Indonesia’s new visa rules: Welcome rich retirees?
After years or decades of living in Indonesia, thousands of foreign retirees have just days before they expect to find out whether they can remain in the country.
2023: a world of uncertainty
This former ambassador writes, “Looking ahead at key geopolitical trends and challenges in 2023, their overarching aspect is uncertainty and unpredictability.”
Content was and will remain the king
The Nepali media ecology today has expanded but journalists suffer, just as politicians do, in their image and credibility.
EU can do much more to support ASEAN’s agenda
Despite huge advancements crowned in 2020 by the elevation of the EU as strategic partner of ASEAN, this reckoning still resembles a half empty glass, the author states.
Language controversy over English unseemly, unnecessary
After two hundred years as a language used across India for government and Courts among other usages, English is not a foreign language.
Saarc struggling to stay alive as it turns 38
The regional body has failed to hold regular summits after 2016. The Afghan situation further complicates the picture.
In 2022, beleaguered democracy showed resilience
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revealed how incapable an authoritarian regime is of rectifying its leader’s ill-advised decisions, the author states.
Japan’s defense policy evolves as its security environment changes
Even though a unified view opened the way for Japan to conduct counterstrikes, the government has maintained its policy of not possessing such capabilities.
Journalism is under threat, now more than ever
The Digital Security Act and other laws related to the media have resulted in self-censorship, which is the first symptom of an ailing democracy, the article offers.
The stainless steel ‘Iron Lady’: Rapid-fire Rafidah
In true Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz style, her autobiography – aptly titled ‘Rapid-Fire Rafidah: Being Malaysian First’ – spares no one.