Sarah Chan|Samuel Chng
Southeast Asians are divided over whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps or harms the environment. Regional governments should push data centres to be more transparent about how their operations impact the environment.
ASEAN@60 Special Edition
Dien Nguyen An Luong
Dien Nguyen An Luong suggests that Singapore’s 2027 ASEAN Chairmanship could strengthen regional cooperation on countering misinformation by helping member states identify links between seemingly isolated incidents and investigate coordinated cross-border networks.
Aditya Vikram Kashyap
The credibility of AI governance in Southeast Asia will be decided not by the volume of frameworks that exist, but by whether some identifiable institution has the authority to stop a deployment, the independence to use it, and the technical capacity to justify it, and whether its decisions can be reconstructed afterwards.
Aaron Mallari
Mary Jane Veloso was treated as a criminal before she was recognised as a victim. Her case shows why victims of forced criminality need an integrated regional response, not just a national one.
Stephen Olson
The Democrats are poised to gain control of the two houses of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections. If this happens, there could be a glimmer of hope for Southeast Asian countries dependent on exporting to the vast US market.
Robert Walker
AI-related exports are a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy global economy. This represents an opportunity for Southeast Asia.
Gurjit Singh
Four ASEAN members attended the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, in different capacities. This shows the region preserving strategic autonomy, avoiding binary choices and expanding options.
Dipannita Maria Bagh|Anders K. Moeller|Moe Thuzar
This Long Read presents a broad overview of a mosaic of governance building efforts from many discrete groups across Myanmar. Whether this mosaic, when complete, will demonstrate a less discordant pattern that truly represents the voices of heterogeneous communities remains to be seen.
Le Hong Hiep
Vietnam’s ambitious GDP growth target is premised on the building of infrastructure. But it is struggling to mobilise sufficient capital to finance such a goal.
Wannaphong Durongkaveroj|Napon Jatusripitak
Thailand needs to go beyond attracting big-ticket data centre investments. It should consider building domestic capabilities around such facilities.