Insights

What’s to Come: Cooperation, or Militarisation?

The Philippines, having taken China to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in an attempt to…

April 24, 20143 min

Insights

Myanmar’s financial opening: No shock therapy please

Myanmar, as ASEAN Chair, has done well to ensure that achieving the AEC 2015 goal…

April 10, 20143 min

Insights

Cross-Strait Relations: A Southward Shift in Taiwanese Investments?

Taiwan has seen protests over a trade deal which it signed with mainland China. The…

April 3, 20142 min

Insights

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

Commentaries

A promising start to Myanmar’s ASEAN challenge

Myanmar’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has begun with promise and…

January 29, 20145 min

Past Events

Myanmar’s Chairmanship of ASEAN: The Way Forward in Yangon

As Myanmar begins its year as ASEAN chair, it will to deal with a whole…

January 24, 20143 min

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

Commentaries

Asia copes with transitions

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

January 7, 20148 min

Commentaries

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

Commentaries

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

Commentaries

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

Commentaries

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