As Asia continues to grapple with the impacts of COVID-19, how is the region expected to fare in the new year?
Following is an interview I gave to Unravel, a digital platform focused on international politics, economics and technology, and how they influence human life and endeavor.
Unravel: As we…
RCEP reinforces Asia’s regional integration
The center of the global economy continues to shift toward Asia as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is born. The accord becomes effective for two-thirds of its 15 members on 1 January 2022. More than ten years in the making, RCEP is the largest…
The Taliban’s capture of Kabul in late August 2021, and subsequent consolidation of rule over Afghanistan, raised serious concern that the gains secured by women and girls over the last twenty years would be lost. Since regaining control of Afghanistan, Taliban representatives have promised to respect women’s rights to work…
The Canada West Foundation posed the following question to me and some other experts on international trade and Asia:
China has formally applied for membership in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Member countries, including Canada, have made clear that China must adhere to the high standards…
India boasts more than 560 million internet users, making it the second largest online market in the world. Yet there are vast disparities in use, by age, socio-economic status, gender and areas where people reside. …
India commits massive sums to its transportation infrastructure. The national transportation infrastructure pipeline between 2020 and 2025 totals $574 billion, most of which targets roads and railways. The demographic profile of transport network users is aging. …
There is a growing global consensus that COVID-19 will remain with us for the foreseeable future, and we will need to deal with outbreaks and adapt. An exception to this consensus is China, where the official position is that a single case of the virus is too many. Other countries…
India’s demographic profile is a young one compared to most other countries, but it will soon be showing more grey around the edges. The over-60 age category is expected to nearly double as a share of the total population within the next three decades.
This trend has a multitude of…
It’s difficult to imagine India as an aging society, given that it has — by far — more young people than any other country on earth. Within Asia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong all have significantly greyer population profiles. Indeed, India is still at an early stage of…
