Calestous Juma Honored with Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize
Calestous Juma, professor of the practice of international development and director of the Belfer Center's Science, Technology, and Globalization Project, was awarded the coveted Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize (LAAP) during a ceremony in the Akwa Ibom State in Uyo, Nigeria, on October 10, 2014.
Keeping EBOLA Away From ASIA: Lessons From SARS – ANALYSIS
Is East Asia prepared for an Ebola outbreak? Even with lessons from the SARS epidemic and the current cooperative mechanisms in place, the region cannot let its guard down in the face of a grave threat to global health security.
Anindya Bakrie: Jadi Pengusaha Seperti Lari Maraton
VIVAnews - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) PT Bakrie Global Ventura, Anindya Bakrie, mengatakan membangun sebuah usaha dan menjadi pengusaha sukses tidak semudah membalik telapak tangan. Membangun usaha juga harus melewati serangkaian hambatan, bahkan kegagalan.
Ukrainian Teams to Search MH17 Crash Site for Remains: Dutch TV
(Reuters) - Ukrainian search teams will comb the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which went down on July 17, and return human remains and belongings to the Netherlands, Dutch television reported.
Women’s sporting rights put Saudi Arabia and Iran on the defensive
The struggle for women’s rights to engage in and attend sport events has commanded increased attention with the hunger strike of a British-Iranian national incarcerated in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, the expected arrival in Saudi Arabia of Australian women fans for the Asian Champions League final, and the rare appearance of Saudi women in an all-male stadium in Abu Dhabi.
HK protests have roots in old and new social movements
The standoff is not a single-issue triggered mass event but the result of two strands of social mobilisation, which includes radicalised youth activism
Headlines in the mainstream media such as "Hong Kong's gone crazy", "Umbrella Revolution" and "Communist China's worst nightmare" have attracted widespread attention. They depict recent events in Hong Kong with spectacular images of riot police firing tear gas, protesters chanting and raising fists, and students camping on streets between Transformer-style skyscrapers and in the midst of subtropical thunderstorms.
Governing ASEAN E-Commerce Getting Cloudier – ANALYSIS
Big business has tapped into ASEAN’s burgeoning e-commerce market and regional governments have enacted measures to govern the Internet “cloud”. However institutional gaps remain and a region-wide legislation for e-commerce is required.
Europe’s Paralysis Problem
It is seductive to think that the Russian war in Ukraine—and NATO’s sluggish response—is a crisis wholly tied to Russian nationalism and power politics. But in reality, the current crisis is neither simply a function of personal leadership nor political decision-making. As this crisis slowly expands and escalates, we must look at the deeper and far more consequential forces at work upon which the future of Europe—and Ukraine—rest. Russian President Vladimir Putin deals in the currency of force and power. He has found the nations of Europe to be weak, self-indulgent, irresolute, and intestinally unfit for confrontation.
Indonesia in Transition: Impediments To Fuel Subsidy Reform – ANALYSIS
President-elect Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo is bracing himself to face policy challenges left behind by his predecessor, chief of which is the fuel subsidy issue. What impedes the reallocation of fuel subsidy funds and what are the possible solutions?
Terrorist Threats From The Maritime Domain: Singapore’s Response – ANALYSIS
Terrorist threats from the maritime domain are a recurring challenge around South and Southeast Asia even prior to the emergence of actors such as the Islamic State (IS) and Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). Singapore’s position as a hub for maritime trade and industries has required distinct initiatives to mitigate potential threats by terrorist organisations.