Southeast Asia
Does Indonesian have to Pay Extra Taxes within Rampancy of Covid?
Various countries in the world are slowly starting to remove the outdoor mask rule and give leeway for Covid-19 social restrictions, but it doesn’t ...
Stabilization And Digital Dialogues For Myanmar: Stepping Back From The Brink Of Civil War
Abstract: Five months into the military coup of 1 February, Myanmar is on an increasingly fragile trajectory with clear signs of conflict escalation. World...
Five years of PCA ruling and tensions in South China Sea
It has been five years since Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) made a ruling on July 12,2016 in favour of Philippines and declined Chinese...
Uncontrolled Chinese’s steps in Indonesia
In Jokowi’s administration, China is growing faster in many kinds of aspects such as politics, economics, and culture. In the mid of 2020, the...
Arms and Allies: Comments on Junta Chief’s Russia Visit and Beyond
Three days after the United Nations General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution calling for an arms embargo on Myanmar and condemning its military’s seizure...
Malaysia, Covid-19, And The New Fake News Ordinance: Is There A Reason To Be Apprehensive?
Authors: Harsh Mahaseth and Gursimran*
On 11 March, 2021, the Emergency (Essential Powers) (on disseminating misinformation No. 2) Ordinance 2021 (“The Ordinance”) was issued on...
Versailles in Repeat: The Failure of ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus
On 24 April 2021, representatives of the ASEAN member states gathered in Jakarta to attend the Leaders' Meeting on the situation in Myanmar, where...
The UNGA Resolution on the Situation in Myanmar: Why was the Rohingya Issue Neglected?
The United Nations General Assembly resolution on the ‘Situation in Myanmar’ adopted on 18 June 2021 with 119 votes in favour, 1 against and...
Vaccine Fund: Preventing and Controlling Covid-19 Pandemic of Vietnam
Up to early June 2021, Vietnam has experienced four large-scale outbreaks of Covid-19. Compared to the previous three ones, the 4th outbreak was assessed...
The Myanmar Rohingya Genocide
In August 2017, Myanmar army brutally started a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims killing, raping, arson of million and others hundreds of thousands fleeing across...