Pundits weaving stories of power transition in the Indo- Pacific should rely on robust data to flesh out the narrative.

A Harris administration would likely continue to use tariffs (mostly on China) to address what the United States views as ...

Trump is also an alliance sceptic, whereas Australians are alliance believers. Last time around, Trump treated allies not as ...

Each year, the Lowy Institute’s Asia Power Index (API) provides the authoritative guide to the distribution of power in Asia.

It’s a slightly scary feeling when the hotel manager calls you in your room and tells you that the police have put the whole country into curfew, and you cannot go outside. But perhaps that’s my fault ...

South Korea must be careful not to politicise high-level defections from the North. By politicising these defections in a democracy-versus-autocracy binary, the Yoon administration is exaggerating the ...

Singapore ranks eighth out of 27 countries for comprehensive power in Asia, besting ninth-ranked Indonesia by one place. How is it possible that a country of fewer than six million people, with a land ...

While the West tends to dismiss North Korea as a rogue state or hermit kingdom, the reality is that North Korea is a nuclear power. That automatically boosts its position on the international stage.

Over the past decade, India has significantly bolstered its collaboration with African nations in the renewable energy sector. Harnessing the continent’s abundant solar potential is seen as crucial ...

The recent Quad summit was something of a victory lap for President Joe Biden’s Asia strategy. Despite global challenges – Afghanistan, Ukraine and Gaza – the Biden administration has strengthened US ...

The 2024 Asia Power Index shows China beating the United States for the first time for its military posture in Asia, an expert assessment of countries’ ability to deploy rapidly and for a sustained ...