Preferring to neither sink or swim Jokowi pulls the plug on Jakarta: Asean’s sinking cities (video)
Last week the head of Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Bambang Brodjonegoro, announced that the government is…
UMNOs Support For Hudud in Kelantan a Shrewd Najib Strategy
Attempts to amend Malaysia’s 1965 Criminal Jurisdiction Act, or RUU 355, have divided the country for…
The KMTTP: Will India’s Plans For Myanmar Become Reality?
The Sittwe deep-sea port in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, which was financed and constructed by India,…
Jokowi’s ‘Developmentalism’ to See IA-CEPA FTA Fall Short
Despite the warmth between Indonesian President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull…
Vietnam’s ‘System Fault’ Fostering Corruption
The first half of 2016 saw Vietnam’s fight against corruption gain new momentum. Having consolidated…
Asean’s Navies The Poor Cousins At Budget Time
With Southeast Asian nations facing a deteriorating external security environment and increasing Chinese maritime assertiveness,…
Is the Phnom Penh property market headed for a massive crash?
Phnom Penh’s mushrooming property market is set for a massive crash with new apartment prices set…
RUU 355: politics, not religion fuelling increasing Malaysia islamisation
The February 18, 2017 rallies for and against the bill to amend the 1965 Criminal…
Challenges Ahead For Indonesia’s youth
Indonesia’s youth (pemuda) have always been valued as the vanguard of political change, taking a…
Cambodia eases deeper into China’s defensive embrace (video)
Cambodia currently faces significant foreign policy challenges amid great power rivalry in the Asia-Pacific. Against…
Will TPP Diehards Stall The RCEP Seeking a ‘Gold Standard’?
During the Obama administration, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was crucial to US foreign policy in…
Malaysia must act firmly over Kim Jong-nam assassination (video)
The murder of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged eldest brother of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim…