Pham Phan Long

By: Pham Phan Long The controversy over how dangerous artificial intelligence may be – and how soon the danger might arrive – is fascinating, not simply because experts reach very different conclusions, but because they sometimes do not seem to be talking about the same kind of threat. Geoffrey Hinton, one of the pioneers of modern AI, told CNN recently how he views this disagreement.

By: Pham Phan Long On paper, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism is a success. Since its launch in 2016, trade between China and Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam has risen sharply, reaching a record $500.9 billion in 2025 – 150 percent above the level a decade earlier.

By: Pham Phan Long The Mekong River upstream from Luang Prabang, Laos. In a recent article, I argued that humanity has built institutions capable of accelerating development on a global scale, but has not established adequate institutions to govern the environmental consequences of development. This article takes that argument further by zo… Keep reading with a 7-day free trial Subscribe to Asia Sentinel to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.