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Tense nerves hurt US ties
News, Editorial, Published on 19/05/2016
» In diplomacy and bilateral relations, using the right word or words, could mean warm embraces and mutual compliments or sharp barbs and rebuke between ministers and diplomats. Last week, two words -- concerned and condemned -- prompted stinging criticism of US Ambassador Glyn T Davies.
Bring 'Boss' to justice
News, Editorial, Published on 12/05/2016
» Time and again we see how people with wealth, influential families and political and business connections avoid facing justice for crimes they have committed. Prosecution of politicians for corruption, for example, is rare. One could say it is as scarce as hen's teeth.
Seize the drugs nettle
News, Editorial, Published on 05/04/2016
» A recent series of arrests and seizures by anti-drug forces is a rare ray of optimism in the fight for a rational drug-control policy. But they also revived serious questions and brought more confusion to the problem. It is clear that some countries in the region are keen to take more responsibility while suffering more losses than others. And it seems while authorities have a somewhat tenuous handle on who is controlling drug trafficking, efforts to deal with the kingpins are ineffective at best.
Belgium fumbles race against terrorists
News, Reuters, Published on 29/03/2016
» When Brussels police caught Salah Abdeslam, suspected sole survivor of November's suicide assault on Paris, they knew they were in a race against time to stop a new Islamic State (IS) attack.
The big issue: Passports, please
Alan Dawson, Published on 14/02/2016
» All newspapers carried this big story of the week, with the <i>Bangkok Post</i> cutting immediately to the chase.
Saudi Arabia's phoney war on terror
News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 23/12/2015
» Containing the scourge of Islamist terror will be impossible without containing the ideology that drives it: Wahhabism, a messianic, jihad-extolling form of Sunni fundamentalism whose international expansion has been bankrolled by oil-rich sheikhdoms, especially Saudi Arabia. That is why the newly announced Saudi-led anti-terror coalition, the Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism, should be viewed with profound scepticism.
Drug payoffs thwart action
News, Editorial, Published on 27/10/2015
» A group of concerned Myanmar citizens has made the biggest advance in the struggle against illicit drugs in many years. The grassroots group, which calls itself the Kachin Anti-Drug Committee, has taken action where government authorities have fallen short.
Fake passports skyrocket as legal paths in EU perish for Syrians
News, Serene Assir, Published on 22/10/2015
» Ali, a Palestinian-Syrian banker desperate to reach the Netherlands, had to hide his surprise when he finally met a shadowy forger known as "The Whale" at an Arabic-style shisha cafe near Athens.
Facts will end rumours
News, Editorial, Published on 24/08/2015
» The national police chief has warned every citizen and resident to stop spreading rumours about last Monday's bomb attack, or face arrest. Given the lack of progress in finding out who is responsible for 20 murders and a Thai tragedy, it is understandable Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang is frustrated, tired and possibly testy.
Crackdown shows enforcement woes
News, Editorial, Published on 26/07/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha late last week invoked his special powers under Section 44 to suppress illegal street racing — a move that would have been unnecessary if police had done their job of enforcing the laws.