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Haiti's ticking humanitarian timebomb
Oped, Published on 21/03/2024
» As waves of gang violence engulf an already poor and destitute land through a reckless orgy of shootings and looting, the Caribbean Island of Haiti equally faces a widening domestic humanitarian crisis along with a ticking migrant exodus.
The risks of China's Taiwan policy
News, Minxin Pei, Published on 14/01/2019
» The unfolding geopolitical contest between China and the United States has been described by many as a new cold war. If it ever becomes a hot one, the flash point could be Taiwan, owing in large part to Chinese policy toward the island.
If incentives persist, so will slavery
News, Ricardo Hausmann, Published on 04/09/2018
» Have you ever wondered why business schools do not teach the proper way to whip a worker to obtain maximum effort without damaging the asset? Had business schools existed before the American Civil War, one can conceive of at least a lecture on the subject. Instead, business schools teach about corporate culture and values, on the assumption that maximum effort can be obtained from workers if they identify with the firm's mission and goals.
The world according to Trump, Xi
News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 25/05/2018
» The world's leading democracy, the United States, is looking increasingly like the world's biggest and oldest surviving autocracy, China. By pursuing aggressively unilateral policies that flout broad global consensus, President Donald Trump effectively justifies his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping's longtime defiance of international law, exacerbating already serious risks to the rules-based world order.
Celebrating a non-existent constitution
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 11/12/2015
» Many of us were enjoying a day off Thursday, but few would have realised the public holiday was to mark "Constitution Day".
Short-term road fix fails
News, Published on 14/04/2015
» Another long holiday period, another short-term campaign to show official concern about deaths on the roads.
It’s business, stupid
News, Published on 10/02/2015
» The Thai media is still bothered by “the USA” suggesting Thailand has somehow lost it’s way regarding democracy and human rights.
Regime apologists
Oped, Published on 28/06/2014
» I have been disappointed and incredulous over the contents of PostBag for the past few weeks. It seems to contain little but apologias for military dictatorship, anti-Western venom, and childlike belief in the miraculous powers of the junta.
Guru asks
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 20/12/2013
» Actress Nicole Kidman was on location at Kanchanaburi's infamous Death Railway to film a movie last year. What did she say happened during that experience?
A little Buddha in us all
News, Published on 02/10/2013
» I am deeply saddened by the news of the sudden demise of SN Goenka (BP, Oct 1). I had the good fortune of attending his 10-day retreats in Igatpuri in India, as well as in San Francisco, USA.