, highlighting the warming of business relations after a hat-trick of trade deals
‘Made in Europe’ plan’s sting in tail for Asia and the wider world
The soon-to-be-finalised initiative will impact industries from cars to manufacturing, steel and defence
Resilience over returns: How China’s economic model sparks a rethink about global competition
In an era of geopolitical fragmentation, financial scale matters less than physical resilience
Superpower Europe
The 27-country bloc is increasingly pursuing investments and reforms that will make it not only unassailable but also widely attractive in a dangerous world
Europe thinks through de-risking from the US
Marco Rubio’s conciliatory speech at the Munich Security Conference does little to distract from Trump’s “wrecking ball politics”
The lab leaders want to slow down on AI. Someone needs to help them
Here is why ‘middle powers’ like Singapore may hold the key to coordinating the advance of AI
