Foreign Liaison
The Implications of the Najib Razak Corruption Case
On Tuesday (Malaysia time), a Malaysian court found former Prime Minister Najib tun Razak guilty on seven counts of corruption, and sentenced him to twelve years...
Will COVID-19 Make This Year’s Election Different for People’s Action Party (PAP)?
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong declared in a televised address last week that Singapore would hold its next general election on July 10. Lee and other...
China’s Approach to Global Governances Risks a Global Governance Divide
For more than two millennia, Chinese leaders saw their country as one of the dominant actors in the world. The concept of zhongguo—the Middle...
Maria Ressa’s Verdict: A Capstone for the Collapse of Press Freedom in Southeast Asia
Yesterday (U.S. time), editor Maria Ressa, one of the most prominent journalists in the Philippines, and indeed in the world—she was selected as one...
Duterte Goes Farther in Using COVID-19
In recent months, Southeast Asian leaders—and leaders from many other parts of the world—have utilized the COVID-19 pandemic to expand executive powers, crack down on...
Government of the People
On the 18th April 2020, a piece appeared in "Science" magazine, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) the world's...
Thailand, Corruption and Terror
The drama of a mass shooting carried out by a rogue Thai Army soldier ended on Sunday, February 9. After 16 hours of chaos,...
Enough! Of this Nonsense
I have been speaking with many friends around Indonesia and asking them how the situation is in their city, their district, in their kampungs. ...
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
I was disturbed from writing this evening, by loud whooping sounds and very loud clapping. I asked a relative; “what is this all about?’....
The Case for Restarting Society Now
The time is now to urgently begin restarting our society. This is imperative to ensure mid- and long-term human flourishing. With the same level...