3 Aug 2022 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. Armed Conflict Myanmar Myanmar Politics
3 Aug 2022 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. ASEAN ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting Russia Ukraine
1 Aug 2022 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. Climate Change Environment Small and Medium Enterprises
1 Aug 2022 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. Malaysia Malaysian Politics
29 Jul 2022 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. Foreign Direct Investment G7 Infrastructure U.S. Foreign Policy
29 Jul 2022 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. China Chinese Foreign Policy Security South China Sea
28 Jul 2022 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. ASEAN Digitalisation
28 Jul 2022 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. Economic Development Economic Planning Small and Medium Enterprises
27 Jul 2022 Frugal Innovations: New Delhi’s Soft Power Potential in ASEAN Melinda Martinus|Laura Lee India has the opportunity to boost its soft power in ASEAN, including by promoting and sharing its lauded ‘frugal innovations’ to help low-income Southeast Asians to improve their lives. ASEAN-India Relations Diplomacy Technology
27 Jul 2022 Content Moderation of Social Media in Southeast Asia: Contestations and Control Pauline Leong There is an increasing need for content moderation on social media, which puts pressure on regional governments and tech companies to reach new understandings about mediating online content to serve the political and social good. Digitalisation Online Misinformation Social Media
