A “middle-income trap” is looming large for China and this, along with a variety of other factors, may well impede its uplift to a high-income country.

China has gradually, strategically been increasing its influence in the Middle East, through economic engagement such as trade and investment in the region.

The 22nd Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit took place against the background of the continuing crisis in Ukraine, and tense relations between China and the USA.

Following Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan and China's aggressive response, former Ambassador to India, D. P. Srivastava, reflects on the implications beyond the Asia-Pacific region.

Reflecting on the recent violent upheavels in Sri Lanka, former MEP Jo Leinen asks who’s going to pick up the pieces of failed nations across Asia and Africa and calls on international collaboration in order to shape a democratic world order in a fair, transparent and sustainable way.

The financial crisis of 2008 was preceded by two events. There was a steep hike in oil prices, which touched $ 147 per barrel. There was also a sharp increase in food prices as agricultural land was diverted for the production of bio-ethanol in Brazil and the USA. We might be witnessing a repeat of history argues former Indian Ambassador D.P Srivastava

The last two months have seen a spate of visits by European leaders to Delhi, and by Prime Minister Modi to Germany, Denmark, and France. They showed continued engagement at the highest level argues former Ambassador D.P. Srivastava

There are two weapons that nations can deploy in the fight against a pandemic such as Covid: technology and population management.

How can different environmental and societal approaches to battling the Covid pandemic across Asia be assessed?

The funds to help Afghanistan out of an economic and humanitarian crisis are available. How justified is the international reluctance to deploy them?

Japan gave us the Kyoto conference and has some enthusiasm for green bonds. But the world’s second largest investor in carbon-intensive industry needs to get its climate act together.

Jo Leinen, a former Member of the European Parliament from Germany and a member of the EAF advisory board, argues that the causes of the war in Ukraine are both longstanding and fundamental.