BGA Cambodia Director Siriwat Chhem wrote an update on Cambodia’s newly established National Research Foundation (NRF). Context The government of Cambodia has established the NRF, with strategic oversight from the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation, creating a more structured national institution to coordinate, fund and govern research and innovation activities nationwide. The NRF will align Cambodia’s national research priorities with its socioeconomic development, industrial … Continue Reading
As Thailand heads toward the February 8 election, BGA Senior Adviser Thitinan Pongsudhirak writes that decades of coups, judicial interventions and weakened parties have shaped today’s three‑way contest, revealing a political system still struggling to escape old power constraints.
(January 16, 2026)
Bangladesh must rebuild people‑to‑people trust with India and carefully balance ties with major powers amid rising tensions, writes BGA Bangladesh Senior Adviser Amb. M. Humayun Kabir. Strategic maturity will be essential as the country enters a pivotal political moment.
(January 20, 2026)
BGA India Managing Director Anuj Gupta and Senior Analyst Aarshi Tirkey in a co-authored op-ed highlight how India’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is shifting from a lowest‑bid mindset to one that rewards technical merit, yielding safer, longer‑lasting roads and offering a model that other infrastructure sectors can use as a template for future reforms.
(January 20, 2026)
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