Mahathir Should Focus on Institutional Reform, Not Personalities
Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s former prime minister, seems to have missed the mark with the Citizen’s…
Vietnam’s May National Assembly Elections to Test Party Rhetoric
Vietnam will hold its parliamentary election in May 2016. The three key positions of president,…
Singapore’s Social Landscape in Transition
Last year was a year of retrospection and affirmation for Singapore. Marking the country’s 50th…
Vietnam’s FTAs Offer Challenges & Chances
When Dung Quat Refinery announced on February 24 th, 2016 that it was encountering difficulties…
Rice and poverty in The Greater Mekong Subregion
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is a major global rice producer and exporter, but its…
Can Najib Revive The Malaysian Economy?
Last year was somewhat of a challenging one for the Malaysian economy. Political disruptions and…
No Honeymoon For 2016 Philippine General Election Winner
The winner of the upcoming 2016 Philippine general election looks set to inherit an underwhelming…
Vietnam’s pivot to the West more a shuffle towards the centre (video)
Signing onto the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in Atlanta last October and the high-level state…
Don’t Bank on Vietnam Banking Sector Reform
In architecture, there is a dictum that ‘form follows function’. The architect decides what a…
Conservative Jokowi No Reformer
In his first year in office, Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) failed to deliver on…
‘Presidential Curse’ Could Tarnish Aquino’s legacy
President Benigno Aquino III completes his six-year term much less popular than when he began…
Can Jokowi Move Indonesia Beyond Protectionism?
Put in a comparative historical perspective Indonesia’s economic growth performance has been relatively strong. Yet…