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As world leaders gather in New York for the UN SDG Summit, the mood is likely to be sombre. : Illustration: Michael Joiner, 360info Images: Kuhlmann/MSC & Ad Meskens via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0

What are the roadblocks to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals? And how can the pace of the SDGs gather momentum to meet the 2030 targets?

5 perspectives
State of the SDGs

The SDGs can save us, but can we save the SDGs?

What are the roadblocks to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals? And how can the pace of the SDGs gather momentum to meet the 2030 targets?

Special Report
Better cooperation between the public and private sectors can accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. : Unsplash: Guillaume de Germain Unsplash Licence

The Indo-Pacific has much to lose as global events hinder international cooperation on sustainable development, but it also shows promising examples of success.

State of the SDGs

How the Indo-Pacific can beat the SDG cash crunch

The Indo-Pacific has much to lose as global events hinder international cooperation on sustainable development, but it also shows promising examples of success.

Economy
Across Asia, democracy appears to swing between familiar traps and opportunities as economic realities and expectations evolve. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

Don’t look now, but if you’re worried about the state of democracies now, just wait until next year.

6 perspectives
Asian democracy

Asian democracies struggle under the weight of repression

Don’t look now, but if you’re worried about the state of democracies now, just wait until next year.

Special Report
India’s Minister for External Affairs, Dr S. Jaishankar, hit out in response to his country’s 11 place slide on the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index. : Wikimedia Commons, IAEA Imageback CC BY 2.0

A creeping authoritarianism now extends to the digital sphere in India.

Asian democracy

Trust us: how India takes control of personal data

Law
The G20 Summit in New Delhi is backdropped by massive global economic challenges and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

India is hosting its inaugural G20 leaders’ summit at a time when the world’s economy is facing many challenges.

4 perspectives
G20 primer

A crucial G20 leaders’ summit in Delhi

Special Report
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hosting world leaders in New Delhi. : Prime Minister’s Office, Wikimedia Commons Open data (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Prime_Minister,_Shri_Narendra_Modi_at_the_G20_Summit_2015,_in_Turkey_on_November_15,_2015.jpg)

The Indian Prime Minister says a G20 strategy has driven global debt restructuring since his country assumed leadership. That’s not the full picture.

G20 primer

Why G20’s debt-relief strategy is failing

Economy
Religion and politics increasingly mingle freely, even in once-secular nations. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

Across the world, faith is returning to the political sphere

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Religion in politics

Religion and politics in a fragmented world

Special Report
Many Indonesians and Malaysians studied in Saudi Arabia and returned to either join the civil service or set up businesses and religious schools. : Madrassah students attending a lecture by Khairulash is available at https://tinyurl.com/66ec98vf CC BY-SA 4.0

Saudi political priorities might have changed but their religious influence is still present in Southeast Asian politics, particularly in Malaysia.

Religion in politics

Saudis stick to long game in Southeast Asian politics

Culture
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, has been accused of deploying a devastating misinformation app. (Hernan Nersesian, G20, Flickr) : Hernan Nersesian, G20 CC BY 2.0

India’s middle class has been the big winner from a deregulated economy. In turn, that middle class helps fuel the rise of populism and Hindu nationalism.

Religion in politics

How India’s economy and Hindu right rise together

Law