[Analytics] The frustrating pace of a Cooks travel bubble
The pace of progress towards opening a travel bubble with coronavirus free Pacific countries has…
Analytics
Analytical publications on politics, economics, culture and sports and other topics of the countries of the Asia Pacific region.
[Analytics] Displacement in Indonesia’s borderlands a threat to indigenous populations
In late July, the Forest People’s Programme (FPP), a nonprofit that works on behalf of…
[Analytics] Why Malaysia’s Muhyiddin fears a free press
Advocates are sounding the alarm over a rapid deterioration of press freedom conditions in Malaysia…
[Analytics] Rodrigo Duterte’s war on many fronts
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his penultimate State of the Nation Address as the onslaught…
[Analytics] Is China winning the AI race?
COVID-19 has become a severe stress test for countries around the world. From supply-chain management…
[Analytics] A Russian ship with nitrate was stranded in Beirut port for years
As Lebanon’s investigation into the devastating blast in Beirut continues, officials have pointed to a…
[Analytics] China’s migrant workers facing end of an era
After spending more than half her life working in factories in Guangdong, Rao Dequn’s 25…
[Analytics] Beirut will never be the same again
Beirut has long been synonymous with the word explosion. The city was the main flashpoint…
[Analytics] How South Korea built a system to beat Covid-19
The importance of a reliable and widely accessible health-care system is never more apparent than…
[Analytics] Singapore’s 2020 election: Explaining the PAP’s stagnation
Singapore’s 2020 general election saw the opposition achieve its highest number of elected seats in…
[Analytics] Coronavirus misinformation is spreading — what is Canada doing about it?
The coronavirus is acting as an accelerant to misinformation. Concerns from experts about its consequences…
[Analytics] Should the US put its military muscle where its mouth is on the South China Sea?
On July 13, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that the US considers China’s…