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1 – 10 of 13The road-and-rail project, which could end up costing around USD30bn, would link deep-water ports on either side of the Kra Isthmus, in effect connecting the Andaman Sea and the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285612
ISSN: 2633-304X
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280381
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Prospects for South-east Asia in 2023.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274246
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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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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272191
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This was his fifth visit to a South-east Asian neighbour since last November. In another development, in-person peace talks aimed at ending Thailand’s southern insurgency…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267959
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Chinese officials later clarified that no formal agreement had been reached, while both countries still claim the shoal. Nonetheless, the visit, in which Duterte repeated his…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214675
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270381
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Laos's new government and foreign relations.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB211074
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Lao and Vietnamese cooperation in infrastructure development and Laos's prospects as an inland trade hub.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB221405
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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…