Thailand’s court may have ruled that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has not reached constitutional term limits, but things are not rosy for him as the next general election looms, says ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute’s Termsak Chalermpalanupap.Continue Reading
Like the 1989 Hillsborough and 2010 Love Parade disasters, a combination of police action, poor communication and limited exits for patrons ended in tragedy at Malang, East Java, says this researcher.Continue Reading
UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is milking his recent acquittal in a corruption case for all it is worth. But the jury is out as to whether the day has dawned for the party going into the next general elections, says this academic.Continue Reading
The partisan debate for a state funeral with former PM Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated at an election advertise event, embarrasses Japan on the world phase, says Bloomberg Opinion’s Gearoid Reidy.Continue Reading
Though Pakistan contributes lower than 1 per cent of global greenhouse exhausts, it is among the top 10 most vulnerable nations to the effects of environment change, say scientists.Continue Reading
Amid queries of Najib Razak serving time in hospital rather than a prison cellular, to his energetic social media presence plus loyalists calling to have an early election, the jail term is just not the end for the Malaysian former prime ressortchef (umgangssprachlich), says ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Start Visiting Fellow Wayne Chai.Continue Reading
Depending on the outcome of the Ukraine war, India’s conception from the type of global order that guards the strategic autonomy may have to be reluctantly processed, says this academic.Continue Reading
The Indonesian government states that there is a strong situation for lifting fuel subsidies – but it will be a tall order amid rising inflation, says a specialist.Continue Reading
A brand new law makes Northern Korea’s nuclear status irreversible and enables the preemptive utilization of nuclear weapons. But leader Kim Jong Un is not sure by law, says Robert E Kelly.Continue Reading
Whenever will Japan open up its borders traveling? The weak yen is providing impetus to relax border controls, but proud locals bristle at the potential millions of visitors, states Bloomberg Opinion’s Gearoid Reidy.Continue Reading