Saturday, September 24, 2011

The secret to Asia’s long-term prosperity? Improving roles of women at work           


No one can dispute the strides Asia has made in bringing strong economic growth to the region over the past decades, lifting income levels and reducing poverty in country after country. And yet, Asia continues to stand out for the relative neglect it shows to its greatest under-tapped resource: women. (The Global Asia)
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Friday, September 23, 2011

Threats to the realization of India’s potential   
   
For all of India’s many and weighty advantages and its present trajectory, a fatal stall cannot be ruled out. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, has India gone for the inherent virtue of socialism as the equal sharing of miseries to the inherent vice of capitalism as the unequal sharing of blessing? (The Japan Times)
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

China’s Indian Ocean ‘String of Pearls’ is no military treat – at least for now   
   
With the Western world mired in a debt crisis, the rise of China’s military appears more threatening than ever. The recent launch of China’s first aircraft carrier will add to regional anxieties. But a closer examination shows that at least one aspect of China’s supposed military prowess – its alleged creation of far-ranging naval facilities, the so-called “string of pearls” strategy – can be discounted as fevered imagination. (The Jakarta Globe)
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Indonesia’s and global development   
   
The global economic recovery remains fragile and uncertain, as risks posed by high energy and food prices, unemployment, and uncertainty over sovereign debt in Europe and the US continue to cloud the horizon. (East Asia Forum)
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Monday, September 19, 2011

India’s South China Sea Warning   
   
An influential Chinese Communist Party-run newspaper has warned that ‘every means possible’ should be used to stop India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Videsh engaging in exploration projects in the South China Sea. (The Diplomat)
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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Has the real Najib stood up?      

Prime Minister Najib Razak announced a package of political reforms that, if implemented, can fairly be described as historical. Combined with his related efforts in the area of economic liberalization and amending the constitution of the ruling political party, United Malays National Organization (UMNO), Najib could very well be defining his legacy as a reformer. (CogitAsia)
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