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6 days ago · The Singapore economy showed resilience in 2024 with around 4 per cent growth, aided by government policy measures like household transfers to offset goods and services tax increases and a package aimed at raising retirement savings for citizens over 50.
New leadership, continued orthodoxies in Singapore
1 day ago · Listen to this article Singapore’s economy showed resilience in 2024, growing by 4 per cent — a major improvement from 1.1 per cent growth in 2023. Yet, beneath the strong performance of the Singapore economy lies persistent policy challenges for Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and his fourth generation leadership team.
Unifying green standards through ASEAN ecolabelling
1 day ago · In Brief. To realise a sustainable future, ASEAN must harmonise its ecolabelling systems, which currently vary by country. A unified approach would simplify certification for producers and address consumer confusion, while boosting ASEAN’s global competitiveness.
ASEAN should hope for the best but prepare for the worst in 2025
6 days ago · The new normal for any ASEAN Chair is the expectation of having to manage a crisis, if not multiple crises, amid an increasingly hostile geopolitical environment. The Myanmar conflict and South China Sea crisis will have repercussions for ASEAN throughout 2025. The Myanmar crisis is the most severe ...
Southeast Asian elites resist a China-led regional order
5 days ago · In Brief. A March 2023 survey of 500 Southeast Asian elites reveals resistance and ambivalence towards a China-led regional order. While China wields substantial economic influence, Southeast Asian elites prefer ASEAN's leadership and democratic values over Beijing's hierarchical model.
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East Asia Forum Quarterly: Volume 16, No 3: July - September, 2024
ASEAN's rise as the cornerstone of regional diplomacy and security in the 1990s may have seemed improbable but it was crucial. Today, a shifting regional geopolitical landscape challenges ASEAN’s relevance. Great power competition and waning global political commitment to multilateral arrangements threaten its role as East Asia’s 'steering committee'.