Anwar Ibrahim returns to a changed economy
Author: Teck Chi Wong, University of Queensland During Anwar Ibrahim’s first stint as Malaysia’s finance minister in the 1990s, Putrajaya…
Pakistan still treading water in 2023
Author: Michael Kugelman, Wilson Centre For much of 2022, Pakistani politics were in a state of severe crisis, exacerbating concurrent…
Sri Lanka’s disastrous 2022 ends with a sliver of optimism
Author: Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits, Erasmus University Rotterdam Sri Lanka entered 2022 beset by economic crisis and political upheaval. The economic crisis…
The need to deal with Indonesia as it is
Author: Liam Gammon, ANU The calendar will tell you that Indonesia’s presidential election is due in February 2024 — but…
The past year’s crisis will weigh on Sri Lanka for years to come
Author: Neil DeVotta, Wake Forest University Economically, 2022 will rank as Sri Lanka’s worst year ever. The immediate reason for…
The Malaysian judiciary after the jailing of Najib
Author: Andrew Harding, NUS Malaysians heaved sighs of relief when former prime minister Najib Razak’s attempts to overturn his conviction…