SEAFIC Futurist Weekly #20
China aims to increase and bring forward engagement with ASEAN in order to enact the upgraded free trade agreement earlier, as both sides aim to...
Category : Insights
SEAFIC Futurist Weekly #19
Danantara Sumberdaya Indonesia's export monitoring platform launched on 1 September, placing coal, palm oil and ferro-alloy exports worth more than US$70 billion a year under...
Do not let the politics of division colonise our future
Every Merdeka and Malaysia Day, many in my and the older generation look back with pride at the founders of our nation. But 31 August...
SEAFIC Futurist Weekly #18
Singapore PM Lawrence Wong said Singapore will investigate companies suspected of using the city-state to evade US tariffs, as Washington increases scrutiny of transshipment and...
SEAFIC Futurist Weekly #17
Malaysia’s economy grew 6% in the second quarter, well ahead of advance estimates and forecasts, accompanied by a 57% surge in E&E exports as the...
The Urban Squeeze – Raising the Floor for Economic Security and Mobility
Headline numbers suggest progress, but urban households tell a different story: a complex, multidimensional squeeze of unpredictable costs, mismatched jobs and shrinking food choices is...
SEAFIC Futurist Weekly #16
The United States bought the Japanese yen for the first time in more than a decade as “a signal of friendship,” President Donald Trump said...
SEAFIC Futurist Weekly #15
Washington’s decision to invest in Southeast Asia’s future energy security serves both as a commercial interest and to address regional energy security...
SEAFIC Futurist Weekly #14
ASEAN member states and partner nations have wrapped up four days of talks in Manila. Maritime security concerns - from the Strait of Hormuz to...
We have raised the ‘ceiling’; Now we must raise the ‘floor’
GDP estimates indicated that Malaysia’s economy grew by 5.8 per cent in Q2 2026, from 5.4 per cent in Q1 2026, exceeding market expectations yet...