Mohd Faizal Musa
The ascension of Iran’s new Supreme Leader bears implications for the validity of his late father’s rulings and their faith’s adherents in this region.
David Lam
Requiring disclosures is an essential step for building integrity and unlocking the potential of blockchain technology.
Derek Grossman
Domestic factors will increasingly limit Trump’s foreign policy and diplomatic engagement.
Ian Storey
Indonesia’s plans to acquire a second-hand aircraft carrier from Italy have been derided. The warship is more a symbol of Indonesia’s global aspirations than an operational asset for the country’s navy.
Norshahril Saat
Perikatan Nasional has been in a pickle over who will assume the role of opposition leader. While it has finally been decided that PAS should lead the coalition, PN’s marketability as a viable alternative to the ruling coalition remains in doubt.
Kristina Fong Siew Leng
Over the past couple of years, countries in Southeast Asia, as well as ASEAN as a whole, have made great efforts to formulate guardrails around Artificial Intelligence (AI) design, deployment and usage. This Long Read examines the state of play thus far.
Ooi Kok Hin
There are sound reasons for Kuala Lumpur to have a directly elected mayor. Such a technocratic solution, however, has been bogged down in the mire of ethnic anxieties.
Tham Siew Yean
ASEAN’s slow growth in services trade stems from persistent reservation and diluted liberalisation. Member states need to consolidate the region’s rules-based framework — and facilitate services trade.
Prajak Kongkirati|Napon Jatusripitak
The Bhumjaithai Party has had to step into the gap left by Thailand’s two conservative parties.
Francis E. Hutchinson
The prime minister and his government have little time to lose in pushing harder for reform, if they wish to retain their support base.