Perspectives

GLOBALISATION

How is the shift from a unipolar to multipolar world impacting business?

How is the shift from a unipolar to multipolar world impacting business?

An interview with Andrew Cainey, RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security and Co-founder of the UK National Committee on China

25 September 2025
America’s new rules are redefining global trade and finance

America’s new rules are redefining global trade and finance

An interview with Andrew Cainey, RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security, and Co-founder of the UK National Committee on China

23 September 2025
What the new geoeconomics means for ASEAN

What the new geoeconomics means for ASEAN

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is at an inflection point. This StoneBench white paper, written in partnership with Public Policy Advisory Asia, looks at the challenges ASEAN faces, and provides strategic recommendations

5 August 2025
The tariff war is about power, not globalisation

The tariff war is about power, not globalisation

The tariff tantrums of the past weeks might have shaken the global economy, but their true impact will be seen in a pivotal shift in global power dynamics

14 April 2025
The Indonesia that America created

The Indonesia that America created

Donald Trump’s administration seems to be unaware that modern day Indonesia is in many ways an American creation

24 February 2025
Globalisation, but of a different kind

Globalisation, but of a different kind

We are witnessing a curious predicament—a shift from the globalisation of prosperity to the globalisation of challenges confronting the world

17 February 2025
Trump’s return and the rekindling of economic fears in Asia

Trump’s return and the rekindling of economic fears in Asia

Security concerns aside, Trump's re-election as president will impact the fortunes of Asian economies in more ways than one

13 November 2024
The end of the China miracle?

The end of the China miracle?

Guest writer and political commentator John West writes about the choices China’s faced with given Xi Jinping’s leadership objectives

4 April 2024
How is Southeast Asia dealing with changing trade dynamics?

How is Southeast Asia dealing with changing trade dynamics?

We speak with Stephen Olson, trade expert and senior research fellow at the Hinrich Foundation, about geopolitical trends resulting in the shifting global trade landscape and Southeast Asian economies' response

25 April 2023
The end of liberal hegemony, and not of history

The end of liberal hegemony, and not of history

We speak with John West, executive director of the Asian Century Institute on how the US has made a giant mess of much of its foreign policy since the end of the Cold War, three decades ago

13 October 2020