HomeAsialink InsightsAsialink InsightsCommentary and analysis from across the Indo-PacificFilter by placeAsia (general)BangladeshCambodiaChinaHong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanKoreaLaosMalaysiaMyanmarNorth KoreaPakistanPhilippinesSingaporeSri LankaTaiwanThailandTimor-LesteVietnam664 available resourcesClear all filtersInsightsShow all (555)What is left of the “people power” legacy in the Philippines?22 February 2026InsightsDiplomacyPhilippinesAvoiding the misgovernance trap: the tests for Bangladesh’s new ruling National Party20 February 2026InsightsDiplomacyBangladeshIndia’s game-changing digital money model19 February 2026InsightsDiplomacyIndiaWhy Bhumjaithai won16 February 2026InsightsDiplomacyThailandWhat is left of the “people power” legacy in the Philippines?22 February 2026Forty years ago this week, Filipinos took to the streets to oppose an unpopular president, creating a movement that would reverberate around the world—“people power”. But Mark R. Thompson argues that in the intervening decades nostalgia for authoritarian rule and an effective effort to rewrite history have sapped people power of its legacy.InsightsDiplomacyPhilippinesAvoiding the misgovernance trap: the tests for Bangladesh’s new ruling National Party20 February 2026Constitutional reform, strengthening the economy, and steadying relations with India are just some of the tests for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party after its sweeping victory in national elections, writes Reshad Ahsan. InsightsDiplomacyBangladeshIndia’s game-changing digital money model19 February 2026India's real-time payments system—the world’s largest—enables free transactions to all consumers and imposes negligible fees on small merchants. Rishi Suri writes that treating digital payments as public infrastructure, not as a premium private service, offers a model of financial inclusion for the entire developing world.InsightsDiplomacyIndiaWhy Bhumjaithai won16 February 2026Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul enjoyed the power of incumbency in Thailand’s elections. And Mathis Lohatepanont argues he used that advantage wisely—combining appeals to populism, nationalism and traditional establishment values. InsightsDiplomacyThailandShow all (555)
