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$Mahathir’s rapprochement with Islamists won’t heal Malaysia’s fractured polity$ 4 min read 2023-05-30 19:00:29

Mahathir’s rapprochement with Islamists won’t heal Malaysia’s fractured polity

Authors: Kevin Zhang and Siti Suhaila Harith, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute Despite being a notch below 100 years old, Malaysia’s former prime

3 min read 2023-03-10 18:00:28

Author: Osmond Chiu, Per Capita Australia’s 2022 federal election marked a turning point in the country’s politics. For the first time, the

4 min read 2023-01-11 11:00:36

Author: Kathryn Robinson, ANU Gender equality was a key aspiration of the popular movements that led to the toppling of Indonesia’s authoritarian

4 min read 2023-01-07 11:00:22

Author: Montek Singh Ahluwalia, India Planning Commission At first glance, regional security issues seem to be remote from the problems of climate

3 min read 2023-01-04 18:00:36

Author: Ryan Hass, Brookings Institution At the start of 2022, China’s economy appeared strong, Beijing seemed to have contained the spread of

3 min read 2023-01-03 11:00:32

Author: Iman Pambagyo, Jakarta Considered one of the world’s largest regional free trade agreements, the Regional Comprehensive Economic

4 min read 2022-12-30 11:00:41

Author: Giulia Ajmone Marsan, ERIA After a couple of years of spectacular growth, tech start-ups and tech giants alike are now facing a less

4 min read 2022-10-10 18:00:39

Author: Danilo Araña Arao, UP Diliman Upon assuming the Philippines presidency on 30 June 2022, Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr — the only son

4 min read 2022-08-24 19:00:15

Author: Albert Jehoshua Rapha, Diponegoro University Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has experienced exponential advancement and widespread

3 min read 2022-08-17 19:00:18

Authors: Darmawan Prasetya and Eka Afrina, The Prakarsa Centre for Welfare Studies In July 2022, the Indonesian government introduced the Standard

4 min read 2022-08-10 07:00:37

Author: Toshiro Nishizawa, University of Tokyo Affordability matters for government debt because the burden is eventually passed onto current and

3 min read 2022-08-05 07:00:06

Author: Upamanyu Basu, NUJS The death of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is a shocking loss for Japan. But Japanese democracy has remained

3 min read 2022-08-03 19:00:08

Author: Sae Shimauchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University In Japan, funding for education is largely considered the responsibility of the family. This

3 min read 2022-07-27 19:00:45

Author: Kazuhiko Togo, University of Shizuoka The assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe on 8 July 2022 was a shock for Japan, but the

3 min read 2022-07-27 07:00:03

Author: Yu Sheng, Peking University China has made great efforts to meet increasing domestic food demand over the past four decades. From