This op-ed is part of AASYP’s Digital Dialogues 2021, which is a programme that aims to provide a platform and forum for future leaders from across the region to contribute to the policymaking and diplomacy sphere by engaging in issues relating to Gender and Diversity, Green Recovery, and Emerging Economies. Religious Pluralism initiates interaction between
This op-ed is part of AASYP’s Digital Dialogues 2021, which is a programme that aims to provide a platform and forum for future leaders from across the region to contribute to the policymaking and diplomacy sphere by engaging in issues relating to Gender and Diversity, Green Recovery, and Emerging Economies. If history and the past
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This op-ed is part of AASYP’s Digital Dialogues 2021, which is a programme that aims to provide a platform and forum for future leaders from across the region to contribute to the policymaking and diplomacy sphere by engaging in issues relating to Gender and Diversity, Green Recovery, and Emerging Economies. Most would agree that digitalisation
This op-ed is part of AASYP’s Digital Dialogues 2021, which is a programme that aims to provide a platform and forum for future leaders from across the region to contribute to the policymaking and diplomacy sphere by engaging in issues relating to Gender and Diversity, Green Recovery, and Emerging Economies. Half of ASEAN’s population consists
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This op-ed is part of AASYP’s Digital Dialogues 2021, which is a programme that aims to provide a platform and forum for future leaders from across the region to contribute to the policymaking and diplomacy sphere by engaging in issues relating to Gender and Diversity, Green Recovery, and Emerging Economies. Non-committal, non-durable, and non-cooperative: ASEAN’s
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This article is part of AASYP’s Break the Chain 2021, which is a programme that highlights innovative solutions to modern slavery, human trafficking, and forced labour. Trapped in the hands of malignant individuals is the world’s most persecuted community. Vulnerable groups, especially women and children, are caught up and exploited in an uncertain environment with basics of
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This October will mark 20 years since the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 or the Women, Peace and Security Resolution was unanimously adopted. The Resolution is linked with the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) which will also celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. Both global commitments underscore the importance of women’s rights and
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COVID-19 has heightened the rivalry between Beijing and Washington, which can be felt through fierce diplomatic confrontations between the two superpowers. For ASEAN countries, what does this unprecedented debate between the world’s first and second superpower mean?
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The escalation of COVID-19 globally has warranted states to respond within the confines of their own borders. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) made a collective statement on 30 April 2020 to respond to the virus with “preparedness, prevention, detection and response.” Although ASEAN as an entity has noted the seriousness of COVID-19, responses
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After serious environmental and labour concerns, one after the other ASEAN countries have followed China’s suit in restricting or altogether stopping scrap imports. The message is clear: Southeast Asian nations are no longer willing to be dumping grounds for overseas waste.
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