How Much Is the Dollar Value of a Human Life?
346 people died in two Boeing 737 Max plane crashes, one in Ethiopia and the other in Indonesia. Their families got a total of...
The Global Context: Beyond the Two Regions, Illiberal Leaders Use the Pandemic to Amass...
Laws passed and executive actions taken during an emergency remain entrenched long after the emergency has passed.
By Joshua Kurlantzick
Democratic backsliding is not unique to...
Addressing the Effect of Covid-19 on Democracy In South and Southeast Asia (Part 2)
“People are fearful of the virus and, sometimes desiring strong containment measures, are inclined to initially rally around their leaders…”
By Joshua Kurlantzick
Although South and...
A Call to Irish Solidarity with Peoples Who Suffer Oppression and Racism
By Lawrence McEvoy
In my hometown of Mountmellick in the heart of Ireland, on Wolfe Tone Street, there stands a somber monument to 11 brave...
Can Indonesian Cuisine Spice Up the World? Yes, If It Gets Enough of a...
By Ignatius Puguh Priambodo
One late night in Antwerp, Belgium recently Maryna Mai worked in her kitchen until morning. She had just come home from...
Will China Invade Taiwan Any Time Soon? And Will Joe Biden just allow that...
By Regina Marthalia
The People’s Republic of China has been threatening to invade Taiwan for seven decades now. Today the fear is growing among analysts,...
Democracy Is Rule by Majority Otherwise Inequality Prevails
By Zakiah Nuril Zafirah
In the United States presidential election of 2020, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. came out as winner, having gained some 81.2 million...
A Day in the Life of an Ordinary Indonesian Diplomat
By Ricky Ihsan
As a diplomat, I am in many ways no different from other civil servants. Because I am a Muslim, I wake up...
China Must Comply with Int’l Law And Respect Rights of Other Nations
By Antonio T. Carpio
The July 12, 2016 landmark Arbitral Award in the South China Sea Arbitration between the Philippines and China that invalidated China’s...
The China-India Border Dispute Can Give ASEAN Leverage In the South China Sea
By Zikri Basir
China is going through a tricky and challenging period. Last year China was already in the midst of what observers regard as...
Humankind Needs A New International Order In A Post-Covid-19 Pandemic World
By Wiryono Sastrohandoyo.
The liberal international order was established soon after World War II under the leadership of the United States, with most of the...
Washington and Beijing’s Relationship Deteriorates: Does Chinese State Media Pose a Threat to the...
By Joshua Kurlantzick
Washington’s Crackdown
The Donald J. Trump administration and many Democrats worry that Chinese state media outlets will use propaganda to shape Americans’ views...
Yanzhong Huang, Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR);...
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 Kingdom,...
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 largest...
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. ...
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The Myanmar Coup Is a Naked Grab For Power, but the...
By Rizal G. Buendia
Similar to practically all Southeast Asian countries, Myanmar (also known as Burma) experienced decades of authoritarian or semi-authoritarian rule as well...
