Our jobless youth: The Jakarta Post
A national internship program won't save Indonesia’s stalling demographic bonus unless the government addresses the real crisis: a severe shortage of formal jobs.
New school calendar, same crisis: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Quoting the editorial: "The Marcos administration has just two years left. That is not enough time to solve every problem it inherited, but enough to prove that meaningful change…
The polls are the thing
The writer observes, "With the sudden dissolution of its state assembly, Johor has officially become Malaysia’s political theatre."
When leaders throw a tantrum
The writer asserts, "The current Senate president must accept that his position is ultimately temporary and is determined by his colleagues."
Police state: The Jakarta Post
As the Indonesian Military (TNI) submitted to civilian control in the first two decades of the reform era and scaled down their non-defence roles, the police have only grown in…
Finally, a truth commission on the Philippine drug killings
Quoting the writer: "It is difficult to say what the Philippine commission will accomplish in the end. But if, in bearing witness, it restores to the nameless dead their names,…
It is getting poli-tech-al
The writer says that "Malaysian political parties and coalitions are entering a hyper-fragmented tech incubator phase," in which traditional alliances have evolved into "marriages…
Crossroads of powers: Interplay of parties, monarchy in Malaysian politics
The writer says: "Amidst political turbulence and an increasingly visible power vacuum, the renewed prominence of the monarchy's role is by no means accidental, but rather a…
Philippine Senate: Time to abolish it?
The writer laments: "The sad circus that is our Senate nowadays is a perfect microcosm of the root cause of Philippine developmental debacle: a deracinated elite body, dominated…
Could India’s Gen Z rebellion begin with cockroaches?
The writer says: "As political space continues to shrink and the BJP's dominance grows more assertive, the conditions for public anger also become ripe. For now, it is reasonable…