The New Gold Rush: Southeast Asia’s E-Commerce Growth Story

By Roger Lu, Senior Vice President, Head of Southeast Asia Research   Southeast Asia is in the midst of an e-commerce revolution. This is supported by Alibaba’s recent acquisition of Lazada, the Chinese internet giant’s biggest overseas acquisition to date. But despite the rapid growth and gaining traction of the online market in the last […]

The Global Future of LGBT Human Rights

By Richard Socarides, Head of Public Affairs The LGBT human rights movement has made tremendous progress, yet much remains to be done. Starting with the Netherlands in 2000, Belgium in 2003, and Canada and Spain in 2005, many liberal democracies around the world now legally recognize same-sex relationships, providing marriage rights to gay couples. Last […]