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The AI threat we should actually be talking about
Artificial intelligence leaders like Anthropic and OpenAI are racing toward blockbuster IPOs that could value them at over US$1 trillion, driven by the rapid progress […]
When all the capital lands in Singapore and goes nowhere else
In the first half of 2025, something quietly remarkable happened to money in Southeast Asia. Singapore, a city of fewer than six million people, captured […]
There is no military solution to the Middle East’s imbroglio
Back when the Obama administration was negotiating a nuclear agreement with Iran, I asked National Security Council officials, “Why are you expending all of your economic leverage, […]
Croissant gin? Four Pillars tests the boundaries of innovation
Australian distillery Four Pillars is reinventing what gin innovation looks like, experimenting with bold new flavours that leap beyond classic botanicals…See More
China risks dirty hands from Prabowo’s tainted meal deal
For more than a decade, China’s relationship with Indonesia has been defined by railways, industrial parks, nickel processing plants and large-scale infrastructure. Now, China is […]
Beyond transparency: a better model for sovereign debt crises
For decades, the global financial community has treated sovereign debt crises like a broken thermometer: if we just improve the reading (transparency) and hold the […]
Thailand Seeks to Revive Its Peninsular White Elephant
By: Ben Raiwin Kiatkwankul Three feasibility studies, zero committed foreign capital, 349 years of revivals. Thailand’s Land Bridge is back on the cabinet agenda. Prime […]
How Saudis really view the US-Iran war
Since the beginning of the Iran war, Saudi Arabia has been grappling with how best to respond to the expansion of Middle East conflict. Having […]
Will the Ukraine war bring regime change to Russia?
Volodymyr Zelensky recently suggested that the war in Ukraine was beginning to turn in his country’s favor. The Ukrainian president insisted that Russia was “losing […]
Growth Asia Summit 2026: Women’s health experts discuss hormones and wellbeing
It’s just under a month to the Growth Asia Summit 2026, where women’s health will be one of the main topics in the spotlight…See More
CHRO Malaysia 2026: Elevating the HR function to the heart of business strategy
The role of the CHRO has never been more complex – or more consequential. As organisations in Malaysia grapple with rapid digitalisation, shifting workforce expectations, […]
Ex-CIA disguise chief says AI elevates spy wars to new heights
Artificial intelligence (AI) has sharpened the tools of espionage and deception on all sides, giving spy agencies new power to identify and groom human sources […]
Front-row view of Bangladesh’s democratic reconstruction
The first hundred days of a new government usually pass in a blur of performative activity and inflated promises. In Bangladesh, however, the opening months […]
Researchers Identify The Cells That Make Space For Bone Marrow
A newly identified population of connective tissue cells helps hollow developing bones before handing off the task to marrow stromal cells that maintain the growing […]
Patron problem: Kim Jong Un played Russia, rattled China and won
President Xi Jinping has, over the years, drastically cut short his foreign travels. More like Chairman Mao, he prefers to host world leaders in Beijing. […]
Iran may drag out the crisis to humiliate the US as it did in ’79
The weekend exchange of strikes between Iran and Israel has put US President Donald Trump under even more domestic and international pressure to end the […]
Indian targeted by Trump poured money into Don Jr.-backed startup
Originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power, this article is republished with permission. In late November in Jamnagar, India, the […]
India should think twice about a US trade deal
Even as American negotiators were sitting across the table in New Delhi this week discussing the contours of an interim trade agreement, Washington simultaneously unveiled […]
US targets China’s military-tech firm ties while forging its own
The US’s crackdown on Alibaba and BYD highlights a US-China paradox: both powers increasingly depend on private-sector innovation for military advantage. This month, multiple media […]