Stories written by Ong Kar Jin

IPEF: Much Ado about Nothing

By Ong Kar Jin and Jomo Kwame Sundaram
After 2.5 years, US President Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) is increasingly irrelevant due to its own limitations and broader US foreign policy shifts.

Big Cons: How Consultancy Firms Undermine Governments

By Ong Kar Jin and Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Greater government reliance on consulting companies has greatly enriched them while also undermining state capacities, capabilities, national economies, progress, governance and legitimacy.

IPEF: New Cold War Weapon Backfires

By Ong Kar Jin and Jomo Kwame Sundaram
US President Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) is the economic arm of his administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, aimed at countering China’s influence in the region.
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