Media Insights For media inquiries, please contact media@theasiagroup.com. Media Categories All Media Grouped Post Newsletter Press Releases Media Mentions Commentary Podcasts Press Releases Newsletter Media Mentions Commentary Podcasts All Media Media Mentions Marshall Li in South China Morning Post: ‘State-owned financial institutions have not fully integrated AI into their core operations yet, because China is focused on avoiding major financial risks’ South China Morning Post | April 10, 2026 “The use of large AI models in China’s financial sector is still at an early stage,” said Marshall Li, a Hong Kong-based associate at The Asia Group who is tracking China’s AI-governance regime. “State-owned financial institutions... Media Mentions Asrul Sani on CSIS’s Southeast Asian Radio on latest updates from Malaysia Center for Strategic & International Studies | April 9, 2026 Greg is joined by Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani, Associated Vice President at The Asia Group, to discuss the latest updates from Malaysian domestic politics in the aftermath of a “corporate mafia” political scandal. Japhet and Lauren... Media Mentions Daniel Kritenbrink in South China Morning Post on US-Asean ties South China Morning Post | April 9, 2026 Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink says the US still has ‘extraordinary’ influence in the region, given its trade and security ties with Asean. The US war on Iran has triggered the worst energy crisis in memory and punched... Media Mentions Daniel Kritenbrink on CNBC’s Squawk Box Asia talks China’s standing on world stage CNBC | April 6, 2026 Daniel Kritenbrink of The Asia Group discusses how the U.S.’ war on Iran has impacted China’s confidence in its’ standing on the world stage, as well as the direction in its’ relations with the U.S..... Media Mentions Shailender Arya in Mint on U.S.-Iran war opening opportunities for Indian defense space Mint | April 3, 2026 “While companies building space-based surveillance platforms may see a fillip, the gains are unlikely to be uniform across all space technologies, said Col (retd) Shailender Arya, senior advisor at global strategic advisory firm, The Asia Group.... Commentary Front Row with Nisha Biswal: What CERAWeek Revealed About the Global Energy System April 3, 2026 I attended CERAWeek in Houston last week at a moment when the global energy system was not being discussed in theory but tested in real time. Hosted by S&P Global, CERAWeek brings together thousands of executives,... Commentary Front Row with Ahmed Helal: Gulf States Confront A Diversification Challenge April 2, 2026 How the Gulf states reconcile their enhanced dependence on the United States with the need to diversify their strategic options will determine opportunities for businesses. Once the guns fall silent in the current war, Gulf states... Commentary WTO E-Commerce Moratorium Expires Without Renewal April 1, 2026 Key Takeaways The World Trade Organization (WTO) has failed to reach a consensus on renewing its long-standing e-commerce tariff moratorium at its 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14), leading to its expiration. The outcome was up in the... Media Mentions Daniel Kritenbrink in Bloomberg on Vietnam’s push for 10% growth Bloomberg | March 31, 2026 Vietnam is “a minor economic miracle here in Southeast Asia, but it’s run up against some pretty significant roadblocks,” said Daniel Kritenbrink, who was US ambassador to Vietnam fro 2017 to 2021 and is now a... Media Mentions George Chen in Bloomberg on delayed Trump-Xi summit Bloomberg | March 31, 2026 “Neither side wants to rock the boat too much,” said George Chen, partner and co-chair of digital practice at The Asia Group. “The most important thing right now is head-of-state diplomacy.”... Commentary The Big Picture: Why U.S.-Iran Negotiations Remain Elusive March 31, 2026 1. Executive Summary The current trajectory of the Iran conflict points toward continued escalation rather than near-term de-escalation, with both Washington and Tehran operating from positions of overconfidence and widening maximalist demands. The United States appears... Media Mentions George Chen in NPR on China’s chatbot competition: ‘History is repeating’ NPR | March 30, 2026 “The competition between domestic Chinese tech players [is] heating up again, which I believe is a good thing, you know, from the perspective of innovation,” said George Chen, a tech analyst with the Asia Group in... Previous Page1 … Page13 Page14 Page15 Page16 Page17 … Page81 Next
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Front Row with Nisha Biswal: What CERAWeek Revealed About the Global Energy System
I attended CERAWeek in Houston last week at a moment when the global energy system was not being discussed in theory but tested in real time. Hosted by S&P Global, CERAWeek brings together thousands of executives,...