Policy reform needed to exploit Asean e-commerce deal
For Indonesia to comply with and benefit from the agreement, it needs to adjust national laws and regulations to strengthen the position of both domestic consumers and producers.
Moral policing a zombie virus
The writer asks if pent-up frustrations resulting from social, economic, and power struggles have led people to act irrationally, in a frenzy of rage.
Normalizing Myanmar junta: Has Asean self-destructed?
Its success of dealing with the Myanmar crisis is the litmus test for Asean’s credibility and relevance.
Imagining a comprehensive US-Asean partnership
The writer says competing strategically does not preclude comprehensively dealing with each other’s differences, but maintaining the interest of the people of the region before…
Protests have bridged ethnic differences in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is going through one of the worst crises of its history. Food has become scarce, prices have shot through the roof, and long power cuts have turned the lives of ordinary…
24 years on, can we agree to realize a violence-free Indonesia?
One of the strains that persistently emerge from time to time is between the youths and the grown-ups.
Europe’s colonial history and double standard
Europe is at best divided on the question of confronting its dark colonial history, prompting one to question its sincerity towards human rights and international order.
No rice, no bread, no peace: Food security is a national security
More than its contribution to economic development, food security is also part of robust defense systems.
Sri Lanka needs more than economic reforms
Sri Lanka’s economy is continuing to deteriorate with barely any dollars in the government’s possession even to pay for essentials such as fuel and medicine.
It is PML-N’s indecision pushing economy into crisis: Editorial
The writer says each day of their own indecision is costing the treasury billions of rupees and wreaking further destruction on the capital markets.