Malaysia’s GE15: Not All Youth Votes Are Equal
James Chai
Malaysia’s Undi18, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, was supposed to empower a new generation of voters. As it turns out, however, not all youth votes have the same weight.
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Bangkok’s Flawed Plan to Allow Foreign Land Ownership
Prem Singh Gill|Ratana Boy
Bangkok’s recent proposal to allow foreigners to buy land in Thailand is poorly thought out and will not be the panacea for the Thai economy that the government envisages.
Myanmar’s Danu Zone: From Peace to War
Aung Tun
The emergence of a People's Defence Forces in Myanmar Danu self-administered zone will have implications for the rest of Shan State and other parts of the country.
Ukraine’s Accession to TAC: A Critical Decision for ASEAN
Joanne Lin
ASEAN has a chance to stand up for international peace by allowing Ukraine to accede to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation. Failing to do so would highlight the weakness of the organisation at a time when small and medium states need to hold firm against great power bullying.
Small Business and Climate Change: The Last Frontier?
Michael Schaper|Sharon Seah
Helping the world’s smallest businesses to deal with climate change might hold the key to a complete solution for global warming.
Leadership in Place, PKR Needs to Focus on Ideology
Norshahril Saat
Parti Keadilan Rakyat, the political party of Anwar Ibrahim, has a new slate of leaders in place. To make a difference, PKR will need to find a balance between pragmatism and the need to uphold multiracialism.
How Southeast Asia Will Benefit from the G7’s Infrastructure and Investment Drive
Choi Shing Kwok
Critics have pilloried the Group of Seven’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment for its lack of scale and tardiness. But Southeast Asian countries should welcome an alternative source of capital for much-needed infrastructure projects in the region.
Building Peace in Asia: It’s Not the “Asian Way”
Hoang Thi Ha
China’s “Asian way” is an all-embracing idea and a coded language to discredit other countries’ actions that are deemed harmful to China’s strategic interests.
Promoting Inclusive Growth with Digital Identification in ASEAN
Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy
Digital identification could be a silver bullet to increase tax revenues for ASEAN governments while pulling the region’s poorest out of poverty by redistributing wealth.
Offered but Not Taken: Why Are Businesses Not Using Government Support?
Michael Schaper
Time and again, surveys show that SME owner-operators prefer to get their information from peers, friends, family and local business organisations. This is followed by third-party professional advisers. Governments usually come last.