Frontline Insights

Nuanced insights and fresh perspectives on today’s most pressing issues and forces shaping our world

| Corporate Leadership

The inconvenient truths of leadership failings in large corporations

Why many corporate leaders fall short—and what true leadership really demands.

| Japan

Japan’s labour reforms: A blueprint for Asia’s workforce solutions amidst demographic shifts

Japan is easing skilled labour import rules to counter its shrinking workforce—a move that could serve as a model for neighbouring countries in tackling workforce shortages while enhancing living standards.

| Foreign Policy

China’s foreign policy agenda: 8 essential insights

China’s foreign policy is shaped by a holistic worldview, evolving decision-making processes, and a focus on bilateral relations, with an emphasis on peace and stability in global geopolitics.

| Conflict Narratives

The Thucydides Trap is a lie created to justify a US-China war

Ancient Greece offers no lessons for Asia. The Global South must stop letting America’s war machine write history

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