Yanuar Nugroho
Fulcrum editor Julia Lau talks to Dr Yanuar Nugroho about the progress of and myriad challenges facing Indonesia's new capital city, Nusantara.
Stephen Olson
Given current information available regarding the US’ tariff regime towards countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia, it is hard to assess which regional countries will come up tops in the ongoing saga.
Ary Hermawan
Within Indonesia’s largest mass Muslim organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), there is a deepening ideological and generational split over the elites’ decision to defend controversial mining activities.
Kuik Cheng-Chwee
Malaysia’s initiative to establish the ASEAN-GCC-China summit underscores a long-standing desire to connect past and present.
Brandon Tan Jun Wen
Governments are turning to generative AI to assist in public communications, sparking backlash from the public over the quality and intent of such visuals. A better approach would be to pair GenAI with human expertise.
Surachanee Sriyai
Online scams and digital-enabled human trafficking have escalated into complex transnational operations. An estimated 220,000 people were coerced into scam compounds in Cambodia and Myanmar in 2023 alone. A holistic, people-centred strategy is urgently needed. Solutions must include economic inclusion, social safety nets, digital literacy, and international cooperation to tackle root vulnerabilities.
Camille Bismonte
To realise its ambitions to build better infrastructure across the country, the Philippines needs to empower government units at the local level.
Juthathip Jongwanich|Archanun Kohpaiboon
On the surface, it appears that Vietnam’s securing of lower tariffs from the US could make it more competitive than its regional rivals. A deeper examination shows that this might not be the case.
Liew Chin Tong
Fulcrum editor Lee Hwok Aun and Malaysia Studies Programme Coordinator Francis Hutchinson speak with Liew Chin Tong, Malaysia’s Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry. Their conversation spans Malaysia’s challenges in engineering a second industrial take-off, implementing reforms, and navigating global uncertainties.
Joanne Lin
US Secretary of State came to Malaysia with well-crafted words about the importance of ASEAN, but his rhetoric is undermined by Washington’s protectionist trade policies.