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Instagram generation’s win, Japan’s security drive, and Albo’s undiplomatic insult – Asian Media Report image

Instagram generation’s win, Japan’s security drive, and Albo’s undiplomatic insult – Asian Media Report

1 August 2026

This week in David Armstrong’s Asian media report: India’s Gen Z social mobility crisis, Tokyo’s new foreign intelligence agency, Chinese chip company’s blockbuster IPO, regional nations’ evolving security co-operation, central banker’s sudden resignation, and PM’s melon-headed mockery.

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Diplomacy

Asia (general)

Southeast Asian nations won’t overcome the middle-income trap image

Southeast Asian nations won’t overcome the middle-income trap unless predatory elites stop undermining education and R&D

29 July 2026

To overcome the ‘middle-income trap’ Southeast Asia will need new economic structures that include strong education and research and development ecosystems. But writes Andrew Rosser, that will require reducing the power of predatory elites and building coalitions of political and social groups that have an interest in improved educational and R&D outcomes.

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Diplomacy

Asia (general)

Power without borders: Southeast Asia’s connectivity challenge image

Power without borders: Southeast Asia’s connectivity challenge

27 July 2026

Australia is uniquely positioned to help unlock the opportunity presented by the long-awaited realisation of the ASEAN Power Grid—if regulatory and financial challenges can be overcome, write Rachel Thompson and Fachry Frisandi.

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Diplomacy

Asia (general)

Thailand’s wealth gap is a competition problem image

Thailand’s wealth gap is a competition problem

27 July 2026

Thailand wants to join the OECD by 2028, but weak competition laws are letting a handful of companies turn market power into wealth power, writes Dr Itsakul Unahakate.

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Diplomacy

Thailand