The dilemma common to Southeast Asia’s societies today stems from a bias towards nation-state thinking, kept alive by the fact that political discourses are western in nature, and Southeast Asian leaders and intellectuals are largely trained in the west to favour Westphalian ideas. Publication: Opinion Asia, 28 Feb 2008. Author: Ooi, Kee Beng.
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The IDR could become the Achilles heel of a relationship often wrecked on the shores of irreconcilable national economic interests. Much could go wrong if the political players fail manage differences that have come with a baggage of historical irritations in Malaysia-Singapore relations. Publication: Opinion Asia, 01 Jun 2007. Author: Saravanamuttu, Johan.
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Myanmar this month resurrected plans to acquire a nuclear research reactor from Russia. Atomstroyexport, a manufacturer owned by Russia's federal atomic agency Rosatom, said it will, if the deal is sealed, install a 10-megawatt light-water reactor, provide 20 percent enriched uranium-235 fuel and train at least 300 technicians.
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Malaysia – Thailand Boundary (No. 57 – November 15, 1965) from Bureau of Intelligence and Research, The Department of State, United States of America.
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Using bootstrap causality tests with leveraged adjustments, the link between exchange rates and stock prices in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand is investigated for the periods immediately before and during the 1997 Asian crisis. Two variables are found to be significantly linked in the non-crisis period but not at all during the crisis period. The implications of this result in terms of hedging, market efficiency, market integration and policy intervention are explained in the paper.
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