By: John Berthelsen and Murray Hunter In an astonishing move, the 94-year-old prime minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, has in effect staged a coup against his own democratically elected government, taking in corrupt, Malay supremacist…
Read More
By: Jason Johnson The decision by Thailand’s Constitutional Court to dissolve the opposition Future Forward Party and ban its executive board from politics for 10 years on what are regarded as dubious charges could serve…
The acrimonious fight between Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his siblings over the disposal of Lee Kuan Yew’s iconic black-and-white colonial home has taken a new and even more bitter turn, with Lee…
Anwar Ibrahim, the head of Malaysia’s Parti Keadilan Raykat, has called for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to investigate allegations of corruption, malpractice and abuse in the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) whether or not the…
By: Neeta Lal Although India is looking forward with rapt anticipation to US President Donald Trump’s February 24-25 visit to New Delhi, it isn’t likely that much will happen beyond the usual grip-and-grin photo ops. …
Reviewed by: Abhyudai Dhawan In the protest poem “My Tibetanness,” the Dharamshala-based contemporary poet, writer and activist Tenzin Tsundue vocalizes the resentiment inherited by his people: ‘I am Tibetan./ But I am not from Tibet./…
By: David Van It has been a grim few weeks for the Cambodia government. It has become the latest Southeast Asian nation to suffer from the Novel Coronavirus, which has decimated Chinese tourism from 2…
By: Pithaya Pookaman The Thai Constitutional Court today (February 21) agreed to dissolve the Future Forward Party for allegedly receiving illegal political contributions and banned the party’s executive committee members from engaging in political activities…
By Tanvi Madan, Bill Finan In the new book “Fateful Triangle: How China Shaped US-India Relations during the Cold War,” published this month by the Brookings Institution Press, author Tanvi Madan shows how U.S.-India relations have been…
The sudden uptick in early stage investment into Chinese online education may provide temporary relief for a sector suffering from a slowdown in appetite since the summer of last year. However, investors may struggle to…