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Litigating against Cambodia's leaders
Oped, Published on 03/09/2025
» Thailand has been considering prosecuting Hun Sen, the president of the Cambodian Senate, and his son, Hun Manet, the prime minister of Cambodia, in Thai domestic courts as well as at the International Criminal Court (ICC). I will explore and evaluate options. (For terminology consistency, this article will use the word "state" to mean a sovereign state or a country.)
Canny FM averted an earlier land grab
Oped, Published on 25/08/2025
» In early 2006, during the Thai prime minister's visit to Cambodia, Cambodia's PM Hun Sen casually said to his visiting counterpart, Thaksin Shinawatra, "Let's visit Preah Vihear temple together, as two friendly prime ministers.
Future utopias stumble over governance
Oped, Published on 20/08/2025
» In 2020, the rapper Akon declared he would build his own eponymous city on the site of the coastal village of Mbodiène, Senegal.
Student arrivals to US continue to plummet, with Asia hit especially hard
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/08/2025
» HONG KONG — Visitors to the United States arriving on student visas plunged in July, falling year-on-year for a fourth straight month.
Data war risks creating false calm
News, Published on 19/08/2025
» Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could suppress volatility today but lead to seismic reality checks in the future.
Rare earths are definitely China's trump card
Oped, Published on 15/08/2025
» China's weaponisation of rare earths has emerged as a major flash point in US-China trade negotiations. These critical materials, especially the high-performance magnets they make possible, are vital components in electric vehicles (EVs), wind turbines, industrial robotics, and advanced defence systems. In response to China's strict rare-earths export controls, the United States has quietly lowered tariffs, relaxed export controls on AI chips, and even softened visa restrictions for Chinese students.
Trump demands $1bn from University of California over UCLA protests
AFP, Published on 09/08/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump demanded a massive $1 billion fine from the prestigious University of California system on Friday as the administration pushed its claims of antisemitism in UCLA's response to 2024 student protests related to Gaza.
Library user borrows rare Chinese artwork, returns fakes: US officials
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - A California library user who allegedly took home rare Chinese manuscripts and returned fake ones in their place has been charged with $216,000-worth of theft, US officials said Thursday.
New data link cannabis use and heart disease
Life, Published on 05/08/2025
» Dear Doctors: Cannabis is legal where I live. I'm not a heavy user, but I do enjoy it now and then. I just heard about a study that ties using cannabis to heart disease. There's not a lot of information about how using cannabis affects your health, and I would like to know more about that study.
Time to act on information warfare
Oped, Published on 01/08/2025
» As tensions escalate along the Thai-Cambodian border, the unfolding conflict has become not only a confrontation of arms but also a war of narratives. For many in Thailand, this is the first time war has felt real. Not distant, not historical, but tangible: fighter jets in the sky, news of casualties, fear seeping into the national consciousness.