Free and fair elections for our sake, not because of US visa policy
The writer says, regardless of what the world may or may not say, it is the sacred duty of Bangladesh to hold free and fair elections.
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Fallout from Fukushima radioactive wastewater
The writer says Japan may well consider other possible options, and heed the concerns of the international community,
Jokowi’s sea sand export decision to Singapore is humorous
Singapore, in need of more land through reclamation, is the world’s largest sea sand importer, while Indonesia is the largest supplier of sea sand.
How to correct global imbalances?
Big Power rivalry and disruptive technology threaten to push the social inequity imbalance further beyond fragility.
Japan remains stuck in 2019
For South Korea and the US, Japan stands as a reminder that rapid change is hard for people to absorb and that agency is important in the process of adjustment.
Japan’s hygiene culture, revisited
The writer says changes in hygiene culture remind us that despite what we think we know, we really cannot predict how societies will respond to a health crisis and how such…
South Korea deflects on US-China conflict
An open discussion has tended to be evaded by administrations beyond assumptions that the US Forces Korea would likely join the operation, possibly emboldening North Korea.
25 years after the fall of Soeharto, Indonesia is much better off
The writer says that despite all the imperfections of Indonesia, the nation can still proclaim proudly that it is on the right track toward a resilient and prosperous nation.
Creeping military rule in Pakistan?
The writer says the use of the Army Act against political activists will have serious implications, and intensify anti-establishment sentiments.
Jokowi’s G-20 magic fails to work on Asean
The division among Asean member states, unlike that of the G-20 economies, is a matter of political survival of their respective leaders.