Fixing the deadlock on North Korean denuclearisation
Author: Chung-in Moon On 19 September 2018, after signing the Pyongyang Declaration with then South Korean president Moon Jae-in, North…
Climate of fear engulfs Vietnam’s mainstream media
Author: Dien Luong, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute A fear-cloaked dynamic has increasingly percolated Vietnam’s information environment, in both cyberspace and the…
A script change in Singapore’s successor story
Author: Michael Barr, Flinders University Singapore’s biggest news story of 2022 was that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong finally settled…
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 ABCs of China’s GDI
Author: Deborah Brautigam, John Hopkins University In 1949, former US president Harry Truman launched the first US global aid program,…
Checking the blind spots in India’s abortion ruling
Authors: Niharika Rustagi and Kaushambi Bagchi, NUS Sexual and reproductive health rights are crucial to women’s bodily autonomy and empowerment.…
Iran arrests top soccer player for criticising government
Iran has arrested a prominent former member of its national soccer team over his criticism of the government as authorities…
Khmer Rouge Tribunal leaves a mixed legacy
Author: Sarah Williams, UNSW On 22 September 2022, the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of…
Qatar royal family company accused of covering up migrant worker abuse ahead of World Cup
A company owned by Qatar’s royal family has been accused of enforcing some of the “worst conditions” for migrant workers…