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What does the world’s digital economy rest on? Thousands of kilometres of fibre-optic cable lying on the ocean floor and, increasingly, in the...
Myanmar’s new parliament will convene next week, following an election tightly stage-managed by the junta. The Union Solidarity and Development...
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Escalating clashes in the South China Sea between the Philippines and China have not only raised the urgency of a regional Code of Conduct but have...
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The United States’ military operation in Venezuela, culminating in the capture and removal of President Nicolas Maduro, might at first have appeared...
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Southeast Asia has become “ground zero” for the global online scamming industry, according to the UN, costing victims billions of US dollars each...
Things had to change in Bangladesh. The brutality of an autocratic regime which tolerated little dissent gravely undermined its legitimacy. Its...
Malaysia’s long-anticipated 17th state election in Sabah concluded last month with results that were at once expected and surprising. Heightened...
The fact that the Philippines is at the receiving end of countless typhoons every year is undeniable. But a miserable mix of corruption and the...
The Philippines and Germany have entered a new chapter in their bilateral relations this year, placing special emphasis on tightening security and...
The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers Shigure, Isokaze, Hamakaze and Yukizake were assigned to escort duties when convoys were sent to Singapore to...
In Vietnam, saying “I’ll call the police on you” is a familiar tease, shorthand for the authority everyone instinctively understands. Thus, it...
When Malaysia brokered a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia in July, many hoped the guns would finally fall silent along the border. Instead, new...
Over the past year, China has increasingly wielded its economic leverage in Myanmar to tilt the scales towards the military’s State Security and...
Vietnam’s top leader, To Lam, has spent his first year on an unusually busy diplomatic circuit, but one visit has left analysts scratching their...
A recent government reshuffle has reopened questions about the depth of Britain’s commitment to Asia. The role of minister for the Indo-Pacific is...
Few cities have managed to shake off an industrial past as thoroughly as Kaohsiung. Once defined by its shipyards, heavy industry and petrochemicals,...
The death of Juan Ponce Enrile has brought an end to one of the most complicated lives in Philippine politics – a man I covered for decades, whose...
When two young lives ended in suicide in Thailand earlier this year it cast a spotlight on a swelling mental health crisis among the nation’s youth....
When governments block or restrict access to social media, the backlash is often swift. Such actions rarely amount to mere censorship or content...
Comparing Malaysia to Palestine, as a Malaysian MP did recently, illustrates a reframing of the siege mentality with which segments of the nation’s...
Thailand is often hailed as a poster child for the “China plus one” strategy, its industrial estates filled with new factories and its...
In a world where the tools of formal diplomacy have been cast aside in favour of interest-driven deal-making, interactions between states have assumed...
Early this month, Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani is expected in Beijing for what both sides have billed as a “reset” in relations....
Malaysia’s Madani government has vowed to tackle its mounting budgetary pressures by phasing out blanket petrol subsidies. But despite initial...
China has a unique opportunity to cast itself as an anchor of stability for Southeast Asia now that the United States is retreating from its position...
The use of economic tools to serve national interests is hardly new. But in the 21st century, such instruments – ranging from unlawful economic...
One of the cryptocurrency industry’s most prominent figures, Zhao Changpeng, the former CEO of Binance, has claimed that crypto is safer than fiat...
With the old global order in a heightened state of flux, driven by US President Donald Trump’s attacks on free trade, international organisations...
Two decades after East Timor gained its independence, the country is a complicated and qualified success story. Poverty and deep economic problems...
The situation in the Middle East is moving exceptionally fast. New Zealand and the international community had barely digested the debate about...
Malaysia’s political system is not a presidential one and is instead based on the Westminster model; but there is an increasing tendency for its...
Vietnam’s online playbook is shifting from deleting to diluting. After years of chasing “toxic” posts, authorities now aim to engineer...
On August 31, TikTok temporarily suspended its “live” feature across Indonesia, citing safety concerns as nationwide protests escalated after...
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