This article was first published as ISEAS Perspective 2020/67 “Social Media and Thailand’s Struggle over Public Space” by Eurasia Review on 29 June 2020.
This article was first published as ISEAS Commentary 2020/84 “Sino-US Strategic Competition: Shades of a New Cold War?” and republished by ThinkChina on 29 June 2020.
This article was first published as ISEAS Commentary 2020/86 “South China Sea: Indonesia Crosses Swords with China” and republished by Think China on 30 June 2020.
This article was published by Telegraph on 26 June 2020.
This article was published by VOA Cambodia on 29 June 2020.
In this webinar, Dr Yann Duval discussed the state of digital trade facilitation in ASEAN and what may be done to accelerate progress and make supply chains more efficient, transparent and sustainable. He draws from the Digital and Sustainable Regional Integration Index to explore how well ASEAN economies have integrated into the regional digital economy.
In this webinar, Dr Sulfikar Amir and Dr Irma Hidayana highlighted two important points concerning people’s responses towards government policy in dealing with Covid-19 pandemic. First, there is a low risk perception of Jakarta residents with regard to Covid-19 pandemic. As such, they are actually not ready to enter the new normal phase initiated by the government. Second, some citizens have actively participated in advocating data transparency on Covid-19 cases, especially on the problematic death cases.
This article was published by Channel Newsasia on 28 June 2020.
This article was first published as ISEAS Perspective 2020/61 New Chinese Migrants in Indonesia: An Emerging Community that Faces New Challenges and adapted for republication by South China Morning Post on 26 June 2020.
A Covid-19-Induced Export Slump: Magnifying a Malaysian Malaise
A historic slump in Malaysia’s exports has been attributed to the coronavirus sweeping across the region. But the fall is indicative of a deeper, structural weakness in the economy.