ASEAN’s digital economy is expanding rapidly, with e-commerce, AI, data centres, and regional digital frameworks positioning the region for major growth by 2030. Yet this progress rests on a fragile foundation: ASEAN does not have enough digitally skilled workers to sustain the scale of its ambitions. Weak early digital education, uneven AI training, limited STEM…
Ian Wan of SSI speaks with Loren Brandt, Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto and one of the leading scholars on Chinese economic development. Professor Brandt has conducted extensive survey and field research across China and Vietnam, while contributing to academic and policy discussions on economic reform, industrialization, and productivity growth. Professor Brandt…
Jonathan Chin, SSI Editor-in-Chief, speaks to Brian Wong, Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. Brian’s research examines the ethics and dynamics of authoritarian regimes and their foreign policies, historical and colonial injustices, and the intersection of geopolitics, political and moral philosophy, and technology. As a geopolitical strategist, Brian briefs prominent MNCs,…
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