Asia Sentinel

Indonesia’s Fire This Time
Government keeps reacting to disasters instead of preventing them
Sep 29
School shootings in the Philippines put gun access under scrutiny
Debate is increasingly focused not on how many guns are in circulation, but on who can access them
Sep 21

August 2026

Southeast Asia’s Fragmented Environmental Governance
Institutions with teeth are needed to govern the environmental consequences of development
Aug 23
Ex-Evergrande Boss Hui Ka Yan gets Life in Prison
An extraordinary end for a tycoon once hailed as China’s largest property developer
Aug 20
The Planet Under Threat
Lessons from mainland Southeast Asia’s river basins
Aug 12
AI’s Coming Revolutionary Effect on Third World Healthcare
The smartphone provides backup for rural doctors’ diagnosis and prescription
Aug 10
Indonesia’s Cyberscam Story
A plague wrecks lives in the archipelago
Aug 5

July 2026

China Leapfrogs into Global Biotech
China is now a world leader in biotech innovation, developing drugs faster and cheaper
Jul 31
From Gibraltar to the Arctic
Why the Arctic cannot wait for the governance of tomorrow
Jul 30
Viet Families Pushed Off Land For Trump-linked Project
5,000 families lose farms as US$1.5 billion real estate project goes forward
Jul 29
India Fails Youth, is Losing ‘Demographic Dividend’
Badly failing education system needs widespread reforms
Jul 29
Indian Passports, NRC Debate Put Muslims on Edge
Larger uncertainty in a country without a universal citizenship certificate
Jul 27
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