[Analytics] How to prevent panic buying during pandemics
Panic buying has hit the world harshly. With the uprising of COVID-19, people are queuing…
Analytics
Analytical publications on politics, economics, culture and sports and other topics of the countries of the Asia Pacific region.
[Analytics] Malaysia’s epic power struggle
After a brutal week of high drama, Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been…
[Analytics] How UK could learn pandemic prevention from Asia
End of Freedom, proclaimed the front page of the Daily Telegraph. House Arrest, declared The…
[Analytics] Covid-19 drug laced with ‘bear bile’
You might not be able to eat it, but you can inject it. Even though…
[Analytics] As virus recedes in China, anti-Xi revolt spreads
Chinese realty tycoon Ren Zhiqiang is known in the Chinese Communist Party for being an…
[Analytics] How China brought the world to a standstill
It is a warning from history. How did a local, viral outbreak at a wet…
[Analytics] South Korean democracy in crisis
South Korea’s Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae recently rejected the National Assembly’s request for the prosecution…
[Analytics] Indonesia needs a better clean energy policy
While ASEAN member countries race to seize market share amidst the renewable energy boom in…
[Analytics] Why does Russia, population 146 million, have fewer coronavirus cases than Luxembourg?
Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week his country managed to stop the mass spread…
[Analytics] Indonesia: To lock or not to lock
Following President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s announcement on March 2 of Indonesia’s first two positive cases…
[Analytics] Should AI help make life-or-death decisions in the coronavirus fight?
Chinese researchers say they have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can assist doctors to…
[Analytics] Has Malaysia entered a new ethno-nationalist era?
Malaysia’s new ruling coalition, Perikatan Nasional (PN), is exceptional in its ethnic homogeneity. Cobbled together…