11 Feb 2021 Not Welcome Home – Vietnamese Abroad and Tết in the Year of the Buffalo Ivan V. Small Vietnam’s border closures keep families apart and economic opportunities unrealised. COVID-19 Overseas Foreign Workers Vietnam Vietnamese Demography
10 Feb 2021 New Covid-19 Strains: Domestic Surveillance, Not Selective Travel Bans, Will Go A Longer Way Jayant Menon In the ensuing fight against new strains of Covid-19, countries should rely more on intensified domestic surveillance protocols than travel bans. COVID-19 Singapore
8 Feb 2021 Work Cut Out for Vietnam’s New Prime Minister Le Hong Hiep Rising star Pham Minh Chinh has to steer the country to the ranks of high income developed economies by 2045. Communist Party of Vietnam COVID-19 Vietnam Vietnamese Economy Vietnamese Politics
2 Feb 2021 Myanmar’s State of Emergency: Damn the Torpedoes Moe Thuzar The Tatmadaw’s seizure of power in Myanmar will wind back Myanmar’s nascent democracy several decades. The costs to the country are incalculable. Aung San Suu Kyi COVID-19 Myanmar Myanmar Elections Myanmar Politics
2 Feb 2021 Cambodia’s Battle Against the Covid-19 Pandemic: Not a Matter of Luck Chheang Vannarith Cambodia has done relatively well in its battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, thanks to leadership, targeted measures, and rapid crisis response. Cambodia Cambodia-China Relations COVID-19
2 Feb 2021 Inoculating Against Covid-19 Nationalism in Southeast Asia Victor Teo Southeast Asia has not been spared the effects of Covid-19 nationalism. ASEAN member countries can do more to combat vaccine nationalism and hesitancy in the region. ASEAN COVID-19
27 Jan 2021 Malaysia’s Third Covid-19 Wave Serina Rahman Malaysia is suffering from its longest, highest and most politically fraught surge in Covid-19 infections. COVID-19 Malaysia Malaysian Economy Malaysian Politics
22 Jan 2021 State Governments and the 2021 Emergency: Unfettered Powers at the Centre Tricia Yeoh Malaysia’s declared state of Emergency has given the federal government sweeping powers to intervene into the affairs of the country’s 13 states. COVID-19 Malaysia Malaysian Politics
21 Jan 2021 The Ethics of Covid-19 Vaccination Cassey Lee Who should be vaccinated, and who should be vaccinated first are the ethical and practical questions facing all governments. COVID-19 Health Indonesia
20 Jan 2021 Thailand’s Second Covid-19 Outbreak: Corruption and Its Consequences Punchada Sirivunnabood Thailand is facing a second coronavirus outbreak. This time, however, the fight may be protracted because the causes stem from endemic corruption. Corruption COVID-19 Thailand
