When management pundits in the Harvard Business Review first asked whether China could innovate, most saw a nation condemned to mere imitation of the West. From “China […]
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A federal court victory for free speech in and about America
Petty and vindictive. Such was the ban on travel to the United States handed out by the State Department on December 23 last year to five Europeans, one […]
AI reshapes hiring strategies as employers in Singapore expand cross-border talent search
AI adoption is changing not just what work gets done at organisations in Singapore, but where the people doing it are based, according to new […]
A propagandistic Voice of America hands strategic victory to adversaries
The war with Iran is driving fuel shortages and inflation around the world, deepening anti-American sentiment at a time when international confidence in the United […]
ASEAN: Strategic Center of Gravity in US–China Rivalry
By: Khanh Vu Duc Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Manila this week— attending the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ […]
Hezbollah faces a reckoning as support wanes in Lebanon
Hamas announced this month it would dissolve its government in Gaza to transfer control to a US-backed Palestinian committee. This was one of the mandates […]
Iran becoming the ‘forever war’ Trump promised to avoid
When Donald Trump returned to the White House, he promised to avoid another Middle Eastern “forever war.” After the costly experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan, […]
US Navy’s Zumwalt destroyer falling behind the hypersonic times
The US Navy’s delayed effort to equip its troubled Zumwalt-class destroyers with hypersonic missiles is testing whether the ships can finally gain a credible combat […]
Batanes latest on the list of China-Philippines flashpoints
When Chinese scholars recently argued that Batanes was a natural extension of Taiwan — and therefore part of China’s territorial claim — they demonstrated how […]
Paradigm shift: Next frontier of probiotics lies in traceability and functionality – TCI
TCI says the next frontier of probiotics is not drawing more correlations between the gut and other organs, but tracing what travels between…See More
New Bangladesh government’s rights vow tested by disappearance
The “disappearance” of Miraj Sheikh has become more than a missing-person case. It has emerged as the first major test of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party […]
Gulf of Thailand’s untapped energy could fuel SE Asia’s growth
For 25 years, Cambodia and Thailand have been unable to resolve a dispute over a shared area of the Gulf of Thailand, keeping one of […]
Indonesia’s Law Enforcers Turn on One Another
By: Ainur Rohmah Febrie: hot water What began as an investigation into a series of nationwide power outages has rapidly evolved into a rare confrontation […]
How China’s rise changed the logic of globalization
A recent Pew Research Centre survey found that people in most of the 36 countries surveyed now view China more positively than the United States. […]
South Korea military buildup is for the alliance – and for itself
The United States and South Korea describe the latter’s defense buildup with the same enthusiasm but mean two different things. American officials call it “alliance […]
Indian police bash and gas youth-led ‘cockroach’ protesters
Indian protesters rallying Monday in New Delhi under the banner of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party were attacked by police as they marched toward the […]
Houthis announce maritime embargo of Saudi Arabia
Houthi rebels in Yemen on Monday announced they were imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in yet another threat to global petroleum supplies amid the US war on Iran. Yahya […]
Off-worlding data centers won’t solve AI’s environmental problems
AI companies increasingly want to move their operations into space. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has applied to launch over a million AI data center satellites and […]
An unwinnable standoff at Hormuz
Five months after Israel and the United States launched strikes that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader and ignited a wider war, the Strait of Hormuz has […]
Kenneth Jeyaretnam, 1959 – 2026
Kenneth Jeyaretnam, a trained economist who gave up a career in finance to take over his father’s opposition Reform Party as secretary-general to tilt at […]