Southeast Asia
Revisiting Dictatorship: Democracy is Worst Form of Government, Indeed
The late Soeharto has become something of a poster boy for leadership as the nation searches for a president who can effectively deliver the...
Can Australia,offer an alternative narrative in the Indo-Pacific?
An excessively unpredictable and isolationist United States, under the US President Trump, whose transactionalism borders on being simplistic, has caused discomfort globally – even...
Human Trafficking in Rohingya Refugee Camps
In light of the ‘repatriation agreement’ signed between Myanmar and Bangladesh, the 620,000 recent Rohingya refugees who have been living in Cox’s Bazar for...
Can TPP be revived under APEC 2017 in Vietnam?
Authors: Do Quynh Anh & Bui Hong Hanh* The Trans - Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is the largest and most ambitious trade agreement in...
Aung San Suu Kyi Fails to Act and the Rohingya Genocide Continues- New UN Report
Despite claims by Burma of efforts to improve relations between Buddhists and Muslims, the facts prove otherwise. Another 11,000 Rohingya Muslims crossed into Bangladesh the...
Countering supremacy: Johor Sultan battles Muslim equivalent of Islamophobia
Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, the sovereign of the Malaysian state of Johor, does not mince his words. His repeated verbal assaults on Sunni Muslim...
American withdrawal from Paris Agreements: Implications for Southeast Asia
The impact of US withdrawal from Paris agreement can be seen in Pacific region. It will hamper the efforts of mitigating climate change threats...
Six steps to achieve Thailand 4.0
Bangkok - The Thai government is obsessed about Thailand 4.0 - making the Thai economy to become a digital economy. Is this possible? In...
U.N. Minces Words As International Tribunal Finds Myanmar Guilty Of Rohingyan Genocide
The UN Security Council held its first meeting on Rohingya in nine years last Thursday (September 28, 2017). The language was harshly critical of...
When Interests Triumph over Humanity: Rohingya Crisis
While there is international outcry to end the genocide over the Rohingyas, Russia and China blocked the UN Security Council’s resolution to stop the...