The haze now engulfing Sydney is not an isolated problem. Dr Malini Sur and Dr Eric Kerr discuss the history, colour, and politics of dust and the implications for climate accountability. The Conversation, 22 November 2019

A Straits Times article about the Singapore Bicentennial Conference, with Prof Brenda Yeoh as one of the panelists discussing diversity and identity. She commented that families in the region are now more diverse, with many Singaporeans marrying people from nearby countries. Prof Yeoh has traced a history of diversity in Singapore, even as she noted

This was a report on the Singapore Summit 2019 at which Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at NUS, was a speaker of one of the dialogue sessions. Prof Mahbubani discussed the close ties amongst the Southeast Asian countries, as well as the relations between the Northeast Asian nations. He opined

ARI Research Associate, Marcel Bandur, who is also a volunteer coordinator at Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), came up with the idea of equipping some out-of-work Bangladeshi migrant workers in Singapore with barista skills for the booming cafe culture in Dhaka. He recently took them to The Coffee Roaster at National University of Singapore for

Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, NUS, commented that political imperatives lay at the centre of what appeared to be a “trade” conflict between the US and China. He said that the ultimate goal of the US in its trade war with China may be to prevent its emerging rival from

Prof Wei-Jun Jean Yeung opined that raising the retirement age is an inevitable policy shift. Employers and government need to work hard together to counter ageism and foster a work culture and environment friendly to a workforce with different age groups. The Straits Times, 22 August 2019, Opinion, pA23

Research Fellow Dr Stefan Huebner op-ed an article for YaleGlobal on Climate Action: Sustainable Floating Cities. He urges designers and governments to develop sustainable standards to prevent temporary solutions from devolving into slums with long-term environmental and security hazards. YaleGlobal Online, 8 August 2019 Similar reports were carried in: – Khaleej Times, 11 August –

By Dr Rini Astuti, a Research Fellow from the Asia Research Institute at NUS; Ms Zu Dienle Tan, a PhD Student from the Department of Geography at NUS; and Ms Helena Varkkey, a Senior Lecturer from the University of Malaya. Line Today Indonesia, 31 July 2019 A similar report was carried in: – CNA Online,

A short blurb of the article in English: While work on gender and migration has grown significantly, it has mostly addressed the experiences of female migrants; the experiences of male migrants are still understudied. Even less attention has been paid to male migrants and their heterosexuality. This article talks about Chinese masculinities, which in the

An article contribution by Dr Nisha Mathew, Joint Research Fellow at the Middle East Institute and Asia Research Institute at National University of Singapore. South China Morning Post Online, 13 July 2019