Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP

November 4, 2026

The Anti-Corruption Myth: NPP Faces Its Own Reckoning

Successive pre-Aragalaya governments appointed Presidential Commissions of Inquiry (PCoI) as well as various other committees for specific purposes to dissipate pressure from contentious issues. This despicable strategy was also used to divert

Editorials/Geopolitics

The Monster Is Falling, but Is America Entering a New Crisis?

Editorial As voting entered its most consequential moment, Donald Trump may have recognised the political damage awaiting his party. On Election Day, he announced that the United States would end its annual military aid to Israel by the end of

November 4, 2026

Lula and Sheinbaum Withdraw from Madrid Summit, Leaving Sánchez Isolated as Milei Attends

Geopolitics/World

The absence of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum from the 30th Ibero-American Summit in Madrid has dealt

Massive AfD Data Leak Exposes Donation Controversy, Russian Links and Far-Right Networks

Germany/World

A massive leak of internal communications from Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) has exposed a series of controversies involving alleged illegal political donations, the

Progress achieved, promise unfulfilled

October 21, 2026

Columns/Human Rights

Countries across Asia and the Pacific have made remarkable strides over the past three decades in tackling poverty through a combination of economic growth, government-led programmes and community-based initiatives. At the same

Empowering change and resilience: Social protection in the age of megatrends

September 19, 2024

Business/Human Rights

Social protection systems are essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, social protection is insufficient across Asia and the Pacific, and the region is at risk from megatrends: climate