Workers are left at the mercy of employers, who laid off an estimated 10 percent of the workforce.
The coronavirus vaccine could be a lever to change the junta’s behavior – and save lives.
Proponents of transparency and confidence-building measures led by the US need to meet halfway with China and Russia.
The world needs supplier-blind cybersecurity to ensure new technologies work for people and are not weaponized in a new Cold War.
While ties between China and the Gulf states have a strong foundation and great potential, the road ahead is not without challenges.
Converging interests of donor and recipient, together with the domestic legitimacy of the beneficiary government, affect the scope of repression in aid-receiving states.
The country may be better served if President Joko Widodo signals a commitment to democracy by not running for a third term.
The Covid-19 crisis should be regarded as a rare opportunity for a global reset.
Why parents should be more circumspect when using technology to stay connected with their children.
Efforts to enhance cybersecurity should include the participation of NGOs and the groups they serve to ensure that the civil society sector is not left exposed to risks.
A look at Moscow’s relationships in Asia, particularly its growing alignment with Beijing and its skepticism of the emerging “free and open Indo-Pacific” concept.
The past success of the US came not through projecting values such as democracy and freedom but by expanding its economy and borrowing from authoritarian playbooks.
A closer look at the sea change in attitudes from condemnation and coercion to facilitation and encouragement.
The addition of two more dependents is likely to prove overwhelming for most families’ resources.
The US is pushing a democratic values-driven foreign-policy strategy that it hopes can make multilateralism work again.
Could the prime minister take a victory lap after a successful Games and then bag the gold at the polls?
While ASEAN welcomes great-power and partner support, member states are wary not to push Beijing too far.
The concern should not be about the level of debt but about how the country deploys the financing and whether it is able to implement further structural reforms.
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