ARTICLES

18 Mar 2025

Musk, Myanmar, and the Murky Future of Internet Freedom

Surachanee Sriyai

Myanmar resistance groups depend on Starlink to circumvent government controls. But this can also be its Achilles heel.

4 Mar 2025

Will Proton’s Electric Vehicle Spur New Local Supply Chains — and Displace the Old?

Tham Siew Yean

Proton’s electric vehicle could spur new supply chains and local EV components production, but will be constrained by market conditions while the old supply chain will endure.

EV Cars Malaysia Malaysian Economy Technology

27 Feb 2025

Southeast Asia Can Navigate Growing Fractures in Global Automotive Sector

John Lee

Southeast Asia has become another front in the ensuing technology wars between China and the US.

EV Cars Southeast Asia Technology

Farmers plant rice in rice fields in Cibitung district, Bekasi, West Java

3 Jan 2025

Synergising Digitaltech and Climatetech to Enhance ASEAN Climate Action

Paul Teng

To ensure the food security of our region amidst climate change, there is no time like the present to determine how climate and digital technologies can work together to feed ASEAN.

Agriculture ASEAN Climate Change Technology

6 Sep 2024

Data Centres: Johor’s Next Frontier

Francis E. Hutchinson

As global reliance on cloud storage fuels the growth of data centres in Johor, the state needs to be cautious when allocating vast amounts of land to this as-yet-unproven undertaking.

Malaysia Malaysian Economy Technology

21 Aug 2024

The SEA-LION Can Roar: Enhancing Large Language Models’ Inclusivity

Cha Hae Won

Large Language Models have taken the world by storm, but they have vulnerabilities when it comes to inherent bias and inability to capture contextual nuances.

Artificial Intelligence Large Language Model Southeast Asia Technology

5 Aug 2024

Myanmar Junta’s Internet Controls Expose Citizens to More Cyber Threats

Surachanee Sriyai

The Myanmar junta’s ban on Facebook and curbs on internet access have compelled citizens to use virtual private networks (VPNs), including free but potentially malicious VPNs. Banning VPNs has made things even worse for Myanmar’s citizens.

Myanmar Myanmar Military Technology

17 Jul 2024

The Impact of China’s Digital Silk Road on the Digital Domain of the Philippines

Julio S. Amador III|Deryk Baladjay

The Philippines’ outdated legal framework is unable to meet the new concerns posed by the large scale entry of Chinese technologies. The country’s institutions need to be resilient from foreign influence while accommodating investments that can bolster its digital push.

Digitalisation Philippine Philippine Politics Southeast Asia Technology

14 Jun 2024

The Impacts of Supply Chain Reconfiguration on ASEAN Economies

Aufa Doarest|Maria Monica Wihardja

An examination of recent trade and FDI flows shows that ASEAN has been benefitting from the reconfiguration of global supply chains as a result of intensifying US-China strategic rivalry. But these gains could well be reversed if the US-China intensifies and leads to a sharp decoupling of global supply chains.

ASEAN China China-U.S. Relations Economic Development Technology U.S.