Powering a just transition in Indonesia with geothermal
Amid rising energy security pressures, Indonesia is turning to one of its most underused resources — geothermal.
Hong Kong banks dependent on SWIFT are warned of new US sanctions
The United States has threatened to impose sanctions on Chinese banks if they are found to be involved in handling money from Iran’s oil trade payments, marking a sharp escalation in efforts to tighten financial pressure on Tehran.
Beyond the Rupture: Where Are China-Japan Relations Heading?
The evolution of Sino-Japanese relations has rarely followed a linear path – but it has always remained within clear guardrails, even during times of tension.
US starting to respond to challenge of massive drone incursions
The US is starting to respond to drone incursions on US territory, but the response does not match the growing threats from drones, which are likely to get worse. In 2025, the US tracked 34,000 drones along the southern border, a significant increase over 2024.
Trans-Himalayan net zero is a strategic necessity for Asia
The trans-Himalayan arc, a high-altitude desert landscape spanning from Leh and Lhasa to Gilgit and Thimphu, has long been romanticized as a pristine, stoic wilderness of ice and silence.
The Iran war widens Indonesia’s fiscal faultlines
The oil price shock triggered by the 2026 US–Israeli war on Iran is hitting the Indonesian economy hard.
When Climate Lies Kill: Red-Tagging Indigenous Defenders in the Philippines
Climate disinformation is strategically deployed to reinforce red-tagging narratives, portraying Indigenous resistance to mining, energy, and infrastructure projects as a threat to national security.
Australia’s New National Defense Strategy Feels Written for a Bygone Era
It ignores the elephant in the room: an unreliable and unruly United States.
Kazakhstan hedges in the new nuclear Great Game
On 22 December 2025, the US Embassy in Kazakhstan announced an expanded civil nuclear energy partnership between the United States and Kazakhstan through the State Department’s Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) …