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Asean navigates China-US rivalry for autonomy
Oped, Syed Nizamuddin & Bin Sayed Khassim, Published on 23/11/2024
» With Donald Trump's return to office, Southeast Asia finds itself -- yet again -- paddling between reefs. For Thailand and Malaysia, this means navigating an especially tricky strait. The region is no stranger to this balancing act, or mengayuh antara dua karang, as the Malay proverb goes.
Time for an Asian Monetary Fund
Oped, M Niaz Asadullah and Syed Abul Basher, Published on 14/06/2023
» Although the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has long been the most prominent global institution for promoting financial stability, calls to create regional alternatives are growing louder.
Is struggling Sri Lanka salvageable?
Oped, Syed Munir Khasru, Published on 08/04/2022
» Last Sunday -- with two notable exceptions -- Sri Lanka's cabinet resigned en masse in protest against the government's handling of the worst economic crisis to hit the island in decades, which has sparked widespread rioting, unrest, and arson attacks on police property.
Asean must hold the line on junta
News, Tan Sri Syed Hamid Alba & Marzuki Darusman & Kobsak Chutikul & Teddy Baguilat Jr, Published on 13/12/2021
» On Dec 5, soldiers backed by the Myanmar junta rammed a military truck into a group of peaceful protesters in the country's commercial capital Yangon, killing at least five people and injuring at least eight.
The long wait for Asean is reaching its limits
Oped, Syed Hamid Albar, Marzuki Darusman, Laetitia van den Assum & Kobsak Chutikul, Published on 06/08/2021
» Even though Asean may now get a mediation effort started in Myanmar, others who can play a role in helping to address immediate humanitarian needs, particularly related to Covid-19, must go ahead and assist where they can.
Cyber-hacking vultures circle during Covid crisis
Oped, Florian Hoppe & Syed Ali, Published on 15/10/2020
» While the Covid-19 pandemic hit its peak, businesses across the globe had to make drastic changes to survive. Owing to difficulties in arranging personal meetings and the inability to work with physical documents, most organisations adopted technological innovations and went digital.
Asean opting out of Rakhine efforts
News, Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, Laetitia van den Assum, Kobsak Chutikul & Dinna Wisnu, Published on 25/10/2019
» When Asean foreign ministers last met in Bangkok on July 31 and discussed the Rakhine crisis, their conclusions reflected the lowest common denominator of the bloc's membership. Two years after the enforced mass exodus of more than 700,000 Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh, Asean is at risk of becoming irrelevant to the search for solutions.
Time to step up for the Rohingya
News, Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, Laetitia van den Assum & Kobsak Chutikul, Published on 16/09/2019
» As world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly next week, it can be expected that the intractable Rakhine situation, along with the equally intractable South China Sea situation, will feature as prominent issues that define Southeast Asia.
Asean needs a viable Rakhine agenda
News, Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, Laetitia van den Assum, Kobsak Chutikul & Dinna Wisnu, Published on 19/08/2019
» When Asean's Foreign Ministers met in Bangkok on July 31, they "reaffirmed their support for a more visible and enhanced role of Asean to support Myanmar in providing humanitarian assistance, facilitating the repatriation process [of the Rohingya] and promoting sustainable development".
Little hope for Rohingya repatriation
News, Syed Munir Khasru, Published on 19/06/2019
» After some 740,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar's northern Rakhine State to live in camps in Bangladesh following the start of the 2017 military campaign against them, the Rohingya crisis today still shows no signs of abating.