Belt and Road Initiative Job insecurity, labour contestation and everyday resistance at the Chinese-built Lamu port site in Kenya February 26, 2020 1 Image Credit: Image provided by the author. Written by Elisa Gambino. Approaching the berth area of the Lamu port construction site one morning, the shouts…
ASEAN The BRI and the Asian region: Impacts and responses February 26, 2020 0 Image Credit: International Conference on Belt and Road Initiative by UNCTAD/Flickr; licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 By Amitendu Palit. China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI) has…
Belt and Road Initiative Indonesia: The Belt and Road Initiative and relations with China October 4, 2019 0 Image credit: Construction in Pekanbaru" by World Bank Photo Collection; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Hongyi Lai In this commentary I provide a brief overview of the…
ASEAN E-commerce: The way forward for engagement between ASEAN and China? August 7, 2019 0 Written by Evelyn S. Devadason. Image Credit: Bike parking by leighklotz/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. It would seem that trade via cross-border e-commerce is the…
Business Party finances and money politics in Southeast Asia July 29, 2019 0 Written by Wolfgang Sachsenröder. Image Credit: ฮุนเซนเลือกตั้ง 29 ก.ค. 61, by Prachatai/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Problems with party funding are universal. Political activities – especially election campaigns –…
Congress An alternative take on President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘overwhelming’ midterm election victory July 12, 2019 0 Written by Ronald U. Mendoza and Leonardo M. Jaminola III. Image Credit: Rodrigo Duterte ภาพจาก by Prachatai/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. President Rodrigo R. Duterte recently completed his…
Belt and Road Initiative The balancing act ahead: Legislative options for the China-Philippines relationship after the midterm elections July 2, 2019 0 Written by Matthew Ordoñez. Image Credit: DSC08858 by mountain_MX/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The recently concluded 2019 midterm elections in the Philippines held on 13 May represent…
BRICS China’s Overseas Foreign Direct Investment to Latin America and the Caribbean (2000-2018) June 14, 2019 0 Written by Enrique Dussel Peters. Image Credit: Cartagena - Container Ship in Port by Roger W/Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 2.0. As part of the annual contribution of the…
Business Patterns in politics on palm oil June 7, 2019 0 Written by Otto Hospes. Image Credit: Oil palm by CIFOR/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The recent controversy between Indonesia and the EU over the revised EU Renewable Energy Directive…
Asia Sri Lanka’s port development and the role of the BRI May 24, 2019 0 Written by Pabasara Kannangara. Image credit: Katharine Adeney (All Rights Reserved). Sri Lanka is strategically located at the centre of the Indian Ocean and is in…
