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The Business Times: Uncertainties Remain About the Return of the Haze this Year

In recent weeks Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos suffered dense and unhealthy air pollution caused by…

May 10, 20237 min

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The Business Times: Rubbish in Paris, Rules in Brussels

Spring in Paris was not quite the same with the strikes and protests. Even if…

April 4, 20235 min

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The Business Times: When Governments Intervenes

Interventions by governments are increasingly impacting business. Developing countries are usually perceived as higher risk,…

March 7, 20235 min

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The Business Times: Decoupling, Taiwan-style

Decoupling has become common parlance, voiced amidst the tensions of Sino-American contestation. Policies by the…

February 8, 20236 min

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The Business Times: Looking Beyond China’s COVID Wall

The new year began with any number of political factors that can impact business. But…

January 10, 20237 min

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Commentary: Implications for ASEAN’s Transition to Clean Energy

Commentary: Implications for ASEAN’s Transition to Clean Energy by Wong Hsu-sheng The war in Ukraine…

November 8, 20226 min

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Why Asian nations should pause when America beckons

By Simon Tay For The Straits Times The Biden administration will continue to put forward…

July 14, 20221 min

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The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is launched — sort of

By Simon Tay For The Washington Examiner Speaking candidly at a recent Washington, D.C., conference,…

July 1, 20221 min

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Placing Asean on stronger footing in a net-zero future

By Simon Tay and Meixi Gan For The Business Times With the dust settled from…

January 25, 20228 min

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Riding the megatrends: ASEAN’s leadership opportunities

By Julia Tijaja and Simon Tay For The Jakarta Post  Two years into the COVID-19…

January 21, 20228 min

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Grab: a bellwether for Asean’s digital growth?

By Jessica Wa'u and Rohini Nambiar For The Business Times GRAB'S recent US$40 billion initial…

December 14, 20218 min

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The Straits Times: Is Indonesia Reneging on its COP26 Commitment?

Indonesia was ranked the world's eighth-largest greenhouse gas emitter by the World Resources Institute, in…

December 10, 20211 min