2024-2025 Taking the Pulse of Asia


  • Authors: Sung Yong Kang et al.
  • Publication Date: July / 2025
  • Publisher: Zininzin

Throughout 2024, SNUAC has published the online journal Asia Brief in an ongoing effort to provide timely and in-depth analyses of the rapidly changing dynamics and diverse regional issues across Asia. This volume is the culmination of those efforts, bringing together a year’s worth of insights to reflect on the realities of Asia in 2024 and to offer informed forecasts for the year ahead.

The volume is composed of analytical essays and field-based reports contributed by experts on each region, enabling readers to gain a multilayered and comprehensive understanding of events that shaped Asia in 2024. Going beyond surface-level descriptions, each report examines the root causes of major issues, their ripple effects, and the strategies and responses of various stakeholders involved. Through this multidimensional approach, the volume presents a richly textured portrait of Asia’s present.

Finally, the concluding section of the volume offers regional outlooks for 2025, providing a prism through which to interpret and anticipate the future trajectories of Asia.