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Demystifying DEFA: Policy and Political Drivers Across ASEAN
ASEAN’s Digital Economy Framework Agreement is inseparable from ASEAN’s own modern history of self-determination amid great-power competition. Like ASEAN itself, DEFA is likely to matter less for what it does, and more for what it is: a member-state driven attempt to transform Southeast Asia from a site of great-power rivalry into a centre in its…
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Policy State of Play: Artificial Intelligence in Southeast Asia
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is projected to generate considerable economic and social value in Southeast Asia. By 2030, AI adoption could improve the region’s total gross domestic product (GDP) by between 13 and 18 percent, a value nearing US$1 trillion.[1] Buoyed by a burgeoning digital economy and a young, tech-savvy demographic, AI can play a major…
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Southeast Asia’s role in tripling global renewables capacity
Countries in the region must address policy and regulatory issues to ensure that they can play their part in contributing to the global pledge to triple renewables capacity worldwide by 2030 Key takeaways Introduction ASEAN countries have recently stepped up in their climate commitments, including through multiple pledges to stronger climate action at the latest…
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Institute launches ‘AI/ASEAN’ policy programme
Institute launches core policy programme to explore Southeast Asia’s approach to AI systems, the data they use, and the hardware that supports them.
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AI/ASEAN: programme introduction
Introduction to our core policy programme exploring Southeast Asia’s approach to AI systems, the data they use, and the hardware that supports them