Millions of ASEAN informal workers left out of government stimulus have accrued debt to survive Covid-19. Dr Gerard McCarthy argues for a ‘new deal’ of safety nets and debt amnesties to drive a robust and fair recovery. The Straits Times, 6 January 2021
An op-ed piece by Professor Tim Bunnell, Asia Research Institute, NUS, and Associate Professor Daniel P S Goh, Department of Sociology, NUS on the changing geography of urban futures and models from unexpected places. TODAY Online, 18 December 2020
Dr Rini Astuti, Professor David Taylor and Dr Michelle Miller co-wrote an op-ed piece on their recommendation for action to ensure Indonesia’s peat restoration agency’s success in its next restoration projects and how they could build on its existing capacities for the next term. The Conversation Online, 18 December 2020 A similar report was carried …
“The zeitgeist of the world is infused by the character of the US leader. Biden will bring back the civility and generosity that the American spirit is associated with.” – Kishore Mahbubani for The Straits Times The Straits Times, 10 November 2020, Opinion, pA16
By Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at NUS Money 89.3FM, 8 November 2020
“Consider the evidence amid the ‘noise’ of the election campaign. Throughout human history, wise men have warned of the dangers of plutocracy.” – Kishore Mahbubani for The Straits Times. The Straits Times, 12 October 2020, Opinion, pA19
By Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at NUS Money 89.3FM, 8 October 2020
“Western governments ought to let China sleep – by learning to live and work with the Chinese leadership instead of wishing for its transformation or early demise.” – Kishore Mahbubani for The Straits Times. The Straits Times, 23 September 2020, Opinion, pA17
“The great paradox about the response of US President Donald Trump’s administration to the challenge from China is that it is both overestimating and underestimating this challenge.” Kishore Mahbubani for The Straits Times. The Straits Times, 13 August 2020, Opinion, pA23
The story of the Asian green mussel Perna viridis, the invasive mussel that travelled the shipping routes that wired the Caribbean and Atlantic worlds together, offers a sense of how things might go write Dr Stefan Huebner, ARI Research Fellow, and Dr Anthony Medrano from Yale-NUS College in The Straits Times. Research from this article comes from ARI event …
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