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…
Have we already started seeing the Rohingya refugee crisis differently?
The writer says the shift in the 2022 Joint Response Plan and its focus on environmental sustainability seems to highlight a strategic and philosophical shift in response to the…
The potential of Indonesia’s humanitarian leadership
Considering the size of its population, the strength of its democracy, its diversity and its human and values-based conduct, Indonesia has earned the respect of the international…
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…
What Bhutan, Timor Leste can teach us about eliminating malaria
Both countries have taken innovative approaches to tackle malaria in hard-to-reach and high-burden areas.
By unleashing brute force of law against Muslim citizens, the BJP has ignited fires of communalism
The paper says the Indian state needs to take immediate steps to end the crackdown on Muslims, and rein in the hateful forces trying their best to ignite the fires of communalism.
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.
As bad as it is, there is no short-term solution for Pakistan’s current energy crisis
The incumbent government is cash-strapped and in no position to magically cure the power sector’s many structural issues.
The roads of death
Road crashes have become the norm in Bangladesh, claiming lives on a regular basis.