Story Archive
2024-11-29
Five months ago, JI leaders announced that the militant group was breaking up.
2024-11-27
Vanuatu becomes first country to ever lose EU visa-free access after golden passport scheme poses security threat.
2024-11-21
The government has been on the frontline against scammers, but fundamental improvements are needed.
2024-11-18
New president’s efforts to feed Indonesia could lead to additional violence in the restive region, analyst Zachary Abuza writes.
2024-11-15
On trade and security, allies could be in for disruptive US moves.
2024-10-29
Making sense of the move by Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand to partner with bloc challenging U.S.-led world order.
2024-10-27
Applying CHOGM outcomes on climate change, oceans, blackbirding offers new secretary-general shot at relevance.
2024-10-25
Statute of limitations in the case expired on Friday, but memory of the 2004 atrocity lives on in the Thai Deep South.
2024-10-25
Although legislation grants citizenship for children born abroad to Malaysian mothers, amendments expand statelessness and still discriminate against women.
2024-10-23
Census blunders point to much deeper issues in the country’s electoral system needing urgent attention.
2024-10-22
The Southeast Asian group’s strengths do not lie in making calls over issues that none of its members can agree on.
2024-10-17
The question of ‘what does the Commonwealth do?’ remains a persistent one.
2024-09-25
The scandal exposes the country’s numerous governance issues, especially the lack of oversight on institutions and gaps in child protections.
2024-09-19
Conflicts, brutal violence and cycles of retribution reflect deeper, systemic issues in Papua New Guinea.
2024-09-16
Western well-wishers of the region’s nations must focus on supporting institutions that outlast personalities.