Past Events

Annual Members Circle 2014

The United States’ economic recovery and its debt ceiling topped a survey conducted among 28…

January 21, 20143 min

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Asia copes with transitions

In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, two key buzzwords that conveyed the…

January 7, 20148 min

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Counting the political costs after Haiyan

More than a month after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, human casualties are still being…

December 19, 20135 min

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Asia’s (re)invitation to Obama

Mr President, Congratulations on handling the domestic crisis of the government shutdown and debt ceiling.…

October 22, 20135 min

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What Asians did without Obama

More attention was given to United States President Barack Obama’s late decision to cancel his…

October 14, 20135 min

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An unfortunate twist in the US pivot

American President Barack Obama was due to tour Asia next week to attend two key…

October 4, 20135 min

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Indonesia’s Woes are ASEAN’s Problems

Some fear that Indonesia is heading for a crisis. Growth in the second quarter dropped…

September 12, 20135 min

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China and ASEAN: Will it be cooperation or conflict?

Rising tensions in the South China Sea have changed the tenor of recent relations between…

September 12, 20135 min

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Abenomics, Asia & ASEAN

Japan has received more attention and generated more optimism in the first six months of…

September 11, 20131 min

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ASEAN beyond 2015: Can higher growth be sustained?

The Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) is the third-largest economy in East Asia after…

September 4, 20134 min

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Time for an ASEAN Dream

Over the past year I’ve revisited a host of Southeast Asian countries I first began…

August 14, 20135 min

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Heading off the next Asian crisis

After the global financial crisis, Asia grew at more than 6 per cent each year,…

August 6, 20135 min