Southeast Asia
Indonesia’s ASEAN Summit 2023: Some Key Takeaways
The ASEAN Summit week in early September was filled with various impressions. To start, businesses convened the ASEAN Business & Investment Summit (ABIS) and...
Vietnam Stock Market Performance Shows Success of Anti-corruption Reforms
Comparing the behaviour of stock markets in Southeast Asian countries in parallel with their macroeconomic performances is an illuminating exercise. Several countries in the Association...
What Can We Expect From the New Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet?
Cambodia will have a new prime minister on August 22 in the person of Hun Manet, who will replace his father Hun Sen. This...
How Will the Military Coup Impact Myanmar’s Struggling Economy?
On Feb. 01, 2021 the Myanmar military also known as Tatmadaw, dismissed the civilian-led and democratically elected National League of Democracy (NLD) government and...
Why India-Developed COVID-19 Vaccine Can Earn More Trust in Cambodia?
As many countries globally are racing to vaccinate their population through purchasing and stockpiling COVID-19 vaccines, Cambodia has been seeking vaccine donations from its...
Cambodia’s Mass Show Trial Gives Green Light to Magnitsky Sanctions
Even witch trials allowed the accused to be present. The ongoing mass show trial of supporters of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP)...
Thailand: The Making of a Near-Antarctic State
Since the end of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, Arctic stakeholders have managed to keep the region relatively...
The Philippines and Its Defense Modernization Program: Confronting Persistent Challenges and Opening New Opportunities
In July 2020, the Department of National Defense announced the inevitable. Due to the adverse impact of the COVID 19 pandemic, it was forced...
India Must Build Upon Its Recent Engagements in the Western Indian Ocean
India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar recently visited Bahrain, the UAE and Seychelles. Jaishankar’s visit comes as a part of India’s outreach to the...
What Is Protecting Cambodians From COVID-19?
The visit to Cambodia of Hungarian Foreign Minister Pieter Szijjártó at the start of this month did not go entirely as planned. Having tested...
Cambodian and Thai Democrats Are Fighting the Same Battle
Supporters of democracy in Cambodia and Thailand are engaged in the same struggle to achieve free, just and modern societies. There are reasons to...
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US-China Tussle in the Middle East: The Biden Administration’s Response
The US President Joe Biden has repeatedly drawn flak...
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Indonesia’s ASEAN Summit 2023: Some Key Takeaways
The ASEAN Summit week in early September was filled...
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The significance of the G-20 meeting for the United...
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Collective Punishment as a Violation of International Law : The Case of Israel and Eritrea
In the wake of recent clashes between Eritrean asylum...
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AUKUS: Australia’s ‘French Cut’ Moment?
In a show of incompetent diplomatic maneuvering, Australia set...
