Thai–Cambodian border relations remain shaped by rigid, state-centric assumptions that frame borders as fixed, elite-controlled spaces—an approach that fuels recurring tensions, including the Preah Vihear dispute and the 2025 clashes.

Developing Asia’s path to high-income status will hinge on sustained productivity growth and large-scale private investment, which are expected to raise domestic real interest rates and drive capital flows funded mainly by domestic savings but still dependent on global markets.

AI’s growing role in strategic foresight is reshaping how experts anticipate and prepare for multiple plausible futures, as shown by insights from 167 practitioners across 55 countries who increasingly rely on AI to accelerate trend analysis, scenario development and the identification of emerging issues.

Thailand’s tax-incentivized ESG Fund, introduced in late 2023, reshapes corporate bond pricing by pushing issuance and secondary markets in different directions.

Indonesia has outlined its nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and committed to net-zero emissions (NZE) by 2060, prioritizing a shift to renewable energy alongside emissions reductions in forestry.

Indonesia’s digital economy has demonstrated a positive and significant impact on economic growth across 34 provinces between 2017 and 2022, as shown through dynamic panel GMM estimation.

Thailand’s firm-level trade data suggest that regional trade agreements (RTAs) play only a modest role in advancing global value chain development, as imports under RTA regimes show a weak and often insignificant correlation with exports—implying that firms using RTAs tend to focus mainly on domestic markets.

Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2009, are not just stepping into the workforce but rewriting the rules. Over half of them are already harnessing AI tools on the job, giving companies a chance to turbocharge productivity and innovation like never before but there is a flip side. workplace?

Thailand has introduced the Thailand Taxonomy, a national framework launched in 2025 to classify economic activities based on environmental sustainability and guide the country’s transition toward its 2065 net-zero emissions target.