ANALYSIS

Asia Pacific / Politics | ANALYSIS Mar 22, 2023

Some new faces but old divisions to haunt Thailand's May election

by Panu Wongcha-Um and Panarat Thepgumpanat

The confrontation between the military-royalist establishment and popular opposition parties has shaped a tumultuous two decades of street protests, judicial intervention and coups.

National / Politics | ANALYSIS Mar 21, 2023

With renewed push, Kishida looks to put his own stamp on Japan's Indo-Pacific strategy

by Jesse Johnson and Gabriel Dominguez

Kishida's newly unveiled plan to assist developing nations was widely seen as a bid to counter Beijing’s attempts to expand its influence among those countries.