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Asean's moment of truth is now
Oped, Mari Elka Pangestu & Tan Sri Rebecca Fatimah Sta Maria, Published on 05/11/2025
» For decades, integration into the global trading system has been vital to economic growth and development. Now, however, integration implies vulnerability, as powerful actors -- beginning with the US -- wield tariffs, export restrictions, and financial sanctions. For Southeast Asia, this turn of events represents both a warning and a call to action: countries must work together to shape their own destiny or others will decide their fate for them.
SMEs need ecosystems, not donors
Oped, Chakorn Loetnithat, Yos Vajragupta & Tan Chaimadee, Published on 08/10/2025
» In today's fast-changing economy, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) matter more than in the past.
Stressed bonds call for market reform
Oped, Pasinee Rerkpiboon and Phumjit Sri-Udomkajorn, Published on 18/06/2025
» Not too long ago, Thai Airways was all but written off. After a staggering loss of more than 141 billion baht and a default on over 71 billion baht in bonds from mismanagement and the pandemic in 2020, the once-proud national airline seemed doomed.
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.
Invest in quality infrastructure
News, Masatsugu Asakawa & Sri Mulyani Indrawati & Indranee Rajah & Shunichi Suzuki, Published on 08/05/2023
» Covid-19 has brought severe hardships to countless people and communities across the globe, but for the economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a resilient recovery is underway.
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.
Confronting a new era of supply chain volatility
Oped, Sri Rajan, Raymond Tsang and Gerry Mattios, Published on 08/04/2021
» As Covid-19 threw fragile global supply chains into disarray, many companies were stunned by their own vulnerability. The risk of depending on a supply base that is concentrated in one geographic region has been increasing over the past 30 years, but the pandemic quickly demonstrated how much chaos and pain one unexpected event could inflict.