Pietro Masina
I am a scholar of Asian political economy and history. On this Substack I share essays on development, labour, industrial change, and geopolitics in East and Southeast Asia, for readers interested in understanding Asia beyond the headlines.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 30 | Founded | 5 months ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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Malaysia’s Long Reformasi
This essay continues my attempt to read Southeast Asian political crises beyond the biographies of powerful leaders. As with Thaksin in Thailand, Duterte and Marcos in the Philippines, or Jokowi and Prabowo in Indonesia, the point is not to...
Petronas: The Exception That Could Not Be Repeated
State Capitalism, Resource Wealth and the Limits of Malaysian Development
Petronas is one of the most successful state-owned enterprises in the world.
Southeast Asia Political Economy Briefing
Issue #2 — 20 June 2026
The Resilience Trap: Southeast Asia’s new political economy of risk transfer
Laos: the Battery of Southeast Asia
Few countries have wagered their future on a single development idea as boldly as Laos.
Over the past three decades, the small, landlocked country has attempted one of the most ambitious economic transformations in contemporary Asia. The i...
Astra International: The Company That Motorized Indonesia
Industrial Transformation and the Limits of Technological Sovereignty
Every morning, millions of Indonesians set out on journeys that would have been almost unimaginable to their grandparents. Motorcycles weave through Jakarta’s congested...
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I am a scholar of Asian political economy and history. On this Substack I share essays on development, labour, industrial change, and geopolitics in East and Southeast Asia, for readers interested in understanding Asia beyond the headlines.
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