Covid-19 and ASEAN: Facilitating Trade in Perishable Goods
Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy
Fulfilling their WTO obligations will expedite perishable goods trade among ASEAN member states.

Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy
Fulfilling their WTO obligations will expedite perishable goods trade among ASEAN member states.
Malcolm Cook
The Philippines’ battle against the Covid-19 pandemic is plagued by supply and demand-side problems
Khairulanwar Zaini
China’s vaccine diplomacy in Southeast Asia may earn Beijing some goodwill, but strategic gains will be limited.
Jayant Menon|Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy
Half of the ASEAN members have contained the Covid-19 pandemic, but not Indonesia and The Philippines. Myanmar, Malaysia and Thailand are dealing with new waves of infection. For countries that have controlled local transmission of the virus, a V-shaped recovery looks likely. For the others, the possibility of a delayed or W-shaped recovery increases the longer reintroduced containment measures stay in place.
Max Lane
No parliamentary opposition means the government is not held to account for its vaccination programme.
Serina Rahman
Fake news and the incessant jockeying for political power is complicating Malaysia’s battle against the coronavirus.
The State of Southeast Asia Survey
Melinda Martinus
ASEAN has done pretty well in the regional leadership stakes, according to the 2021 State of Southeast Asia Survey.
The State of Southeast Asia Survey
Choi Shing Kwok
Still very much top of mind, a majority in the State of Southeast Asia 2021 survey think their governments have managed the pandemic well.
Manggi Habir
Indonesia has appointed a blue-ribbon slate of professionals to head its new sovereign wealth fund. There will be several challenges ahead, including concerns about investor protection and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Su-Ann Oh
The ongoing anti-coup protests are qualitatively different and pose a bigger challenge to Myanmar’s military rulers than earlier protest movements.