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As leaders from 21 APEC member economies prepare to meet in San Francisco in November, we will explore APEC’s evolution over its three-decade-plus history to consider both its role and contributions in the Asia-Pacific region to date, as well as explore its challenges and relevance in the region going forward.  Is APEC still hitting its […]

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India’s presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20) runs until December 1, when the rotating position will pass to Brazil. But even with several weeks left, it is an opportune moment to take stock of what India’s leadership has accomplished. There is, of course, the September 9-10 G20 leaders’ summit in New Delhi and the

All is not well in the world’s most important relationship. China and America are at loggerheads over everything from trade to Taiwan. Listen to the weekly podcast, where Evan Medeiros discusses the future of U.S.-China relations.

The U.S.-China relationship is now defined by “strategic competition.” In Cold Rivals: The New Era of U.S.-China Strategic Competition (2023), a distinguished group of scholars from the United States and China examine the reasons for this deterioration and its implications for world politics.

The Chinese government tends to “bestow” pandas on “nations with whom China’s relations are on the upswing, as a form of soft power projection,” said Kurt Tong, a former high-ranking US diplomat and managing partner of the Asia Group consultancy.

“In that respect, given the current tenor of US-China relations it is not surprising that Chinese authorities are allowing panda contracts with US zoos to expire,” Tong said in an email to AFP.

India’s manufacturing economy is undergoing a historic transition as the country emerges as a global hub for electronics production. Given the geopolitical and economic backdrop, policymakers have set an ambitious target of expanding this sector’s output to $300 billion by mid-2026.

Strictly speaking, IMEEC is not a corridor. A corridor implies goods travelling from a source to a market over a vast territory that contributes a pathway but no significant value addition. BRI is such a corridor. It is essentially a one-nation narrative – that of Chinese manufacturing seeking market access in distant countries. In contrast,

Ashok Malik, Partner & Chair of The Asia Group hails India’s presidency of G20. He says. India-Middle East Europe corridor has the potential to become transformative in terms of economic development and infrastructure.

For many corporations and governments, Central Asia has often been overlooked. Known for its five former Soviet Union “Stan” countries, with Kazakhstan leading as the region’s largest economy, the area has been treated like a “forgotten child.” However, that perception is changing due to two main factors: shifting geopolitical realities and China’s increasing interests.