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    The lessons of Brexit

    Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 27/06/2016

    » The world held its breath last week for one of the most widely anticipated events in years as nearly 33 million Britons went to the polling booths to decide on the fate of their country and possibly the 60-year old European Union.

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    Military coup could ruin Thai bid for UN council seat

    News, Karim Lahidji, Published on 28/06/2016

    » On Tuesday, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly is to vote for five new countries to serve as part of the UN Security Council's 10 non-permanent members during its 70th session in New York. Thailand is competing with Kazakhstan to replace Malaysia in the Asia-Pacific seat.

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    Lessons in foreign affairs

    News, Editorial, Published on 01/07/2016

    » Thailand's failure to secure support for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was no surprise. Government leaders, even the regime's critics, say they expected this result.There's no doubt that the military coup of 2014 had a negative impact on the Thai campaign. Critics also cite the government's actions limiting freedom of expression, "attitude adjustment" detentions as well as use of military courts as reasons Thailand did not get sufficient support. Yes, these reasons contributed to the result. But there are also fundamental problems that have prevented our country from taking a leadership role regionally and internationally.

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    The big issue: You can't win 'em all

    Alan Dawson, Published on 03/07/2016

    » If demotion was humiliating two years ago, the promotion from the dark and dank cellar of Tier 3 wasn't exactly a champagne moment either. Even the new designation, "Tier 2 Watch List" is a 24/7 reminder that the world policeman is still watching the human trafficking scene in Thailand.

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    Wrong idea to buy power from Laos

    News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 25/07/2016

    » Recent news reports about the government's plan to increase electricity purchases from Laos by 30% has me wondering whether we really need it that much, especially as Thailand's economic growth is low and our power reserves margin has always been high.

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    Anxiety builds with Trump's nomination

    News, Editorial, Published on 24/07/2016

    » Less than a year ago, the thought of Donald Trump being officially nominated as the presidential candidate for the Republican Party was given zero chance of success.

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    'Gradualist' reform slowed growth

    News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 26/07/2016

    » On July 26, 1991, Manmohan Singh -- then Finance Minister, and later prime minister for 10 years -- rose in parliament to deliver an address that would transform India. That speech, outlining the first budget of a just-elected government under Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, launched India's journey of economic reform, dismantling many decades-old socialist-style controls on the private sector.

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    China takes a hard look at itself

    News, Christopher Hill, Published on 04/07/2016

    » These are difficult times for China. After decades of double-digit GDP growth, today's slowdown points to an economic system in trouble. Once hailed as a model of development, the Chinese economy now appears sclerotic and cumbersome. The Chinese public is growing restive and increasingly questioning the system's ability to deliver on official promises that the country's economic "miracle" will continue. Many Chinese fear that the "Chinese Dream" may be just that: a dream.

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    China scores diplomatic victory

    News, Published on 27/07/2016

    » China scored an unequivocal diplomatic victory on Monday, preventing Southeast Asia's main grouping from criticising it for territorially expanding in the South China Sea, even though some of the bloc's members are victims of Beijing's actions.

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    Rising sea shocks Pacific's Kiribati

    News, New York Times, Published on 04/07/2016

    » One clear bright day last winter, a tidal surge swept over an ocean embankment here in the remote, low-lying island country of Kiribati, smashing through the doors and windows of Betio Hospital and spewing sand and debris across its maternity ward.

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