Southeast Asia
Vietnam’s success in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic
Vietnam’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been lauded globally. The total number of covid19 as of May 15, 2020 was estimated at 312,...
Singaporean Daren Tang Appointed as the Next WIPO Director General
On May 8, Daren Tang, Chief Executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) was officially appointed as the next Director General of...
A New Dynamics of U.S.-Viet Nam Relations: U.S.-led ‘Quad and Viet Nam Axis’ in the Indo-Pacific
The relation between the United States and Viet Nam has been reinvigorated in the recent times and that has led to an extraordinary level...
Jokowi’s response to COVID-19: A question of legacy?
As the fourth most populous country in the world and as the largest archipelago, Indonesia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been slow and...
South China Sea: The need for a lasting solution
The developments in South China sea (SCS) during the months of March and April has brought the region to the limelight again. The countries...
Vietnam’s agenda for ASEAN 2020 meetings
The online informal meeting of ASEAN is scheduled to take place on April 14 to discuss ways and means to collaborate jointly to fight...
In the midst of a pandemic, the EU must suspend its proposed palm oil ban
The world is finally
waking up to the realization that the Coronavirus pandemic could result in a
global death toll in the millions - if not...
Vietnam as ASEAN Chair and UNSC non-Permanent Member
Vietnam took the charge as ASEAN chair from
its predecessor Thailand in November 2019, and the agenda for the year 2020 is diverse
and challenging. The...
Russia-Indonesia: 70 years of friendship
“Jauh di mata, dekat di hati .” This is how Lyudmila
Georgievna Vorobieva, Russian ambassador to Indonesia, characterized the
relationship between the two countries.
In fact, in the...
South China Sea of brewing troubles and its implications for India
For years, China, Brunei, Taiwan, Malaysia,
Philippines, and Vietnam have contested overlapping claims to hundreds of coral
reefs, features, and islets in the South China Sea....