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Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 December 2023

The theme it has chosen for its chairmanship is ‘enhancing connectivity and resilience’. The reference to ‘resilience’ is apt, as Laos is attempting to manage severe economic…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 20 May 2022

While concerns remain that the project will worsen its external debt position, demand to use the line is strong, even though there are currently no onward services for passengers…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 3 November 2021

The new link has the potential to boost landlocked Laos’s economy markedly, especially as there are plans for it ultimately to form part of a ‘pan-Asian’ railway. However, there…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 14 May 2019

Left-wing extremism and governing instability in Nepal.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 26 August 2022

Laos’s critically low foreign exchange (forex) reserves, significant currency depreciation and high inflation are prompting many external observers to suggest that it could soon…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 1 April 2021

Phankham Viphavanh succeeds him as prime minister. The country’s reshuffled leadership is entrusted with handling complicated ties with China and Vietnam -- each of which looks to…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 July 2023

According to a debt sustainability analysis published by the IMF in May, Laos is in debt distress. Years of rapid growth in borrowing to fund infrastructure development…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 20 July 2020

Increased India-China friction has implications for several countries in South Asia, where the giant neighbours vie for influence.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 18 August 2022

Bangkok is both a partner to Beijing and a US treaty ally. Thailand occupies an important geostrategic location in South-east Asia, an increasingly key theatre in which the United…

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