Indonesia foreign worker reform unlikely prior to election
Controversy has surrounded revision of Indonesia’s foreign worker regulations ever since a presidential regulation (PP20)…
Phnom Penh’s glut of empty condos and homeless urban poor
In January 2018 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Cambodia and oversaw the signing of 19…
South China Sea: Ample opportunity for Asean-China connectivity
China-Asean and China-US relations in the South China Sea have trended in opposite directions since…
National Resilience: Key to Singapore’s counterterrorism preparedness (HD video)
The arrest of members of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), an organisation linked to al-Qaeda, in Singapore…
Cambodia juggles energy need V risk new Chinese dam could ‘kill the Mekong’
In June 2018, a leaked environmental impact assessment report on the proposed Sambor Hydropower Dam…
Urban planning should not ignore Cambodia’s invisible entrepreneurs
Southeast Asia is experiencing rapid urbanisation, and with it comes more and more people who…
Fishing militia to spearhead Vietnam’s response to China in South China Sea (video)
China has long been infamous for incorporating maritime militias into its fishing industry to assert…
An opportunity to reset the Cambodia political landscape
It is not often that a country gets the chance to change its political landscape…
Has the PSI already been eaten by Indonesia’s predatory politics?
The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), a new participant in Indonesia’s electoral landscape set to contest…
Malaysia #GE14: Najib’s fall about being truly ‘Malaysian’ *updated
The stunning victory of Malaysia’s opposition on May 9, 2018 in the country’s 14th general…
Increased military spending does not portend an Asean arms race
Southeast Asian countries’ historically high defence budgets are the sum of various national considerations: financial…
A fragile new ‘normal’ descends on South China Sea claimants
The United States and China have apparently reached a tacit agreement to disagree and maintain…