Governments over-reaching in their Covid-19 responses are laying heavy burdens on the poorer among their citizens
Judgements on how different governments respond to the COVID-19 pandemic will have an effect on their national images and soft power quotients.
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
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
Current flash mobs in Thailand are taking a leaf from student movements of the 1970s and 1980s. Their similarity to student protests in Hong Kong has sparked concern
Recent fighting among opposition parties, and within them, has effectively granted the Prayut coalition government a longer lease of life
The Duterte administration has stressed the independent nature of its foreign policy. Apparently, this has been equated to freedom from foreign criticism.
In his maiden speech as Malaysia’s new prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin sought to steady a teetering nation by what was said. But a brooding sense of unease prevails, due to what was not said about the issues that matter
Hanoi’s decision to host the visit of the USS Theodore Roosevelt underscores its determination to pursue better relations with the US
The political dramas gripping Kuala Lumpur in the past week have not reverberated down south in Johor. With relative ease, Barisan Nasional has taken control of the state assembly
Flattening the Curve, Flooring the Poor
Governments over-reaching in their Covid-19 responses are laying heavy burdens on the poorer among their citizens