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Thailand's banking sector is experiencing a remarkable evolution, driven by regulatory innovation, mobile-first consumer behavior, and some of the world's most stringent operational requirements. Leading this transformation at one of the region's most influential financial institutions is our guest today. Ian Gillard serves as Senior Executive Vice President at Bangkok Bank, where he oversees digitalization, mobile banking, blockchain initiatives, cloud strategy, and analytics. Today, we'll explore how Bangkok Bank is navigating Thailand's unique regulatory landscape, the bank's strategy for dominating both domestic and international markets, and Ian's vision for the future of digital engagement in a region where 97% of banking transactions happen on mobile devices. From virtual banking initiatives to AI-driven customer experiences, we'll uncover the innovations that are positioning Bangkok Bank at the forefront of ASEAN's financial transformation. Welcome to Shaping Banking's Next – podcast episodes hosted by Jim Marous and brought to you by Infosys Finacle and Qorus Global. These compelling episodes are inspired by the ‘Innovation in Retail Banking' research, a report that has been tracking innovation trends, investment priorities, emerging business models, and real-world case studies for over 15 years. In these episodes, visionaries, changemakers, and digital pioneers from the world's leading banks will share how they're driving innovation, transforming the banking value chain, and reimagining the future of banking. Join them as they explore bold strategies, innovative business models and next-gen technologies shaping the industry today and defining what's next.

A version of this essay has been published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-from-crisis-to-advantage-how-india-can-outplay-the-trump-tariff-gambit-13923031.htmlA simple summary of the recent brouhaha about President Trump's imposition of 25% tariffs on India as well as his comment on India's ‘dead economy' is the following from Shakespeare's Macbeth: “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”. Trump further imposed punitive tariffs totalling 50% on August 6th allegedly for India funding Russia's war machine via buying oil.As any negotiator knows, a good opening gambit is intended to set the stage for further parleys, so that you could arrive at a negotiated settlement that is acceptable to both parties. The opening gambit could well be a maximalist statement, or one's ‘dream outcome', the opposite of which is ‘the walkway point' beyond which you are simply not willing to make concessions. The usual outcome is somewhere in between these two positions or postures.Trump is both a tough negotiator, and prone to making broad statements from which he has no problem retreating later. It's down-and-dirty boardroom tactics that he's bringing to international trade. Therefore I think Indians don't need to get rattled. It's not the end of the world, and there will be climbdowns and adjustments. Think hard about the long term.I was on a panel discussion on this topic on TV just hours after Trump made his initial 25% announcement, and I mentioned an interplay between geo-politics and geo-economics. Trump is annoyed that his Ukraine-Russia play is not making much headway, and also that BRICS is making progress towards de-dollarization. India is caught in this crossfire (‘collateral damage') but the geo-economic facts on the ground are not favorable to Trump.I am in general agreement with Trump on his objectives of bringing manufacturing and investment back to the US, but I am not sure that he will succeed, and anyway his strong-arm tactics may backfire. I consider below what India should be prepared to do to turn adversity into opportunity.The anti-Thucydides Trap and the baleful influence of Whitehall on Deep StateWhat is remarkable, though, is that Trump 2.0 seems to be indistinguishable from the Deep State: I wondered last month if the Deep State had ‘turned' Trump. The main reason many people supported Trump in the first place was the damage the Deep State was wreaking on the US under the Obama-Biden regime. But it appears that the resourceful Deep State has now co-opted Trump for its agenda, and I can only speculate how.The net result is that there is the anti-Thucydides Trap: here is the incumbent power, the US, actively supporting the insurgent power, China, instead of suppressing it, as Graham Allison suggested as the historical pattern. It, in all fairness, did not start with Trump, but with Nixon in China in 1971. In 1985, the US trade deficit with China was $6 million. In 1986, $1.78 billion. In 1995, $35 billion.But it ballooned after China entered the WTO in 2001. $202 billion in 2005; $386 billion in 2022.In 2025, after threatening China with 150% tariffs, Trump retreated by postponing them; besides he has caved in to Chinese demands for Nvidia chips and for exemptions from Iran oil sanctions if I am not mistaken.All this can be explained by one word: leverage. China lured the US with the siren-song of the cost-leader ‘China price', tempting CEOs and Wall Street, who sleepwalked into surrender to the heft of the Chinese supply chain.Now China has cornered Trump via its monopoly over various things, the most obvious of which is rare earths. Trump really has no option but to give in to Chinese blackmail. That must make him furious: in addition to his inability to get Putin to listen to him, Xi is also ignoring him. Therefore, he will take out his frustrations on others, such as India, the EU, Japan, etc. Never mind that he's burning bridges with them.There's a Malayalam proverb that's relevant here: “angadiyil thottathinu ammayodu”. Meaning, you were humiliated in the marketplace, so you come home and take it out on your mother. This is quite likely what Trump is doing, because he believes India et al will not retaliate. In fact Japan and the EU did not retaliate, but gave in, also promising to invest large sums in the US. India could consider a different path: not active conflict, but not giving in either, because its equations with the US are different from those of the EU or Japan.Even the normally docile Japanese are beginning to notice.Beyond that, I suggested a couple of years ago that Deep State has a plan to enter into a condominium agreement with China, so that China gets Asia, and the US gets the Americas and the Pacific/Atlantic. This is exactly like the Vatican-brokered medieval division of the world between Spain and Portugal, and it probably will be equally bad for everyone else. And incidentally it makes the Quad infructuous, and deepens distrust of American motives.The Chinese are sure that they have achieved the condominium, or rather forced the Americans into it. Here is a headline from the Financial Express about their reaction to the tariffs: they are delighted that the principal obstacle in their quest for hegemony, a US-India military and economic alliance, is being blown up by Trump, and they lose no opportunity to deride India as not quite up to the mark, whereas they and the US have achieved a G2 detente.Two birds with one stone: gloat about the breakdown in the US-India relationship, and exhibit their racist disdain for India yet again.They laugh, but I bet India can do an end-run around them. As noted above, the G2 is a lot like the division of the world into Spanish and Portuguese spheres of influence in 1494. Well, that didn't end too well for either of them. They had their empires, which they looted for gold and slaves, but it made them fat, dumb and happy. The Dutch, English, and French capitalized on more dynamic economies, flexible colonial systems, and aggressive competition, overtaking the Iberian powers in global influence by the 17th century. This is a salutary historical parallel.I have long suspected that the US Deep State is being led by the nose by the malign Whitehall (the British Deep State): I call it the ‘master-blaster' syndrome. On August 6th, there was indirect confirmation of this in ex-British PM Boris Johnson's tweet about India. Let us remember he single-handedly ruined the chances of a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine War in 2022. Whitehall's mischief and meddling all over, if you read between the lines.Did I mention the British Special Force's views? Ah, Whitehall is getting a bit sloppy in its propaganda.Wait, so is India important (according to Whitehall) or unimportant (according to Trump)?Since I am very pro-American, I have a word of warning to Trump: you trust perfidious Albion at your peril. Their country is ruined, and they will not rest until they ruin yours too.I also wonder if there are British paw-prints in a recent and sudden spate of racist attacks on Indians in Ireland. A 6-year old girl was assaulted and kicked in the private parts. A nurse was gang-raped by a bunch of teenagers. Ireland has never been so racist against Indians (yes, I do remember the sad case of Savita Halappanavar, but that was religious bigotry more than racism). And I remember sudden spikes in anti-Indian attacks in Australia and Canada, both British vassals.There is no point in Indians whining about how the EU and America itself are buying more oil, palladium, rare earths, uranium etc. from Russia than India is. I am sorry to say this, but Western nations are known for hypocrisy. For example, exactly 80 years ago they dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, but not on Germany or Italy. Why? The answer is uncomfortable. Lovely post-facto rationalization, isn't it?Remember the late lamented British East India Company that raped and pillaged India?Applying the three winning strategies to geo-economicsAs a professor of business strategy and innovation, I emphasize to my students that there are three broad ways of gaining an advantage over others: 1. Be the cost leader, 2. Be the most customer-intimate player, 3. Innovate. The US as a nation is patently not playing the cost leader; it does have some customer intimacy, but it is shrinking; its strength is in innovation.If you look at comparative advantage, the US at one time had strengths in all three of the above. Because it had the scale of a large market (and its most obvious competitors in Europe were decimated by world wars) America did enjoy an ability to be cost-competitive, especially as the dollar is the global default reserve currency. It demonstrated this by pushing through the Plaza Accords, forcing the Japanese yen to appreciate, destroying their cost advantage.In terms of customer intimacy, the US is losing its edge. Take cars for example: Americans practically invented them, and dominated the business, but they are in headlong retreat now because they simply don't make cars that people want outside the US: Japanese, Koreans, Germans and now Chinese do. Why were Ford and GM forced to leave the India market? Their “world cars” are no good in value-conscious India and other emerging markets.Innovation, yes, has been an American strength. Iconic Americans like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Steve Jobs led the way in product and process innovation. US universities have produced idea after idea, and startups have ignited Silicon Valley. In fact Big Tech and aerospace/armaments are the biggest areas where the US leads these days.The armaments and aerospace tradeThat is pertinent because of two reasons: one is Trump's peevishness at India's purchase of weapons from Russia (even though that has come down from 70+% of imports to 36% according to SIPRI); two is the fact that there are significant services and intangible imports by India from the US, of for instance Big Tech services, even some routed through third countries like Ireland.Armaments and aerospace purchases from the US by India have gone up a lot: for example the Apache helicopters that arrived recently, the GE 404 engines ordered for India's indigenous fighter aircraft, Predator drones and P8-i Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft. I suspect Trump is intent on pushing India to buy F-35s, the $110-million dollar 5th generation fighters.Unfortunately, the F-35 has a spotty track record. There were two crashes recently, one in Albuquerque in May, and the other on July 31 in Fresno, and that's $220 million dollars gone. Besides, the spectacle of a hapless British-owned F-35B sitting, forlorn, in the rain, in Trivandrum airport for weeks, lent itself to trolls, who made it the butt of jokes. I suspect India has firmly rebuffed Trump on this front, which has led to his focus on Russian arms.There might be other pushbacks too. Personally, I think India does need more P-8i submarine hunter-killer aircraft to patrol the Bay of Bengal, but India is exerting its buyer power. There are rumors of pauses in orders for Javelin and Stryker missiles as well.On the civilian aerospace front, I am astonished that all the media stories about Air India 171 and the suspicion that Boeing and/or General Electric are at fault have disappeared without a trace. Why? There had been the big narrative push to blame the poor pilots, and now that there is more than reasonable doubt that these US MNCs are to blame, there is a media blackout?Allegations about poor manufacturing practices by Boeing in North Charleston, South Carolina by whistleblowers have been damaging for the company's brand: this is where the 787 Dreamliners are put together. It would not be surprising if there is a slew of cancellations of orders for Boeing aircraft, with customers moving to Airbus. Let us note Air India and Indigo have placed some very large, multi-billion dollar orders with Boeing that may be in jeopardy.India as a consuming economy, and the services trade is hugely in the US' favorMany observers have pointed out the obvious fact that India is not an export-oriented economy, unlike, say, Japan or China. It is more of a consuming economy with a large, growing and increasingly less frugal population, and therefore it is a target for exporters rather than a competitor for exporting countries. As such, the impact of these US tariffs on India will be somewhat muted, and there are alternative destinations for India's exports, if need be.While Trump has focused on merchandise trade and India's modest surplus there, it is likely that there is a massive services trade, which is in the US' favor. All those Big Tech firms, such as Microsoft, Meta, Google and so on run a surplus in the US' favor, which may not be immediately evident because they route their sales through third countries, e.g. Ireland.These are the figures from the US Trade Representative, and quite frankly I don't believe them: there are a lot of invisible services being sold to India, and the value of Indian data is ignored.In addition to the financial implications, there are national security concerns. Take the case of Microsoft's cloud offering, Azure, which arbitrarily turned off services to Indian oil retailer Nayara on the flimsy grounds that the latter had substantial investment from Russia's Rosneft. This is an example of jurisdictional over-reach by US companies, which has dire consequences. India has been lax about controlling Big Tech, and this has to change.India is Meta's largest customer base. Whatsapp is used for practically everything. Which means that Meta has access to enormous amounts of Indian customer data, for which India is not even enforcing local storage. This is true of all other Big Tech (see OpenAI's Sam Altman below): they are playing fast and loose with Indian data, which is not in India's interest at all.Data is the new oil, says The Economist magazine. So how much should Meta, OpenAI et al be paying for Indian data? Meta is worth trillions of dollars, OpenAI half a trillion. How much of that can be attributed to Indian data?There is at least one example of how India too can play the digital game: UPI. Despite ham-handed efforts to now handicap UPI with a fee (thank you, brilliant government bureaucrats, yes, go ahead and kill the goose that lays the golden eggs), it has become a contender in a field that has long been dominated by the American duopoly of Visa and Mastercard. In other words, India can scale up and compete.It is unfortunate that India has not built up its own Big Tech behind a firewall as has been done behind the Great Firewall of China. But it is not too late. Is it possible for India-based cloud service providers to replace US Big Tech like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure? Yes, there is at least one player in that market: Zoho.Second, what are the tariffs on Big Tech exports to India these days? What if India were to decide to impose a 50% tax on revenue generated in India through advertisement or through sales of services, mirroring the US's punitive taxes on Indian goods exports? Let me hasten to add that I am not suggesting this, it is merely a hypothetical argument.There could also be non-tariff barriers as China has implemented, but not India: data locality laws, forced use of local partners, data privacy laws like the EU's GDPR, anti-monopoly laws like the EU's Digital Markets Act, strict application of IPR laws like 3(k) that absolutely prohibits the patenting of software, and so on. India too can play legalistic games. This is a reason US agri-products do not pass muster: genetically modified seeds, and milk from cows fed with cattle feed from blood, offal and ground-up body parts.Similarly, in the ‘information' industry, India is likely to become the largest English-reading country in the world. I keep getting come-hither emails from the New York Times offering me $1 a month deals on their product: they want Indian customers. There are all these American media companies present in India, untrammelled by content controls or taxes. What if India were to give a choice to Bloomberg, Reuters, NYTimes, WaPo, NPR et al: 50% tax, or exit?This attack on peddlers of fake information and manufacturing consent I do suggest, and I have been suggesting for years. It would make no difference whatsoever to India if these media outlets were ejected, and they surely could cover India (well, basically what they do is to demean India) just as well from abroad. Out with them: good riddance to bad rubbish.What India needs to doI believe India needs to play the long game. It has to use its shatrubodha to realize that the US is not its enemy: in Chanakyan terms, the US is the Far Emperor. The enemy is China, or more precisely the Chinese Empire. Han China is just a rump on their south-eastern coast, but it is their conquered (and restive) colonies such as Tibet, Xinjiang, Manchuria and Inner Mongolia, that give them their current heft.But the historical trends are against China. It has in the past had stable governments for long periods, based on strong (and brutal) imperial power. Then comes the inevitable collapse, when the center falls apart, and there is absolute chaos. It is quite possible, given various trends, including demographic changes, that this may happen to China by 2050.On the other hand, (mostly thanks, I acknowledge, to China's manufacturing growth), the center of gravity of the world economy has been steadily shifting towards Asia. The momentum might swing towards India if China stumbles, but in any case the era of Atlantic dominance is probably gone for good. That was, of course, only a historical anomaly. Asia has always dominated: see Angus Maddison's magisterial history of the world economy, referred to below as well.I am reminded of the old story of the king berating his court poet for calling him “the new moon” and the emperor “the full moon”. The poet escaped being punished by pointing out that the new moon is waxing and the full moon is waning.This is the long game India has to keep in mind. Things are coming together for India to a great extent: in particular the demographic dividend, improved infrastructure, fiscal prudence, and the increasing centrality of the Indian Ocean as the locus of trade and commerce.India can attempt to gain competitive advantage in all three ways outlined above:* Cost-leadership. With a large market (assuming companies are willing to invest at scale), a low-cost labor force, and with a proven track-record of frugal innovation, India could well aim to be a cost-leader in selected areas of manufacturing. But this requires government intervention in loosening monetary policy and in reducing barriers to ease of doing business* Customer-intimacy. What works in highly value-conscious India could well work in other developing countries. For instance, the economic environment in ASEAN is largely similar to India's, and so Indian products should appeal to their residents; similarly with East Africa. Thus the Indian Ocean Rim with its huge (and in Africa's case, rapidly growing) population should be a natural fit for Indian products* Innovation. This is the hardest part, and it requires a new mindset in education and industry, to take risks and work at the bleeding edge of technology. In general, Indians have been content to replicate others' innovations at lower cost or do jugaad (which cannot scale up). To do real, disruptive innovation, first of all the services mindset should transition to a product mindset (sorry, Raghuram Rajan). Second, the quality of human capital must be improved. Third, there should be patient risk capital. Fourth, there should be entrepreneurs willing to try risky things. All of these are difficult, but doable.And what is the end point of this game? Leverage. The ability to compel others to buy from you.China has demonstrated this through its skill at being a cost-leader in industry after industry, often hollowing out entire nations through means both fair and foul. These means include far-sighted industrial policy including the acquisition of skills, technology, and raw materials, as well as hidden subsidies that support massive scaling, which ends up driving competing firms elsewhere out of business. India can learn a few lessons from them. One possible lesson is building capabilities, as David Teece of UC Berkeley suggested in 1997, that can span multiple products, sectors and even industries: the classic example is that of Nikon, whose optics strength helps it span industries such as photography, printing, and photolithography for chip manufacturing. Here is an interesting snapshot of China's capabilities today.2025 is, in a sense, a point of inflection for India just as the crisis in 1991 was. India had been content to plod along at the Nehruvian Rate of Growth of 2-3%, believing this was all it could achieve, as a ‘wounded civilization'. From that to a 6-7% growth rate is a leap, but it is not enough, nor is it testing the boundaries of what India can accomplish.1991 was the crisis that turned into an opportunity by accident. 2025 is a crisis that can be carefully and thoughtfully turned into an opportunity.The Idi Amin syndrome and the 1000 Talents program with AIThere is a key area where an American error may well be a windfall for India. This is based on the currently fashionable H1-B bashing which is really a race-bashing of Indians, and which has been taken up with gusto by certain MAGA folks. Once again, I suspect the baleful influence of Whitehall behind it, but whatever the reason, it looks like Indians are going to have a hard time settling down in the US.There are over a million Indians on H1-Bs, a large number of them software engineers, let us assume for convenience there are 250,000 of them. Given country caps of exactly 9800 a year, they have no realistic chance of getting a Green Card in the near future, and given the increasingly fraught nature of life there for brown people, they may leave the US, and possibly return to India..I call this the Idi Amin syndrome. In 1972, the dictator of Uganda went on a rampage against Indian-origin people in his country, and forcibly expelled 80,000 of them, because they were dominating the economy. There were unintended consequences: those who were ejected mostly went to the US and UK, and they have in many cases done well. But Uganda's economy virtually collapsed.That's a salutary experience. I am by no means saying that the US economy would collapse, but am pointing to the resilience of the Indians who were expelled. If, similarly, Trump forces a large number of Indians to return to India, that might well be a case of short-term pain and long-term gain: urvashi-shapam upakaram, as in the Malayalam phrase.Their return would be akin to what happened in China and Taiwan with their successful effort to attract their diaspora back. The Chinese program was called 1000 Talents, and they scoured the globe for academics and researchers of Chinese origin, and brought them back with attractive incentives and large budgets. They had a major role in energizing the Chinese economy.Similarly, Taiwan with Hsinchu University attracted high-quality talent, among which was the founder of TSMC, the globally dominant chip giant.And here is Trump offering to India on a platter at least 100,000 software engineers, especially at a time when generativeAI is decimating low-end jobs everywhere. They can work on some very compelling projects that could revolutionize Indian education, up-skilling and so on, and I am not at liberty to discuss them. Suffice to say that these could turbo-charge the Indian software industry and get it away from mundane, routine body-shopping type jobs.ConclusionThe Trump tariff tantrum is definitely a short-term problem for India, but it can be turned around, and turned into an opportunity, if only the country plays its cards right and focuses on building long-term comparative advantages and accepting the gift of a mis-step by Trump in geo-economics.In geo-politics, India and the US need each other to contain China, and so that part, being so obvious, will be taken care of more or less by default.Thus, overall, the old SWOT analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. On balance, I am of the opinion that the threats contain in them the germs of opportunities. It is up to Indians to figure out how to take advantage of them. This is your game to win or lose, India!4150 words, 9 Aug 2025 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe

Vietnam's inbound tourism boom in 2025 continues. Malaysia targets tourism to reach 16% of GDP. India and the Philippines talk "free visas". THAI Airways confirms its post-Covid comeback by returning to the stock market. Boracay "streamlines" its various entry fees" And Singapore celebrate its 60th birthday since independence. It's been a pretty hectic news week across South East Asia. Join Gary and Hannah as they travel through ASEAN to discuss the top travel and tourism talking points of the past seven days. 

In this episode, hosts Ray Powell and James Carouso dive deep into former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's dramatic 2016 pivot from the US to China. Joined by authors Marites Vitug and Camille Elemia, they discuss their book Unrequited Love: Duterte's China Embrace.The conversation kicks off with why this "love affair" matters globally–how it reshaped South China Sea geopolitics, tested international law, and challenged the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty over Duterte's six-year term in office. Duterte downplayed the 2016 arbitral ruling against China as "a piece of paper," turning a blind eye to Chinese incursions while seeking economic aid. Our guests explain how China provided cover for Duterte's drug war while the West heaped on criticism.Duterte's pro-China tilt stemmed from personal history: As Davao City mayor, he built ties with Chinese businessmen and harbored anti-US resentment from incidents like when a suspected US agent allegedly implicated in a Davao City bombing incident was whisked out of the country. Influenced by communist professor Jose Maria Sison and his anti-imperialist mother, Duterte viewed America as imperialists. Yet, surveys show Filipinos mostly remain pro-US and distrust China, with 70-80% favoring assertion of West Philippine Sea rights.The 2016 election saw Duterte win by portraying himself as an authentic outsider fighting a "narco state." His charm, social media savvy, and anti-elite messaging resonated, in contrast to his predecessor's perceived lack of empathy.Economically, however, the promised benefits fell flat: Duterte touted billions in Chinese loans, but only 3-4 infrastructure projects materialized. In return, the authors contend that China gained "free rein" in disputed waters, ultimately blocking Philippine resource exploration. Xi Jinping benefited from strategic breathing room, more ASEAN allies, and weakened US influence—though some in Duterte's cabinet resisted, voicing the military's deep sentiments against appeasement.Despite this, Rodrigo Duterte left office with his popularity largely intact due to his personal connection to the electorate, not his foreign policy. Our guests resist his supporters' pragmatism claims, noting neighbors like Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam are able to balance China without surrendering their sovereignty.The authors express fears that his daughter Sara Duterte–the Philippines' current vice president–may revive his pro-China policies if elected in 2028. She opposes US missiles like the Typhon; never criticizes Chinese aggression, and repeats his scare tactics about war. Unlike current President Ferdinand “BongBong” Marcos Jr., who pivoted back to the US, Sara lacks significant Western exposure. Her charisma, Duterte brand, and social media machine boost her chances, even amid a recent impeachment effort.The episode touches on the recent Marcos-Trump deal (which saw tariffs barely cut from 20% to 19%), divided reactions in the Philippines, and media bubbles. The authors explain that President Duterte's current ICC detention for drug war crimes has drawn sympathy, potentially aiding Sara's bid.A must-listen for insights on Philippine politics, US-China rivalry, South China Sea tensions, and Duterte's enduring legacy. Get the book on Amazon (ebook) or Ateneo Press. Follow guests on Facebook, LinkedIn, or X.

Audio Siar Keluar Sekejap Episod 166 dibuka dengan promosi Ombak Festival 2025 di Desaru Coast pada 12–14 September. KJ dan Shahril bersama tetamu Karina Ridzuan (CEO Interim DRH) membincangkan pelancongan berasaskan pengalaman, potensi Desaru sebagai destinasi serantau, barisan artis antarabangsa dan ASEAN, aktiviti keluarga, tawaran gastronomi, serta usaha memastikan manfaat ekonomi turut dinikmati komuniti setempat.Segmen antarabangsa mengulas perkembangan di Gaza susulan pengumuman Perancis, UK dan Kanada untuk mengiktiraf Palestin. KS membincangkan perubahan pendirian blok Barat akibat tekanan awam dan liputan krisis kemanusiaan, namun mempersoalkan sama ada langkah ini mampu mengubah pendirian Israel. Analisis turut menyentuh risiko Israel mempercepat pengusiran rakyat Palestin dan kepentingan memanfaatkan momentum sokongan global.Segmen ekonomi memberi tumpuan kepada rundingan tarif Malaysia–AS di era Trump, termasuk penurunan tarif daripada 25% ke 19%, pembelian tambahan pesawat Boeing oleh Malaysia Aviation Group, komitmen besar Petronas membeli LNG dari AS, pelaburan RM70 bilion di AS, serta risiko tarif 100% terhadap semikonduktor. Episod ini menilai sama ada konsesi yang diberi setimpal dengan manfaat diterima dan potensi kesan terhadap eksport negara. Episod ditutup dengan perbincangan kontroversi Rakan KKM bersama Azrul Mohd Khalib, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy. Skim ini membolehkan pesakit membayar untuk mempercepat prosedur elektif di hospital awam, namun dikritik kerana berpotensi mewujudkan sistem dua lapis, menambah beban petugas, dan menjejaskan prinsip kesaksamaan kesihatan awam.Ingin jenama anda dikenali oleh ribuan pendengar?Taja episod Keluar Sekejap 2025!Hubungi +6011-1919 1783 atau emel ke commercial@ksmedia.my.

- Tổng Bí thư Tô Lâm dự lễ kỷ niệm 80 năm Ngày Truyền thống ngành Tài chính Việt Nam và làm việc với Cục Cảnh sát hình sự, Bộ Công an.- Phát biểu tại Phiên họp toàn thể đặc biệt của Quốc hội  Angola, Chủ tịch nước Lương Cường mong muốn đưa quan hệ Việt Nam –  Angola trở thành hình mẫu, góp phần thúc đẩy hợp tác nhiều mặt giữa Việt Nam với các quốc gia châu Phi anh em.- Chủ trì Phiên họp lần thứ 13 Hội đồng Thi đua – Khen thưởng Trung ương, Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính nêu rõ, phải tổ chức khen thưởng kịp thời các thành tích đặc biệt, tạo khí thế mới nhân các sự kiện trọng đại của đất nước.  - Đài Tiếng nói Việt Nam khánh thành và gắn biển trạm phát sóng FM Phia Oắc, Cao Bằng. Đây là một trong hai công trình của Đảng bộ Đài Tiếng nói Việt Nam chào mừng Đại hội Đảng bộ các cấp, Đại hội đại biểu Chính phủ lần thứ nhất nhiệm kỳ 2025-2030, đồng thời là công trình kỷ niệm 80 năm Ngày thành lập Đài Tiếng nói Việt Nam.- ASEAN kỷ niệm 58 năm thành lập, nhấn mạnh cam kết hòa nhập và bền vững.- Nga và Mỹ xác nhận một cuộc gặp thượng đỉnh vào tuần tới giữa Tổng thống  Vladimir Putin và Tổng thống Donald Trump, để thúc đẩy giải pháp chính trị cho xung đột tại Ucraina.

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pWotD Episode 3019: Thailand Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 333,468 views on Thursday, 7 August 2025 our article of the day is Thailand.Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula. It is officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam, the official name until 1939. With a population of almost 66 million, it spans 513,115 square kilometres (198,115 sq mi). Thailand is bordered to the northwest by Myanmar, to the northeast and east by Laos, to the southeast by Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the southwest by the Andaman Sea; it also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the state capital and largest city.Thai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 6th to 11th centuries. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire, and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na, and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, which became a regional power by the end of the 15th century. Ayutthaya reached its peak during the 18th century, until it was destroyed in the Burmese–Siamese War. King Taksin the Great quickly reunified the fragmented territory and established the short-lived Thonburi Kingdom (1767–1782), of which he was the only king. He was succeeded in 1782 by Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I), the first monarch of the current Chakri dynasty. Throughout the era of Western imperialism in Asia, Siam remained the only state in the region to avoid colonisation by foreign powers, although it was often forced to make territorial, trade, and legal concessions in unequal treaties. The Siamese system of government was centralised and transformed into a modern unitary absolute monarchy during the 1868–1910 reign of Chulalongkorn (Rama V). In World War I, Siam sided with the Allies, a political decision made in order to amend the unequal treaties. Following a bloodless revolution in 1932, it became a constitutional monarchy and changed its official name to Thailand, becoming an ally of Japan in World War II. In the late 1950s, a military coup under Sarit Thanarat revived the monarchy's historically influential role in politics. During the Cold War, Thailand became a major non-NATO ally of the United States and played an anti-communist role in the region as a member of SEATO, which was disbanded in 1977.Apart from a brief period of parliamentary democracy in the mid-1970s and 1990s, Thailand has periodically alternated between democracy and military rule. Since the 2000s, the country has been in continual political conflict between supporters and opponents of twice-elected Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra, which resulted in two coups (in 2006 and 2014), along with the establishment of its current constitution, a nominally democratic government after the 2019 Thai general election, and large pro-democracy protests in 2020–2021, which included unprecedented demands to reform the monarchy. Since 2019, it has been nominally a parliamentary constitutional monarchy; in practice, however, structural advantages in the constitution have ensured the military's continued influence in politics.Thailand is a middle power in global affairs and a founding member of ASEAN. It has the second-largest economy in Southeast Asia and the 23rd-largest in the world by PPP, and it ranks 29th by nominal GDP. Thailand is classified as a newly industrialised economy, with manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism as leading sectors.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:38 UTC on Friday, 8 August 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Thailand on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Geraint.

書籍「グローバル・マーケティングの基本」の詳しい情報はこちら、https://spydergrp.com/lp_book/ 森辺一樹の新刊「ASEAN６における販売チャネル戦略」は、こちら、https://spydergrp.com/lp_book_asean6/ スパイダー・イニシアティブのホームページなら、番組内容がテキストでも読めます。詳しくはこちら https://spydergrp.com/spyderchannel/ Podcast『森辺一樹のグローバル・マーケティング　〜すべてはアジアで売るために〜』は、こちら https://spydergrp.com/podcasts/ 番組へのお問い合わせ、ご質問、ご感想はこちら https://spydergrp.com/inquiry/ 718.mp4

「OECD報告書、東南アジア・東アジアのプラスチック汚染は2050年に倍増以上と予測。野心的政策で漏出を95%削減可能と提言」　経済協力開発機構（OECD）は7月30日、東南アジア・東アジア地域（ASEAN+3）のプラスチック汚染に関する包括的な報告書「Regional Plastics Outlook for Southeast and East Asia」を発表した。The post OECD報告書、東南アジア・東アジアのプラスチック汚染は2050年に倍増以上と予測。野心的政策で漏出を95%削減可能と提言 first appeared on サステナビリティ・ESG金融・投資メディア - HEDGE GUIDE.

This week -  the patronage politics of pardon power plays; a test to freedom of expression from cartoon pirates; funding cooperatives from the accumulated deficit-financing surplus (Sal); and a listener's question on good sources for analysis of the ASEAN-wide political economy.It takes a lot of money to run a podcast. You need subscription fees for hosting, audio recording services, editor's salary and music licensing. Luckily, you, estemeed listeners of Reformasi Dispatch podcast can help us.You can donate to us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasi and help us grow!

- Chủ tịch nước Lương Cường thăm và phát biểu chính sách tại trụ sở Liên đoàn Arập ở Ai Cập. Đây là lần đầu tiên lãnh đạo cấp cao Đảng và Nhà nước ta phát biểu tại đây- Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính yêu cầu chậm nhất đến năm 2027, nước ta phải thiết kế, chế tạo một số chip bán dẫn cần thiết.- Việt Nam lần đầu làm chủ tuyến cáp quang quốc tế khi Tập đoàn Bưu chính Viễn thông khai trương tuyến cáp quang trên đất liền, kết nối từ Đà Nẵng đến các trung tâm dữ liệu lớn trong khu vực ASEAN, giúp Internet trong nước giảm phụ thuộc vào cáp quang biển- Hệ thống điện quốc gia ghi nhận mức tiêu thụ kỷ lục do nắng nóng- Hàn Quốc tiếp tục cụ thể hóa các nỗ lực “hạ nhiệt” quan hệ với Triều Tiên- Trung Quốc ra mắt máy tính hoạt động giống não người, với cấu hình lớn nhất thế giới

In this week's episode of ASEAN Speaks, our host Thilan unpacks the STI's rebound after a six-day losing streak, supported by signs that Singapore may avoid major fallout from Trump's new tariffs. He discusses how this could revive interest in domestic sectors like construction, safe-haven flows, and capital returns.Hussaini comes on to shares his views on Sheng Siong after a slower 2Q, and dives into Grab's outlook, focusing on autonomous vehicles and their strategic potential across ASEAN.From Thailand, Boonyakorn initiates on Thai Airways as it resumes trading after five years, breaking down the turnaround, competitive risks, and his bullish call. Explaining why he expects a 200% upside.OCBC's 2Q results come under the microscope, with Thilan explaining the cautious stance amid weakening net interest income and uncertain capital returns following the SGD1.4bn Great Eastern investment.Finally, Thilan highlights Capitaland Ascott Trust's major Tokyo asset divestment at a 100% premium. He goes through why Krishna, our REITs analyst remains bullish as management maintains their outlook for the year.Edited by Lucia, Xuan Hao, Dion, Bruce

書籍「グローバル・マーケティングの基本」の詳しい情報はこちら、https://spydergrp.com/lp_book/ 森辺一樹の新刊「ASEAN６における販売チャネル戦略」は、こちら、https://spydergrp.com/lp_book_asean6/ スパイダー・イニシアティブのホームページなら、番組内容がテキストでも読めます。詳しくはこちら https://spydergrp.com/spyderchannel/ Podcast『森辺一樹のグローバル・マーケティング　〜すべてはアジアで売るために〜』は、こちら https://spydergrp.com/podcasts/ 番組へのお問い合わせ、ご質問、ご感想はこちら https://spydergrp.com/inquiry/ 717.mp4

VOV1 - Bộ trưởng Du lịch Philippines Christina Frasco cho biết, Philippines đăng cai Hội nghị cấp cao ASEAN và các cuộc họp liên quan vào năm 2026. Philippines sẽ ủng hộ các nỗ lực thiết lập một hệ thống thị thực thống nhất giữa các nước thành viên ASEAN.

Membahas analisis di balik konflik Thailand-Kamboja, peran ASEAN, dan pasifnya Indonesia. Bersama Kenzie Ryvantya.

VOV1 - Thái Lan tiếp tục khẳng định vai trò dẫn đầu khu vực ASEAN trong ngành công nghiệp xe điện (EV) với số lượng đăng ký xe điện mới đạt hơn 57.000 chiếc trong nửa đầu năm 2025, tăng 52% so với cùng kỳ 2024.

What are some of the key mechanisms for avoiding conflict? Why is ASEAN a key player in preventive diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific region? What challenges are faced in trying to prevent conflict in the region? And what role does Australia play? In this episode, Bec Strating, Huong Le Thu and Collin Koh join Rory Medcalf to delve into the complexities of conflict prevention in the Indo-Pacific region, emphasising the role of ASEAN, Australia and other partners.Rebecca (Bec) Strating FAIIA is the Director of La Trobe Asia and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University. She is also an Expert Associate at the ANU National Security College (NSC).Dr Huong Le Thu is Deputy Director of Asia at the International Crisis Group – a conflict prevention organisation. She is also an Expert Associate at NSC.Dr Collin Koh is Senior Fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies and an Expert Associate at NSC.Professor Rory Medcalf AM FAIIA is Head of NSC. His professional experience spans more than three decades across diplomacy, intelligence analysis, think tanks, journalism and academia.TRANSCRIPTShow notes· NSC academic programs – study with us· Preventing conflict in our region: options for Australian statecraft· ASEAN Community Vision 2045· COLREGSWe'd love to hear from you! Send in your questions, comments, and suggestions to NatSecPod@anu.edu.au. You can tweet us @NSC_ANU and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

-  Bộ Công an hoàn thành xây tặng gần 6.400 căn nhà cho hộ nghèo khu vực Tây Nguyên.-  Ra mắt nền tảng ứng dụng giúp người lao động có nguyện vọng đi làm việc ở nước ngoài tiếp cận trực tiếp với nguồn tin tuyển dụng.- Bộ Chỉ huy Quân sự tỉnh Đồng Nai tiếp nhận 85 công dân Việt Nam liên quan hoạt động lừa đảo từ Campuchia .- 18 quốc gia thành viên EU đã nộp đơn vay tổng cộng 127 tỷ euro nhằm tăng cường chi tiêu quốc phòng.- Tổng thống Mỹ Đonal Trump thông báo áp mức thuế 25% với hàng hóa xuất khẩu của Ấn Độ từ 1/8

A trade deal reached on Sunday between the United States and the European Union has sparked controversy among European officials, businesspeople and analysts — despite both sides hailing it as a step toward restoring "trade balance "and promoting fairer commerce.美国和欧盟周日达成的一项贸易协议在欧洲官员、商界人士和分析人士中引发了争议，尽管双方都称赞这是恢复“贸易平衡”和促进更公平商业的一步。At the heart of the debate is the deal's asymmetry: The US will lower tariffs on EU goods to 15 percent, while the EU has agreed not to impose additional tariffs on US products.争论的核心是该协议的不对称性：美国将把欧盟商品的关税降至15%，而欧盟已同意不对美国产品征收额外关税。French Minister for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad described the agreement as "unbalanced", though he acknowledged it would "bring temporary stability to economic actors threatened by the escalation of American tariffs".法国欧洲事务部长本杰明·哈达德称该协议“不平衡”，尽管他承认该协议将“为受美国关税升级威胁的经济行为体带来暂时的稳定”。German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said, "We have thus managed to preserve our fundamental interests, even if I would have wished for more relief in trans-Atlantic trade."德国总理弗里德里希·默茨说：“因此，我们设法维护了我们的根本利益，即使我希望在跨大西洋贸易中得到更多缓解。”Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the agreement "ensures stability" and that the 15 percent tariff level is "sustainable", especially if it is not added to previous duties.意大利总理Giorgia Meloni表示，该协议“确保了稳定”，15%的关税水平是“可持续的”，特别是如果不将其添加到以前的关税中。Olivier Blanchard, a Robert Solow professor of economics emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, called the agreement "completely unequal", saying the "asymmetric 15 percent tariffs are an EU defeat".麻省理工学院Robert Solow经济学荣誉退休教授Olivier Blanchard称该协议“完全不平等”，称“不对称的15%关税是欧盟的失败”。"When the law of the jungle prevails, the weak have little choice than to accept their fate," he wrote on X. "But Europe could potentially have been strong, either alone or in a coalition with others. It would have had to be ready for stormy waters. But it would have gotten a better deal in the end and sent a strong message to the world. An opportunity lost."“当丛林法则盛行时，弱者别无选择，只能接受自己的命运，”他在X上写道。“但欧洲本可以强大，无论是单独还是与其他国家结盟。它必须为风暴做好准备。但最终它会得到更好的协议，并向世界发出强烈的信息。失去了一个机会。”Bernard Dewit, chairman of the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, voiced concern over the 15 percent baseline US tariff on EU goods, "particularly in light of Europe's broader economic and trade interests".比利时中国商会主席Bernard Dewit对美国对欧盟商品征收15%的基准关税表示担忧，“特别是考虑到欧洲更广泛的经济和贸易利益”。"Such a move risks escalating trans-Atlantic trade tensions and could undermine the stability and predictability that European businesses rely on," he told China Daily.他告诉《中国日报》：“此举有可能加剧跨大西洋贸易紧张局势，并可能破坏欧洲企业所依赖的稳定性和可预测性。”。"European exporters, including many in Belgium, operate in highly integrated global supply chains. The imposition of a blanket tariff will inevitably increase costs, reduce competitiveness and possibly prompt retaliatory measures — ultimately hurting consumers and small- and medium-sized enterprises on both sides of the Atlantic."“欧洲出口商，包括比利时的许多出口商，在高度一体化的全球供应链中运营。征收一揽子关税将不可避免地增加成本，降低竞争力，并可能引发报复措施，最终损害大西洋两岸的消费者和中小型企业。”Dewit urged Europe to further diversify its trade relationships. "Strengthening ties with dynamic markets such as China, ASEAN, and Africa becomes increasingly strategic," he said.德维特敦促欧洲进一步实现贸易关系多样化。他说：“加强与中国、东盟和非洲等充满活力的市场的联系变得越来越具有战略意义。”。Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade, described the US-EU deal as "lopsided".欧洲议会国际贸易委员会主席贝恩德·兰格将美欧协议描述为“一边倒”。"My first assessment: not satisfactory," he wrote on X. "Concessions have clearly been made that are difficult to accept. Deal with significant imbalance."“我的第一个评估是：不令人满意，”他在X上写道。“显然已经做出了难以接受的让步。处理严重的不平衡。”According to the published details of the agreement, the EU has pledged to purchase $750 billion worth of US energy and commit an additional $600 billion in US investments.根据已公布的协议细节，欧盟已承诺购买价值7500亿美元的美国能源，并承诺向美国额外投资6000亿美元。The scale of the deal has left many European analysts stunned. Qin Yan, a principal analyst at ClearBlue Markets in Norway, told China Daily that every energy market expert she is talking with is busy calculating how much US energy the EU would need to buy to reach such a harsh number.这笔交易的规模让许多欧洲分析人士感到震惊。挪威ClearBlue Markets的首席分析师秦燕告诉《中国日报》，与她交谈的每一位能源市场专家都在忙着计算欧盟需要购买多少美国能源才能达到如此苛刻的数字。Clyde Russell, an Asia commodities and energy columnist for Reuters, noted: "Putting together the value of EU imports of US crude oil, LNG and metallurgical coal gives a 2024 total of around $64.55 billion.路透社亚洲大宗商品和能源专栏作家Clyde Russell指出：“将欧盟进口的美国原油、液化天然气和冶金煤的价值加起来，2024年的总价值约为645.5亿美元。"This is about 26 percent of the $250 billion the EU is supposed to spend on US energy a year under the framework agreement."“这大约是欧盟根据框架协议每年应在美国能源上花费2500亿美元的26%。”Qin likened the deal to "visiting a small cafe around the street corner and booking a banquet big enough for 1,000 tables of guests".秦将这笔交易比作“参观街角的一家小咖啡馆，预订一场足以容纳1000桌客人的宴会”。"My concern is that the commitment to US energy purchases should not undermine the EU's climate goal," she said.她说：“我担心的是，美国购买能源的承诺不应破坏欧盟的气候目标。”。lopsidedn.不平衡，/ˌlɒpˈsaɪdɪd/baselinen.基础/ˈbeɪslaɪn/

ว่ากันว่าชนวนความตึงเครียดระหว่างไทย-กัมพูชาระลอกนี้อาจเกี่ยวกับมาตรการของทางการไทยที่รุกปราบ ‘กิจการกาสิโนสีเทา' ตามแนวชายแดน จนสั่นสะเทือนถึงกระเป๋าเงินและอำนาจของ ฮุน เซน ถึงขั้นที่ว่าอาจทำให้ระบอบต้องล่มสลายลง! อุตสาหกรรมหลอกลวงออนไลน์ในกัมพูชาเกี่ยวพันกับตระกูลฮุนจริงไหม และมีนักธุรกิจ-นักการเมืองชั้นนำคนไหนที่อาจพาเราสาวถึงบอสใหญ่ได้บ้าง ASEAN บ่มีไกด์ตอนนี้ชวนเปิดหน้าเครือข่ายทุนเทากัมพูชาที่เชื่อว่ากำลังเป็นเสาค้ำระบอบฮุน เซน ดำเนินรายการโดย เบน – วงศ์พันธ์ อมรินทร์เทวา

Send us a textMoe Mylint Than is a student at Clatsop Community College pursuing an associate of arts Oregon transfer degree she was originally from Myanmar one of the Southeast Asia countries where there is a lot of civil war going on. However she studied bachelor of education for five years in Yangon university of education in Myanmar. Due to the military coup everything changed and she had no chance of continuing her education there. The coup shut down the universities and arrested the students who spoke out against the dictatorship and she was one of them.She moved to the United states to continue her education here though there have been so many differences in lifestyle, language barriers, and cultural diversities. She's personally participated in various international programs including ASEAN called the Japan East Asia network of exchange for students and youths in Japan in 2019 where she learned a lot of about natural disaster awareness. She was also the first runner up in the universities open debate tournament in 2019 and had the opportunity to host panel discussions on women empowerment in digital literacy and English roundtable discussions among the universities.She was also a delegate at model ASEAN meetings Myanmar where she discussed issues and solutions her goal is to become a qualified teacher who trains teachers and develops effective education systems in underdeveloped countries particularly.In Myanmar she aims to support young children in refugee camps and promote inclusion and equitable societies worldwide.To achieve this she's planning to pursue a bachelor of education of transfer program at Pacific university in Forest Grove OR in the fall term 2025 where she'll learn from professors and educators while sharing her own cultural knowledge and values and giving awareness about the education opportunities to the vulnerable people and creating a better and empathetic society. Subscribe to the Women of the Northwest podcast for inspiring stories and adventures.Find me on my website: jan-johnson.com

Send us a textTensions erupted along the Thai-Cambodia border as five days of skirmishing caused 32 deaths. Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia sat down with the Thai and Cambodian PMs; ASEAN centrality shone as he brokered a ceasefire. The next day he visited Prabowo and addressed the ASEAN Secretariat.Prabowo gives an hour-long speech at PSI, talking about elephants; the new PSI logo, his commitment to elephant conservation, all while omitting the elephant in the room: Trump's lopsided tariff negotiation with Indonesia.Also, Hasto Kristianto, former Secretary General of PDI-P was found guilty of corruption in Harun Masiku's case and sentenced to four and a half years.It takes a lot of money to run a podcast. You need subscription fees for hosting, audio recording services, editor's salary and music licensing. Luckily, you, estemeed listeners of Reformasi Dispatch podcast can help us.You can donate to us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasi and help us grow!

- Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính yêu cầu chậm nhất tới ngày 30/8/2026 hoàn thành việc xây dựng 100 trường học  tại 100 xã biên giới trên đất liền.- Chủ tịch Quốc hội Trần Thanh Mẫn gặp gỡ cộng đồng người Việt Nam tại Thụy Sĩ nhân chuyến tham dự Hội nghị các Chủ tịch Quốc hội thế giới lần thứ 6 và tiến hành các hoạt động song phương tại đây.- Hôm nay, tròn 30 năm Việt Nam gia nhập Hiệp hội các quốc gia Đông Nam Á (ASEAN). Sau 3 thập kỷ, Việt Nam đã có tiếng nói và vị thế quan trọng hàng đầu trong khối với vai trò kiến tạo và định hình tương lai khu vực.- Trong bối cảnh giao tranh bước sang ngày thứ 5, sáng nay, Thủ tướng Campuchia Hun Manet lên đường sang Malaysia để tham dự cuộc họp với người đồng cấp Thái Lan vào chiều nay.- Mỹ và EU đạt thỏa thuận khung về thương mại lớn chưa từng có, chấm dứt nhiều tháng căng thẳng./.

- Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính yêu cầu các bộ, ngành, địa phương triển khai chiến dịch thần tốc xây dựng 100 trường nội trú tại 100 xã biên giới theo kết luận của Bộ Chính trị.- Chủ tịch Quốc hội Trần Thanh Mẫn gặp gỡ cán bộ, nhân viên Phái đoàn Việt Nam tại Liên hợp quốc và các tổ chức quốc tế tại Geneva, Đại sứ quán và cộng đồng người Việt Nam tại Thụy Sỹ- Mỹ và EU đạt thỏa thuận thương mại, bao gồm mức thuế cơ bản 15% đối với hàng hóa của EU xuất khẩu sang Mỹ-  Syria dự kiến tổ chức bầu cử quốc hội vào tháng 9 tới – sự kiện được xem là sẽ đặt nền móng cho một tiến trình dân chủ rộng lớn hơn.

VOV1 - Ngày 28/7/1995, Việt Nam chính thức trở thành thành viên của ASEAN - dấu mốc quan trọng trong tiến trình hội nhập khu vực và quốc tế của đất nước.

VOV1 - Hôm nay - 28/7 đánh dấu tròn 30 năm Việt Nam chính thức gia nhập Hiệp hội các quốc gia Đông Nam Á (ASEAN) - (28/7/1995 - 28/7/2025) - một bước ngoặt lớn trong chính sách đối ngoại, là dấu mốc quan trọng trong tiến trình hội nhập khu vực và quốc tế của Việt Nam.

VOV1 - Chúc mừng Việt Nam nhân kỷ niệm 30 năm gia nhập ASEAN (28/7/1995-28/7/2025), Đại sứ Singapore Jaya Ratnam nhấn mạnh, “việc Việt Nam gia nhập ASEAN đã tạo động lực cho đoàn kết và ổn định của khu vực”. 

VOV1 - Đại sứ New Zealand Caroline Beresford nhấn mạnh, trong 30 năm qua, Việt Nam tích cực đóng vai trò dẫn dắt, kết nối không chỉ các thành viên trong khối mà cả quan hệ giữa ASEAN và các đối tác bên ngoài; góp phần thúc đẩy các mục tiêu của ASEAN về phát triển và hội nhập kinh tế khu vực. 

VOV1 - “Chúng tôi tin tưởng rằng, với sự lãnh đạo của Tổng Bí thư Tô Lâm, trong kỷ nguyên mới, Việt Nam sẽ tiếp tục và thậm chí là đóng vai trò lớn hơn trong tiến trình phát triển của ASEAN”

VOV1 - “Việt Nam nổi bật như một cầu nối đáng tin cậy, nhà đổi mới chính sách và nhân tố ổn định trong khu vực. Với sức mạnh kinh tế ngày càng lớn, Việt Nam sẽ là nhân tố quan trọng trong việc định hình một ASEAN kiên cường, năng động và bao trùm vào năm 2045.

Episode #369: “I promised Aung San Suu Kyi and committed myself to work for democracy and human rights in the country as long as necessary. And still it is necessary!” So says Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway and a longtime supporter of Myanmar's democratic struggle. In this conversation, he reflects on his decades of advocacy for Myanmar, from a surreptitious 1997 visit to Yangon where he first met Suu Kyi, to his post-retirement work at the Oslo Center, which he co-founded to support democratic institutions globally. Bondevik describes Norway's strategy toward Myanmar as one of principled engagement: opposing the junta while supporting civil society and political parties. Though optimistic during Myanmar's tentative liberalization in the 2010s, he now concedes that Norway and others may have placed too much faith in the reform of Myanmar's transition period. The military's lurking presence was underestimated, ultimately culminating in the 2021 coup. Acknowledging the diplomatic dilemma around formally recognizing the National Unity Government, Bondevik calls for coordinated global action, combining pressure on the military with support for the democracy movement. He critiques ASEAN's passivity and highlights China's dual role—economically empowering the junta and holding sway over ethnic armed groups—as a major obstacle to international leverage. Yet he remains hopeful, urging Norway and others to sustain diplomatic efforts and keep Myanmar on the global agenda. “It's very easy to be pessimistic and to give up… but we know from history that it's possible to change the situation.”

Recent events have made it increasingly clear that India is utterly alone. I call this the Abhimanyu Syndrome, in honor of the teenaged Abhimanyu, who only knew how to enter the impregnable Chakravyuha, and who was then murdered, alone, against all Dharmic principles, by several powerful Maharathis.India's possible rise as an economic and military power is being resisted tooth and nail by the incumbent major powers. This is natural: all 'insurgent' powers face this problem. India's rise will need some paradigm shifts, which may or may not happen.China's rise was helped by two things: an industrial policy and inadvertent help by the US's managers and Wall Street who were seduced by the short-term appeal of the lower-cost 'China price'.The ruthless industrial policy is a result of China's civil services being full of engineers who understand the near term. In the long run, it may or may not succeed because of second-order effects such as population implosion, environmental ruin and skewed investment decisions.The US is now facing decline (and the EU has already begun a steep decline) for a variety of reasons, including natural cycles and the loss of comparative advantage in weaponry.In this context, I wish I knew what paradigm shift, if any, will propel India to a G3 slot, but the general global churn, new technologies, etc might create an opportunity. In the meantime, India has to struggle alone, against a mass of hostile powers.I read an article in a Sri Lankan newspaper that painted India as a tyrant, but China as a benevolent friend dispensing largesse. Yes, the same China that has grabbed Hambantota! And it called for a new SAARC, one minus India. This is the kind of propaganda that China and Pakistan are rolling out in the Indian subcontinent.China has every reason to want to kneecap India, the only Asian power that can (and hopefully will) challenge its hegemonistic pretensions. Even the US doesn't: Obama anointed China as the guardian/manager, if not owner, of 'South Asia'. Spheres of influence, you see.The US, in general, has been a disappointment. Many Indians expected, after Biden's antics with Yunus in Bangladesh, that Trump would be more in tune with Indian interests, partly because the US and India both need to keep China in check, and Trump wants to move more manufacturing out of China.But that has clearly not happened. Instead, India has been in Trump's gunsights over trade (although India's surplus is small, and agricultural items that the US wants to sell are a serious no-no for India). Their embrace of Pakistan during and after Operation Sindoor has been inexplicable unless Trump has adopted pure Deepstate policy.India cannot be a Chinese vassal (although it is in BRICS) and it doesn't want to be an American vassal though it's in the Quad (its ties with Russia and strategic autonomy are too important). Thus India is squeezed; for instance, the recent threat by some NATO muckity-muck to impose Russia-related sanctions was sinister.This could be both good and bad. Let's face it, nobody likes a rising power (see Thucydides Trap). While the Sri Lankan paper glorifies China, let us remember that China has territorial disputes with literally every one of its neighbors, and most of ASEAN is deathly scared of them. That comes from hard power. If SAARC or G20 or somebody is worried about India, that is a good sign that home-grown military power is noticeable.Everyone complains that India is not loyal to them. BRICS boosters grumble that India is a Western ‘mole' that is preventing them from toppling the dollar and making the US irrelevant. Conversely, the Anglosphere complains that India is not sufficiently committed to them, as in not toeing their Ukraine line. This is as it should be: multi-alignment means India is not beholden to anybody, but will pursue its selfish interests first and foremost.This is qualitatively different from the late lamented ‘non-alignment' of Nehruvian days, which meant everybody disliked India for its moral posturing. Multi-alignment means India will engage with everybody, on its own terms. With the US, for technology and trade. With Russia, for weapons and oil. Even with China, despite China being India's staunchest enemy, for electronic components. And even with perfidious Britain, as in the just-concluded FTA, which I personally consider pointless.Thus the splendid isolation is a back-handed compliment: the rest of the world is anticipating the rise of India as a superpower; and superpowers have no friends, only interests. And remember, Abhimanyu died, yes, but his side won overwhelmingly.780 words, 22 Jul 2025 updated 25 Jul 2025 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe

Following a number of trade deals announced in the last week, financial markets seem to be taking the news in a positive manner with equity markets continuing to edge higher and bond yields remaining in fairly narrow ranges. However, one bond market that has stood out is Germany where yields have jumped following hawkish ECB commentary after their July rate meeting, which we discuss in this episode alongside the potential EU-US trade deal. We also discuss the US implications of trade deals, preview the FOMC decision and US labour market data, both of which are due next week. In Asia, we focus on trade developments in India and ASEAN, the Japan upper house election, and the US-Japan trade deal. Chapters: US: 01:54, EMEA: 10:29, Asia: 15:05,  Japan: 22:13.

- Trao bằng Di sản Tư liệu Thế giới của UNESCO cho gia đình cố nhạc sĩ Hoàng Vân, một dấu mốc đặc biệt ghi nhận đóng góp to lớn của ông đối với nền âm nhạc Việt Nam.- Thêm 1.000 mái ấm sẽ được dựng lên tại Thái Nguyên, góp phần hiện thực hóa mục tiêu không để ai bị bỏ lại phía sau.- Tại Nghệ An, lũ vẫn ở mức cao khiến 24 xã với gần 80 nghìn người bị cô lập. Lực lượng chức năng và chính quyền địa phương đang khẩn trương hỗ trợ, tiếp tế lương thực cho người dân vùng lũ.- Nhiều quốc gia thành viên khối ASEAN kêu gọi Thái Lan và Campuchia giải quyết bất đồng một cách hòa bình, trên cơ sở luật pháp quốc tế.- Ngân hàng Trung ương Châu Âu giữ nguyên lãi suất, chờ đợi kết quả đàm phán thuế quan với Mỹ.- Đội tuyển U23 Việt Nam tự tin trước cuộc đối đầu chiều nay với đội tuyển U23 Philippin tại vòng bán kết Giải vô địch bóng đá U23 Đông Nam Á.

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Episode #367: In this episode, we hear from two compelling voices grappling with the human and political costs of authoritarianism in Southeast Asia. Raoul Manuel, the youngest elected member of the Philippine Congress, describes how his work on education reform and youth rights intersects with a broader transnational resistance against repressive leadership. He draws on his experience in grassroots organizing and progressive legislation to explain how state violence, economic injustice, and environmental crises are linked across borders. For Manuel, democratic engagement must be paired with community action, especially as governments increasingly retreat from human rights responsibilities. Looking ahead to the Philippines' upcoming ASEAN chairmanship, he remains skeptical of official rhetoric and stresses that real accountability will come only through persistent pressure from civil society. Han Htoo Khant Paing, a former student activist turned educator, provides a sobering reflection on Myanmar's ongoing crisis. Since fleeing the country after the 2021 coup, Han Htoo has helped displaced youth continue their education. But his outlook is grim: he sees no viable resolution in the near future and believes ASEAN's Five-Point Consensus has been irrelevant from the start. He calls instead for pragmatic, human-centered approaches—reducing suffering, cutting arms flows, and documenting atrocities. Han Htoo also challenges the resistance to evolve, urging a move from radical means to sustainable strategies. In revisiting an earlier statement in which he welcomed the coup for exposing democratic illusions, he now expresses deep regret, acknowledging the overwhelming loss and trauma that has followed. “To give up is unthinkable,” he insists, even as sorrow and exhaustion weigh heavily on his words.

当番組は、森辺一樹がグローバル・マーケティングを分かりやすく解説するPodcast番組です。 ビジネスパーソンを対象に、アジア新興国を中心としたグローバルビジネスに関する様々なナレッジやノウハウを番組ナビゲーターと共にお届けしております。 新刊はこちら » https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/449565019X 定期セミナーはこちら » https://spydergrp.com/seminars/ global_vol1213.mp3

ในยุคที่โลกหมุนเร็วและทุกอย่างเปลี่ยนแปลงตลอดเวลา การปรับตัวได้เร็วคือ ‘หัวใจของนักลงทุน' วันนี้ เศรษฐกิจโลกกำลังอยู่ในช่วงหัวเลี้ยวหัวต่อที่สำคัญ ท่ามกลางบริบทโลกใหม่ ทั้งนโยบายของชาติมหาอำนาจ สงครามการค้า นโยบายภาษีและมาตรการ Reshoring ที่กระตุ้นให้หลายประเทศดึงอุตสาหกรรมหลักกลับบ้านเกิด ตลอดจนความท้าทายจากแนวโน้ม Decoupling ที่กำลังแบ่งโลกเศรษฐกิจออกเป็นกลุ่มใหญ่ๆ อย่างชัดเจน คำถามสำคัญคือ ท่ามกลางความเปลี่ยนแปลงนี้ โอกาสของ Global South, ASEAN และไทยในซัพพลายเชนโลกใหม่อยู่ตรงไหน เทรนด์โลกและทิศทางการไหลของเงินทุนจะเป็นอย่างไร รวมถึงไทยจะเข้าไปอยู่ในซัพพลายเชนโลกใหม่อย่างไร เพื่อไม่ให้ตกขบวนหรือกลายเป็น ‘คนป่วยแห่งเอเชีย' ที่ถูกโลกใหม่ทิ้งไว้ข้างหลัง ทั้งหมดนี้ติดตามได้จากคู่มือนักลงทุนเพื่อรับมือความเสี่ยง พร้อมรับโอกาสใหม่ๆ ใน รายการ DECODING THE WORLD: ถอดรหัสโลกสัปดาห์นี้ซึ่งสนับสนุนโดย UOB Privilege Banking

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“You will see LCC fleet sizes increasing, and you'll see them operating longer routes into East Asia, Central Asia and even into Eastern and Western Europe." More than 50% of available flight seats on any given day in South East Asia are provided by low-cost carriers (LCCs). Budget airlines have played a vital role in rebuilding regional air travel and tourism in ASEAN and Asia Pacific since the prolonged Covid border closures. Now, with ASEAN into its fourth year since reopening, LCCs are being emboldened to expand their route networks and stretch the geographic reach for passengers - with the help of advancements in aircraft technology and AI tools to improve operational efficiencies. This week, Gary is joined by Kuala Lumpur-based Shantanu Gangakedkhar, Senior Consultant, Aerospace & Defense, at Frost & Sullivan, to assess the outlook for low-cost air travel in South East Asia, North East Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East and beyond. En route, we discuss a range of pertinent issues from pricing and fierce market competition to air traffic management and the LCC market potential of South East Asia's tier-2 and tier 3 cities. Plus, we address the exit of Jetstar Asia from Singapore, ongoing aircraft supply chain challenges, and the current and potential impacts for the airline industry of US tariffs.

O ultimato apresentado por Donald Trump a Vladimir Putin, dando-lhe 50 dias para fechar um acordo de cessar-fogo na Ucrânia, sob pena de os Estados Unidos imporem tarifas de 100% e aprovarem sanções secundárias à Rússia, foi o tema principal do episódio desta semana do podcast Diplomatas. A jornalista Teresa de Sousa e o investigador Carlos Gaspar (IPRI-NOVA) analisaram a aparente mudança de postura do Presidente norte-americano, a também aparente desvalorização da ameaça pelo Kremlin e as dificuldades da União Europeia em aprovar mais um pacote (o 18.º) de sanções à Rússia. O périplo de Serguei Lavrov, ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros da Federação Russa, pelo mundo – no espaço de dez dias esteve nos BRICS, na ASEAN, na Cúpula do Leste Asiático, na Coreia do Norte, na China e na Organização para a Cooperação de Xangai – também mereceu destaque. Para o final do episódio ficou a discussão sobre a promessa da Administração Trump, anunciada no passado fim-de-semana, de imposição de taxas alfandegárias de 30% à União Europeia a partir do dia 1 de Agosto. Texto de António Saraiva LimaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ASEAN nhiều thập niên qua chứng kiến sự thăng trầm của các gia tộc chính trị điển hình như nhà Marcos và Duterte ở Philippines, gia tộc Widodo và Megawati ở Indonesia, gia tộc Shinawatra ở Thái lan, gia tộc Hunsen ở Campuchia. Nhưng tại sao thứ văn hóa chính trị này vẫn tồn tại tới nay?

President Donald Trump & First Lady Melania Trump travel to Kerrville, Texas to see firsthand the damage from the catastrophic floods that killed at least 120 in the state's Hill Country, with another 170 still missing, meeting with first responders and local officials and promising help to recover and rebuild; federal judge in Maryland indicates she will issue an order to protect Kilmar Abrego Garcia from being quickly deported again if the federal government tries to if Abrego Garcia is released from custody in Tennessee while he is await trial on human trafficking charge; Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets China's Foreign Minister for the first time on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, discussing tariffs and Indo-Pacific security issues; Secretary Rubio also asked about President Trump's announcement that the U.S. will send Ukraine weapons through the NATO military alliance and NATO will pay for them; White House Budget Director Russell Vought promises to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's handling of renovations at the Federal Reserve building in DC, which Vought calls a 'palace' with enormous cost overruns. Longtime DC media pundit and presidential adviser David Gergen has died at age 83. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Donald Trump visited Central Texas on July 11 for a first-hand look at damage from a devastating flood that claimed the lives of more than 120 people statewide, including more than 35 children. Trump received a briefing from local officials in Kerr County, Texas, and met with the relatives of victims.Secretary of State Marco Rubio says there is a "high probability" of a meeting between Trump and Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping. Rubio made the comments after his meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Malaysia at the ASEAN summit.New data from the Treasury Department show that surging tariff revenues in June helped the U.S. government post an unexpected budget surplus of $27 billion, offering a rare fiscal bright spot amid persistently high federal deficits and suggesting that Trump's tariff policies are becoming a significant source of government revenue.

Pasa el tiempo y Donald Trump sigue sin solucionar, como prometió antes de llegar a la Casa Blanca, la guerra de Ucrania. El líder estadounidense, que se jactó de poder poner fín a la invasión rusa en 24h y de su buena relación con Vladimir Putin, parece ahora estar cayendo en la cuenta de que el presidente ruso no tiene intención alguna de detener sus operaciones militares en territorio ucraniano.Hablaremos hoy también de un encuentro entre los responsables de la diplomacia de los EEUU y China en el marco de una reunión de la ASEAN.Tendremos como invitado al interprete gazatí Kayed Hammad, que ha logrado recientemente salir de Gaza. Nos contará su experiencia. Además, recordaremos la masacre de Sbrenica con un reportaje y haremos un breve repaso a otras noticias del día.Escuchar audio

At the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Foreign Minister Penny Wong expressed Australia's intention to further deepen its trade ties with ASEAN countries. In response to a series of incidents targeting Jewish institutions, there is growing public debate across the country amid calls for stronger measures against antisemitism. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump has said he is considering providing further arms to support Ukraine's defence. - ASEANの外相会議で、ペニー・ウォン外相は、オーストラリアとしてASEAN諸国との貿易関係をさらに深めたい考えを示しました。ユダヤ系施設を狙った一連の事件を受け、国内における反ユダヤ主義への対策強化が求められる中、各地で議論が高まっています。アメリカのドナルド・トランプ大統領は、ウクライナの防衛を支援するため、武器をさらに供与することを検討していると述べました。1週間を振り返るニュースラップです。

With at least 120 people dead and more missing in Central Texas, hopes of locating survivors are dwindling. The search and rescue operation is now shifting to the recovery phase. Kerr County officials said the number of missing also remained unchanged at 161.Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Malaysia on Thursday, as Russia continues to intensify its attacks on Ukraine. It was their second in-person meeting.

Can the EU strike a trade agreement with the Trump administration? Israel’s ultra-orthodox jews are drafted to fight, ASEAN foreign ministers meet in Malaysia and the global race to build more icebreakers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.