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China Threat to US Commodities Pricing Dominance
By: Toh Han Shih China is attracting international users to its commodities pricing benchmarks, reducing although not replacing the US as the dominant arbiter of […]
AI and robots can’t fill bellies – so, capitalism’s end?
Upon close examination, the global economic psyche reveals humanity as recently caught between two opposing poles. On the one hand, unprecedented technological advancement promises to […]
Next, an Iran nuclear deal with Chinese characteristics
Pope Leo XIV and Giorgia Meloni should take comfort from the fact that the main thrust of Donald Trump’s attack on them contains a clue […]
Iran top diplomat says country may rejoin Islamabad peace talks
Iran is considering attending another round of peace talks with the Trump administration in Islamabad this week, even after Iran’s top diplomat accused the US delegation of […]
Wartime-level Northern Marianas typhoon hit tests US commitment
One hears a lot recently that the United States lacks the wherewithal or the bandwidth to protect its allies, partners and interests in the Asia-Pacific […]
Min Aung Hlaing’s PR pardon a script written in Beijing
On April 17, the first day of the Myanmar New Year, Win Myint walked out of Taungoo Prison. He had been arrested in the small […]
Gulf poised to move closer to China after the war
The Iran war has delivered a profound and systemic shock to the Gulf, fundamentally challenging two assumptions that have underpinned regional stability for the better […]
INS Aridhaman: India’s sea-based nuclear deterrent just got real
The induction of INS Aridhaman, a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), marks a strategic shift in India’s undersea deterrence posture in the Indo-Pacific. This is […]
‘Friendship to all’ no longer good enough for Bangladesh
Non-alignment once carried enormous moral prestige. For newly independent states emerging from colonial rule, it was not just a foreign policy, but a fierce declaration […]
Consensus shifting on China-style industrial policy
I’ve long been an industrial policy enthusiast. My favorite popular nonfiction book is Joe Studwell’s “How Asia Works”, a synthesis of decades of research about the economic miracles […]
Terminator now: Robots just seized a Russian position in Ukraine
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky recently announced that ground robots (also known as unmanned ground vehicles) had captured a Russian position. Zelenskyy said it was the […]
A New Generation Tries to Put Lipstick on Manila
By: Tita C. Valderama Facebook photo On April 12, a 53-year-old construction worker named Jhony Lanquino was trying to beat the 38-degree heat by shedding […]
SMU launches Resilient Workforces Institute to futureproof careers in the age of AI
Launch of SMU Resilient Workforces Institute [right to left: Professor Alan Chan, SMU Provost, Guest-of-Honour Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Education […]
Stablecoins, RWAs and Hong Kong’s interface moment
Why the real contest is no longer about crypto enthusiasm, but about payment rails, trade finance and the architecture of cross-border liquidity The loudest reading […]
A New Generation Tries to Dignify Manila
By: Tita C. Valderama Facebook photo On April 12, a 53-year-old construction worker named Jhony Lanquino was trying to beat the 38-degree heat by shedding […]
Iran says it won’t negotiate with ‘erratic’ Trump
Iran says it has no plans to negotiate with the US after President Donald Trump threatened Sunday that “the whole country is going to get blown up” if […]
Workday rolls our Sana AI platform globally to streamline HR and finance workflows
Workday has announced the global availability of Sana, a “superintelligence” platform designed to move AI from a siloed experimental tool into the core of HR […]
TRANSCRIPT: “Iran’s losses are disruptive, but not necessarily regime-breaking”
By: Majid Maqbool Alex Vatanka is a leading expert on Iranian politics and US-Iran relations. Vatanka is a Senior Fellow and founding Director of the […]
Is aquaculture sustainable? It depends on the system around it
A recent debate over the sustainability of aquaculture emphasizes the role of policy, regulation, technology and certification to determine whether seafood farming is climate-smart or […]