Protect the community’: Asian-Americans organise against hate
As the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged America, Esther Lim grew more worried by the day for her parents’ welfare and her own — not just for their health, but their safety…
SDGs can guide Asia-Pacific to build back better
The Covid-19 crisis poses an unprecedented threat to development in the Asia-Pacific region that could reverse much of the hard-earned progress made in recent years. The good news is we…
Power games in the Asia-Pacific
The geopolitical dynamics are rapidly shaping up in strategically important regions of the world – heralding no signs of peace, cooperation and interdependence among international power blocs in the near…
AUKUS in the Asia-Pacific
At the beginning of the United Nations General Assembly’s 76th session, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres rightly warned that a divided world is on the edge of an abyss. The…
Boosting exports for South Asia
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the global economy and world trade. As South Asia emerges from the worst economic performance in decades, exports can be an important engine to help…
Creating a lasting legacy of collaboration across South Asia
IN February 2021, Covid-19 numbers started rising again in South Asia with official daily case counts rising beyond 400,000 in India, 6,000 in Pakistan and 7,500 in Bangladesh, straining health…
Russia’s South Asia challenge
The visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Islamabad in April was the first such top-level engagement in almost a decade. The visit underscored the importance of the bilateral…
South Asia’s worsening woes
IT has been widely noted that viruses do not distinguish between the rich and the poor. Granted, when exposed to it, a virus, being a natural being, is indifferent to…
Forging unity in Asia
With the rapid bounce back, the Chinese economy is fast recovering, raising the expectations that it will overtake the US as the largest economy in 2028. This projection has stunned…
South Asia: a new beginning
Will Biden’s inauguration as the 46th US president turn a new page for one-third of humanity condemned to perpetual penury of thought and means by its leadership? The peace dividend…
