RCEP a feather in ASEAN’s cap Originally published in TheEdge Malaysia, 23 November – 29 November 2020. It is not often that the venerable BBC or the influential Financial Times would report on an
ASEAN needs to do more than just bounce along Originally published in TheEdge Malaysia, 19 October – 25 October 2020. ASEAN was in a sweet spot – the foreign investment destination of choice. It
Business-as-usual in ASEAN in COVID-19 crisis will result in heavy cost to life and economy Originally published in TheEdge Malaysia, 21 September – 27 September 2020. The most significant thing about the 28-page statement
Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid, Chairman of CIMB ASEAN Research Institute, spoke to Astro Awani in his capacity as the Chair of the COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Working Committee of the ASEAN Business
Why an ASEAN High Level Special Commission is needed Originally published in TheEdge Malaysia, 15 June – 21 June 2020. The ASEAN High Level Special Commission (AHLSC), proposed by the ASEAN Business Advisory Council
New Chair of ASEAN: Don’t Hold Your Breath Originally published in TheEdge Malaysia, 27 January – 2 February 2020. Every year, in alphabetical order, a member state takes over as chair of ASEAN. Thailand
ASEAN Collective Leadership Running on Empty Originally published in TheEdge Malaysia At the Bangkok ASEAN summit in June, the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) asked the region’s leaders to show greater collective political leadership
Hope in China’s New Silk Road Originally published in World Energy Magazine, N.43 edition. At the 2nd Belt and Road Forum (BRF) in Beijing at the end of April, attended by 150 countries, 37
Asean-China: Get Closer on BRI Originally published in TheEdge Malaysia, 10 – 16 December 2018 edition. At last month’s Asean and Asean Plus summits in Singapore, the Asean-China Strategic Partnership Vision 2030 was adopted.
Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid shares his views on the ongoing trade conflict between the United States and China on BFM Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid, chairman of the CIMB ASEAN Research Institute (CARI)