ARTICLES

27 Mar 2020

Covid-19: A Particular Philippine Problem

Malcolm Cook

The Covid-19 pandemic has sent the cruise industry floundering. This is hitting maritime seaman hard, in particular, those from the Philippines.

26 Mar 2020

Covid-19 Doesn’t Just Take Lives. It Also Takes Livelihoods

Michael Schaper

The economic storm stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic is taking its toll on businesses. But self-employed workers are taking the brunt of it.

ASEAN COVID-19

26 Mar 2020

Fighting Covid-19 in Thailand: The Need to Arm the Real Combatants

Supalak Ganjanakhundee

The Prayut government has mishandled the Covid-19 crisis. The battle against the deadly virus should best be left to the frontline combatants in the healthcare sector

COVID-19 Thailand

25 Mar 2020

Flattening the Curve, Flooring the Poor

Jayant Menon

Governments over-reaching in their Covid-19 responses are laying heavy burdens on the poorer among their citizens

COVID-19 Malaysia Philippine

20 Mar 2020

COVID-19: Singapore’s Model Response

Malcolm Cook

Judgements on how different governments respond to the COVID-19 pandemic will have an effect on their national images and soft power quotients.

Australia COVID-19 Singapore

17 Mar 2020

Assessing the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on ASEAN

Jayant Menon

The effects of COVID-19 are hitting ASEAN economies at a time when other risk factors such as a global growth slowdown were already rising. Any assessment of impacts must recognise that the spread of the virus is evolving in unpredictable ways

Asean Trade China COVID-19

16 Mar 2020

Thailand: Spooked by Little Ghosts

Sihasak Phuangketkeow

The negative reaction by many Thais towards returning workers from South Korea underscore the need for understanding and cooperation in a time of the coronavirus

COVID-19 Migrant Workers Thailand