Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Is the South China Sea Dispute a Foregone Conclusion? The security temperature in the South China Sea (SCS) has ratcheted precipitously in recent weeks. — The […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu GlobalData: Over US$46.3 billion will be spent on Southeast Asia’s upstream capex by 2020 An average capital expenditure (capex) of US$17.8 billion per year will be […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Southeast Asian democracies face daunting, testing elections Four pending general elections have the potential to reshape Southeast Asian political dynamics with the recent slide towards autocracy […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu China ‘crosses threshold’ with missiles at South China Sea outposts Beijing has installed cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles on man-made islands throughout the South China Sea, […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu World Economic Forum on ASEAN to be held in Vietnam The World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN 2018 will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam from Sept […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu WHO calls for acceleration of efforts to tackle air pollution in South-east Asia The World Health Organization (WHO) called upon member-countries in the South-East Asia Region […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu As US withdraws, Japan and China become mainstays of SE Asia FDI Despite the last US administration’s so-called “pivot to Asia,” which identified increased engagement with […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu 32nd ASEAN Summit: Analysis and key takeaways Singapore can check one thing off its to-do-list for its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Don’t drag Cambodia into the South China Sea conundrum Soun Nimeth rebuts academic Carl Thayer’s recent article in The Diplomat and argues that there is an […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Success and challenges within ASEAN integration Since its inception on the 8th of August 1967, ASEAN has made tremendous strides in promoting peace and stability in […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN+3 discussing creation of regional crime database The Ministry of Justice has held a conference to discuss creating a crime database that would serve as a […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Elephants driven to extinction by illegal skin trade, says report MANY ELEPHANTS are being hunted for their skin across Asia and the problem is reaching a […]