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Jokowi as president? What to watch out for

Joko Widodo (Jokowi), the wildly popular Governor of Jakarta, has been chosen as the presidential…

March 20, 20143 min

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Anwar’s re-conviction: Implications for Malaysia’s opposition

Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of the Malaysian opposition, has been re-convicted on charges of sodomy…

March 13, 20142 min

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MH370: mixed prospects for regional cooperation

More than five days after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lost contact with air traffic control,…

March 13, 20143 min

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Crisis in Crimea: setting patterns of behaviour

A meeting in Paris last night (5 March) between US Secretary of State John Kerry…

March 6, 20143 min

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Tracking Global Deforestation Real-time

Global Forest Watch, an online forest monitoring and alert system, was launched last week by…

February 28, 20143 min

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A bumpy G20 agenda: from austerity to growth

For the past few years, G20 meetings have focused on austerity measures, given the backdrop…

February 27, 20143 min

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Stagnating Trans-Pacific Partnership talks and the US ‘pivot’ to Asia

On February 25, ministerial-level talks aimed at concluding a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement ended…

February 27, 20142 min

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Kerry in Asia: Climate-change agenda trumps geopolitics

Beginning last Thursday, US Secretary of State John Kerry met leaders in Seoul, Beijing and…

February 21, 20143 min

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The Worst (Haze) is Yet to Come

The severe haze episode that Singapore experienced in June 2013 may not be the worst…

February 14, 20143 min

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Pipeline politics: Putin’s pivot to Asia?

Last week, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the opening of the Winter Olympics in…

February 13, 20143 min

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The Be all and End all? BN’s continued strength

Malaysian opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim is contesting a seat in Kajang in Selangor in order…

February 12, 20142 min

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Asian Fortunes: China and ASEAN in the Year of the Horse

What lies ahead for Asia in the Year of the Horse? The Singapore Institute of…

February 6, 20143 min