Since the start of the pandemic, governments around the world have used emergency measures to suppress negative press coverage related to Covid-19. Southeast Asia is no exception.
June 10, 2021 From Examining Extremism The first installment of the Transnational Threat Project’s Examining Extremism series provides an assessment of the QAnon movement’s history, ideology, and structure; the tactics and targets of QAnon extremists; and the threat they may pose in the future.
Recent events reflect a grim reality in Southeast Asia: the pandemic is worsening just as nascent vaccine rollouts had many citizens hoping the worst was over. This spells trouble even for countries like Singapore and Vietnam which have handled the pandemic relatively...
Algorithmically targeted digital advertising is the fuel that has powered the rise of the modern Internet economy. What if it isn't as effective as we believe it to be?
India’s spatial economic disparities should be addressed by place-based policies that are specific to underdeveloped regions. India contains diverse economies with durable differences in employment and wages. The last three...
May 14, 2021
| Scott Kennedy From Trustee China Hand China’s latest census has garnered a great deal of attention because it shows that the total size of the population is stagnating.
Southeast Asian countries have continued to see a resurgence in Covid-19 infections in the past two weeks. Indonesia and Malaysia face a particular challenge limiting infections and travel ahead of the Eid-al-Fitr holidays.
Risks associated with the rise of Southeast Asian "superapps" offer an area for the United States government and development finance institutions to encourage the secure and sustainable growth of fintech in the region.
May 12, 2021 From New Perspectives on Asia Just as Icarus flew too close to the sun and tumbled back down to Earth, so too has Jack Ma fallen from on high following his blistering attack on China’s government regulators in late 2020.
April 30, 2021
| Alyssa Perez From Trustee China Hand This week, the Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics welcomed Deborah Seligsohn to our team as a non-resident senior associate.
