Shafi Mostofa

Aug 20, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Haruka Satake |William Jones |Shafi Mostofa |Muhammad Husaini Fikri

The semiconductor industry has become an increasingly critical pillar of the US economy and national security, underscored by the rapid construction of semiconductor manufacturing facilities across the country. Intel’s new Fab 42 facility and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)’s factory in Arizona represent significant investments in domestic production capabilities.

Aug 20, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | William Jones |Shafi Mostofa |Benny Subianto |Pieter E. Stek

On 7 August 2024, Thailand’s Constitutional Court ordered the dissolution of the Move Forward Party and banned its executives from holding political office. In doing so the court has positioned itself as the country’s arbiter of truth, ethics and national interests. Move Forward, Thailand’s largest parliamentary party, pledged to reform the lese majeste law — a law that makes it a crime to defame or threaten the Thai monarch in the country’s criminal code.

Aug 17, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Shafi Mostofa |Benny Subianto |Pieter E. Stek |Michael C Montesano |Shafi Md Mostofa

Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, resigned and  amid a powerful student movement that gripped the nation in mid-2024. While Hasina initially rose to power through democratic elections in January 2009, her rule quickly morphed into an authoritarian regime marked by manipulation, suppression and human rights abuses. Hasina’s government held three elections during her tenure, each mired in allegations of rigging and manipulation.

Aug 8, 2024 | southasianvoices.org | Ali Riaz |Shafi Mostofa |Aparna Divya |Sohini Bose

On August 5, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country after weeks of nation-wide protests demanding an end to to what many viewed as increasingly authoritarian rule. What began as a student protest against a controversial quota system for government jobs evolved into a nationwide revolutionary movement, which is seen as a reaction to 15 years of corruption, state violence, repression of the media and opposition, and autocratic governance.

May 6, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Shafi Mostofa

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