On October 20, 2024, Indonesia will inaugurate Prabowo Subianto as its new President. Ever since his election win back in February, world leaders have been courting Prabowo, meeting with him even before he has taken office. Prabowo seems to love president

Over the past year, U.S.-China relations have seen slight improvement, in part driven by the U.S. desire for stability leading up to the Presidential election. Regardless of whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins the election, the new President will h

With the U.S. heading to the polls in November, Asia, like the rest of the world, will be following the election outcome closely. While all U.S. elections are consequential for the world, this one seems especially so, with the two candidates charting dive

In 2024, over half the worlds population has been voting for new leaders or will do so very soon.In Asia, countries from Bangladesh to Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, and Indonesia, end this year with other leaders than the one they started it wit

STATE OF ASIA, the podcast from Asia Society Switzerland, is back with engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all.The new season premieres Tuesday, September 3. New episodes follow every other Tuesday.Plus: l

Batteries increasingly power everything around us, all thanks to major innovations and a supply chain that spans the world. And thats where things get complicated.As battery costs sink and technology advances, nations increasingly view batteries as vital

As Indias economy continues to grow, can the worlds most populous country truly replicate China's success of the past decades? Should India even imitate China? Maybe not, says our guest on this episode, Alicia Garca Herrero, Hong Kong-based Chief Econo

As tensions simmer in its immediate environment, Japan is on high alert. In the midst of China's "sustained aggressiveness," Japan is revising its defense and security policies.But how does this align with its pacifist constitution, and is there still roo

Chinas leader Xi Jinping raised his countrys relationship with EU and NATO member Hungary to a level that puts Hungary almost as close to Beijings chest as Russia and North Korea are.Western Europe long regarded the new EU member states in the East

Indira Ranamagar is Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nepal since January 2023. She started her career as a primary science and maths teacher in village schools in the southeast of Nepal, and became a social worker in prisons in 1990. For