One of the roles of the newly launched ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific is to reduce frictions between members and partner countries, as well as tendencies to establish potential “new blocks…
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Asean Today – Sep 2019
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Malaysian PM urges ASEAN to learn from China, defends free trade
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries should follow China’s example to boost the regional economy while voicing st…
A Short History Of The ASEAN Digital Future
This month, Malaysia celebrates its 62nd anniversary of Independence, led by 94-year old but digitally savvy Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Singapore also celebrated its 54th National Day this month…
Thailand Aims to Be Southeast Asia’s Power-Trading Middleman
Thailand is jump starting a decades-old plan to create a Southeast Asia electricity super-grid, and wants to be the power-trading hub at the center of it. The nation is set to triple the amount of ele…
Asean Today – Aug 2019
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A Capital City in the Jungle? It’s Not a Crazy Idea
Indonesia’s president wants to spend at least $30 billion to move the capital to a forest on the island of Borneo. The proximate trigger is climate change – Jakarta is sinking into the sea. President …
Southeast Asians learn best practices in climate-smart agri in Quezon
‘It takes a village to scale climate-smart agriculture.” This statement of Leocadio S. Sebastian, regional program leader for CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in…
EDB strengthens links with Asean businesses to prop region’s growth
By 2050, Asean may easily be the fourth-largest economy in the world with trade that is projected to reach US$10 trillion. This is welcome news to the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). For y…