Jul 6, 2018Saving the Planet and Making Profit: A Nexus Governance Approach for ASEANby Dr Venkatachalam Anbumozhi ASEAN has put together an ambitious sustainable development agenda with its 2025 community vision. It has also played an important role in shaping the United Nations 2020 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda. If the 17 SDGs, especially SDG2 on food security, SDG 6 on water security…Climate Change4 min readClimate Change4 min read
Jun 6, 2018Implications of the Growing Tensions over Trade between the US and China for ASEAN: What to Expect and A Way Forwardby Jaysa Rafi Prana The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has played an essential role in building prosperity in the region in its 50 years of existence. ASEAN’s GDP now stands at approximately US$2.5 trillion, ranking the expanded grouping as the world’s sixth largest economy and fourth largest global…Trade5 min readTrade5 min read
May 14, 2018Diagnosing the Causes of Inequality Crucial to Creating Good Policy in ASEANby Rashesh Shrestha One startling figure about recent global growth is that 82% of all wealth created in the last year went to the top 1%. After focusing on economic growth for a number of decades, developed and developing countries alike have been increasingly concerned with equality. …Economics5 min readEconomics5 min read
May 9, 2018Australia and Japan’s Light Bulb Momentby Venkatachalam Anbumozhi Current energy cooperation between Australia and Japan is marked by their mutual strengths. Both countries take advantage of domestic energy resources, encourage energy efficiency, and are seeking to introduce energy market reforms. Japan and Australia have developed integrated policy frameworks for both energy security and market stability…Climate Change4 min readClimate Change4 min read
Feb 28, 2018ASEAN Rides the E-commerce Wave: Infrastructure, Human Capital, and Regulatory Frameworksby Yuanita Suhud With the emergence of the digital economy driving economic growth and creating new business opportunities around the world, how can the ASEAN nations catch this wave and ride it? What obstacles do they need to overcome to participate fully in regional and global e-commerce? Over the past…Asean5 min readAsean5 min read
Feb 1, 2018Rethinking a Circular Economy in the Face of Climate ChangeBy Rizqy Anandhika World leaders and climate negotiators have continued efforts to address climate change despite the United States relinquishing leadership. So it was perhaps with some irony to observers when US President Trump visited Viet Nam earlier this month, just after Typhoon Damrey claimed scores of lives amid widespread…Environment4 min readEnvironment4 min read
Jan 12, 2018Emerging Asia to be the Global Epicentre of E-Commerce by 2025By Lurong Chen Over $25 billion in the gross merchandise volume was settled within within 24 hours through Alibaba’s online retail marketplaces on this year’s “Ali-double-11” (November 11) global e-shopping festival. Another leading e-commerce platform, JD.COM, reported a $19 billion online orders the same day. Asia is benefiting more than…Ecommerce5 min readEcommerce5 min read
Jan 11, 2018Benefits of Increasing Emission Standards for Coal-fired Power Plants in ASEAN beyond Environment and Healthby Han Phoumin The East Asia Summit region depends heavily on coal, given its abundance, as a reliable energy source. Coal use patterns around the region reflect the rising demand for electricity needed to power and steer economic growth. Hence, building low-efficiency coal-fired power plants (CPPs) is an obvious choice…Environment4 min readEnvironment4 min read
Jan 10, 2018Tackling Connectivity Issues Vital to Participating in Global E-Commerceby Lurong Chen Cross-border e-commerce has been a major development trend of international trade and globalization, which provides ASEAN and East Asia with greater opportunities. However, the digital economy presents both opportunities and challenges, and the difference between them is determined by each country’s economy, geography, politics, society, culture, as…Ecommerce5 min readEcommerce5 min read
Oct 2, 2017The Digital Economy is Necessary for ASEAN to Benefit from Industry 4.0By Rizqy Anandhika From AI and robots to big data and clean energy, disruptive technologies are rapidly redefining our daily lives, our businesses, our economies. And in our interconnected world, these deepening impacts of ‘Industry 4.0’ should compel countries to prepare for the changes. ASEAN countries are advised to focus…Asean5 min readAsean5 min read
