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Reuters Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim talked to his supporters earlier this month. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and arch-rival opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim are taking their battle to for the center-ground of Malaysian politics in an unexpected direction: the Chinese-language pages of Facebook. Mr. Najib launched the first ...

The release of more than 200 political prisoners on January 13 and the subsequent decision by Washington to announce its readiness to send an ambassador to Burma are the latest steps taken by both governments to normalize relations.Read more

Author: Doan Hong Quang, World BankConsensus-based policy making is a salient feature of Vietnam, where important decisions are collectively made. Consensus is needed not only for the formulation of a reform vision but also for the elaboration and implementation of this vision. Doi Moi, the most successful economic reform to date, ...

By Samuel Rubenfeld Indonesia is basking in the glory of being raised to investment grade , a likely enticement to investors, yet the country still struggles with corruption issues, both perceived and real. Indeed, in its ratings note announcing the upgrade, Moody’s Investors Service said “relatively weak governance” is ...

Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s accuser, Mohamad Saiful Bukhari Azlan, waves from a car on Feb. 4 2010. KUALA LUMPUR — Now that Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been acquitted of sodomy , what’s next for the aide who accused him, 26-year-old Saiful Bukhari Azlan? ...

Author: John West, MrGlobalizationHow does a Cold War organisation like the OECD respond to the end of the Cold War? Does it try to hang on to its former identity? Or does it embrace the new ‘age of globalisation’?The end of the Cold War in 1989 represented a victory of ...

Associated Press Indonesian activists gather sandals at the office of Indonesian Commission for Child Protection in Jakarta to protest the prosecution of a 15-year-old boy for stealing an old pair of sandals from a police officer. More In Indonesia Amobee Focuses on the Rest of Asia Indonesians Praise Ghost-Buster ...

Author: Sandy Gordon, ANUSouth Asia is a vast region encompassing eight nations (if we include Afghanistan) and over one-fifth of humanity.It is difficult to do it justice in this short summary of the year’s events.Foremost among the region’s significant developments is the killing of Osama bin Laden in a US ...