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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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February 12, 2024
Indonesia
Indonesia’s Presidential Election: The Old Guard Faces the New
The February 14 election marks a potential turning point in Southeast Asia’s most powerful state, likely determining its future relations with China and the United States, and the fate of the country…
March 18, 2020
COVID-19
Can the U.S. Emulate Asia’s Coronavirus Response?
As the coronavirus outbreak worsens, the U.S. government should learn from initial responses in Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.
November 1, 2018
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia’s Populism Is Different but Also Dangerous
The region’s fast-growing but fragile democracies have been susceptible to strongmen and autocratic-leaning populists in recent years, propelled by concerns over inequality, crime, and dysfunctional …
May 8, 2020
Asia
Trash Trade Wars: Southeast Asia’s Problem With the World’s Waste
China’s decision to ban most trash imports has left waste-exporting countries in the lurch and Southeast Asian landfills overflowing.
March 20, 2019
Indonesia
Indonesia’s Election: Southeast Asia’s Drifting Heavyweight
Indonesia’s high-stakes vote for president is likely to result in more political stagnation for the world’s third-largest democracy.
October 2, 2023
Russia
How Firm Is Vladimir Putin’s Grip on Power?
President Vladimir Putin appears to be in firm control of Russia today, but in order to maintain it in the years ahead, he will have to manage at least three primary challenges.