The Pakistani state has always had brutal tendencies and been intolerant of dissent
The writer says the Pakistani state has always preferred a unilateral sledgehammer approach to engaging with dissidents.
South Korea blasting off
The paper says a proper investment by the government can help build local experts and nurture new technologies in a way that they can spill over into other sectors.
Hong Kong has yet to capitalize on ‘one country, two systems’
The writer says in order for “one country, two systems” to work, all stakeholders must have full respect for law and order, full respect for the constitutional authority of…
Indonesia needs servant leaders like Jokowi
The writer says Jokowi has shown his servant leader qualities since he was the mayor of Surakarta in Central Java and the governor of Jakarta.
Stateless refugees and the calculus of human worth
World Refugee Day is a good day to talk about how our world deals with statelessness. But maybe the conversation ought to start with the state.
Indonesia’s vaccine hub ambitions
If Indonesia is able to produce its own coronavirus vaccines, it will no longer need to compete with other countries to secure necessary vaccine supplies, and could even help…
The expectation of privacy
Our private lives, once protected, are also now commodifiable. And here is where consent becomes an issue.
President Macron needs to overhaul electoral strategy
For the first time since the current Constitution was introduced during the 1950s, the sitting president’s party failed to come out at the top in parliamentary ballots held very…
Imran Khan’s reckless statements can push the establishment more deeply into politics
His tenor has become increasingly blunt after his party’s failed attempt on May 25 to storm the capital and to force the new government to call early elections.
The ‘Third Space’ gains traction
As the war drags on, expect more displays of independence from countries taking stands in their own interest, not along the basis of alignment.