The last of the four sessions of the Future of Work for the Asian Youth webinar series focused on Vietnam and took place on 26 April 2021. It looked at the looked at the changing nature of employment for youth, challenges and opportunities, and how the country is preparing for the future of work.

Jointly organized by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (SOPAS/Tokyo) and the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation, the Future of Work for the Asian Youth Webinar Series aims to highlight the key issues behind the changing employment landscape of Asia’s young people. Out of the four webinar series, this last session focuses on Vietnam.

On the occasion of the 160th anniversary of bilateral relations between Japan and Germany, KAS together with the Embassy of Japan in Germany, will bring together renowned politicians and experts from Japan, Germany and like-minded countries to discuss joint challenges and joint solutions in two panel discussions focusing on a strong, resilient and smart future. The two panel discussions will take place respectively on 19 and 21 April 2021.

The closed webinar organised by Team Asia & Pacific of KAS and EU Asia Institute of the ESSCA School of Management ‘Towards a Greener, Cleaner Planet: The European Green Deal and Japan’s 2050 Zero-Emissions Goal’ took plan on 1 March 2021.

The third of the four sessions of the Future of Work for the Asian Youth webinar series focused on Malaysia and took place on 8 February 2021. It looked at the looked at the changing nature of employment for youth, challenges and opportunities, and how the country is preparing for the future of work.

Jointly organized by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (SOPAS/Tokyo) and the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation, the Future of Work for the Asian Youth Webinar Series aims to highlight the key issues behind the changing employment landscape of Asia’s young people. Out of the four webinar series, this third session focuses on Malaysia.

The event report discusses the challenges and opportunities for security cooperation between both countries in the Indo-Pacific region. as shared by the two Defense Ministers during the Defense Minister’s Forum held on 15 December 2020.

This country profile is meant to give readers an understanding about the future of work in Indonesia. The first part will provide information about Indonesian young people, looking through the demographic, education and employment trends. The second part will analyze future of work opportunities and challenges for Indonesian young people. The last part will be […]

The papers in this volume “Digitalisation, Trade, and Geopolitics in Asia”, published by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s (KAS) regional program, Regional Economic Programme Asia (SOPAS), investigates how digitalisation is changing our understanding of trade and the international economy. It assesses the impact of digitalization to production, consumption, and trading patterns as well as national and […]

Now that the Electoral College has formalized Biden’s win, the U.S. President-elect needs to rebuild trade deals with the Asia-Pacific to counter China’s dominance. Below is an analysis of the RCEP and what the U.S. and its value partners can expect from the world’s largest trade bloc. A collective sigh of relief mixed with trepidation […]