Yup. I’ve said this countless times to US colleagues who never seem happy to hear it.

Went off-piste with this piece.

I’m tired of talking re: Southeast Asia’s role in the geopoliticisation of tech and list the reasons in my essay.

Chiefly, it distracts from the most important constituents of tech - our people & the planet.

Thanks Miguel Alberto Gomez for indulging!

Words used by UK media to describe Israeli violence during a period where they murdered 30k Palestinians in hundreds of attacks:

• Kills
• Horror
• Savage

Words used to describe Palestinian violence over the same period where a fraction of the Israelis were killed:

•…

With Southeast Asia undergoing a rapid digital transformation, AI & Equality Initiative Board Advisor @ElinaNoor argues that AI governance discussions should center ethics to avoid replicating the data biases of the region’s colonial past. scmp.com/comment/opinio…

Southeast Asia’s hunger for AI should be more than just about💰:

“In enriching discussions on AI governance, the algorithms of Southeast Asia’s future should be more than a digital replica of its past.”

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New Carnegie Endowment publication on how select Asia-Pac countries - 🇰🇷🇯🇵🇲🇾🇺🇸 - stack up in building the foundations of #digital leadership.

I’m glad to have contributed the 🇲🇾 piece. Before Twitterjaya comes at me, each country is “graded” on their own merit + I’m a tough grader.

Every conversation on Indonesia’s #pilpres should have an extended mention of joget gemoy like this one does. Otherwise, what’s the point, really?

🇮🇩 will soon head to the polls in less 48 hours. As foreign reporting and interests are trickling down (yes, in small drips), a few things to keep in mind:

- no, the country is not thinking about 🇺🇸🇨🇳 competition and neither are its elites.

- no, whoever wins will not…

As #ASEAN and Chinese officials discuss the specifics of the code of conduct on the #SouthChinaSea , they would be remiss to exclude the #cyber dimension in negotiations on expected standards of behavior, writes Elina Noor via South China Morning Post: scmp.com/comment/opinio…

“The grey-zone confrontations at sea skirting the use of force or armed attack threshold under international law have their equally problematic analogues in cyberspace.”

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#SouthChinaSea #codeofconduct #ASEAN

“Cyber operations affecting the South China Sea landscape are a reality that can no longer be dismissed”, says Elina Noor 👇🏻

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Stanford University WTO 3: Gita joins a #CarnegieAsia Southeast Asia team that includes Elina Noor as a Senior Fellow writing across Southeast Asian politics and security; Sana Jaffrey as a nonresident scholar writing on Indonesian politics in particular; and Trinh as a broad nonresident economist.

As 🇮🇩 gears up to vote in a month, tune into this conversation with Philips Vermonte, Sana Jaffrey, and Mega Valentina on 18 Jan, 8 AM (Jakarta)/17 Jan, 8 PM ET.

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In the latest #SEARadio episode, Lauren Mai and @coreyydonnelly discuss COP28 headlines and coral reef protection in 🇮🇩. Plus, Greg Poling & @ElinaNoor cover Southeast Asian countries’ responses to the Hamas-Israel conflict:bit.ly/46XltiI