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Bitter ashes are tossed on the 'remains'
News, Federico Macaranas, Published on 02/07/2016
» The defeat of the "remains" in the United Kingdom June 23 referendum on its EU membership leaves lessons for Asean -- despite the fact that it does not follow EU's model of regional economic integration. Unlike the EU, Asean has not allowed for harmonised fiscal and monetary policy, and the free movement of labour and capital. Neither does it have selective equivalents of Schengen visas, euro currency, etc. although it allows an Asean "minus x" formula for certain projects. What can Asean gather from the Brexit success?
Ukraine is free
News, Postbag, Published on 07/05/2016
» In his April 30 commentary, "Clowning around is no joke anymore", Kong Rithdee claimed that: "From Ukraine to Egypt, from Myanmar to Malaysia, satirists have been threatened, charged and sometimes jailed."
The baht’s to blame
News, Postbag, Published on 02/04/2016
» It’s pretty pathetic to see Thaksin Shinawatra and his allies accusing PM Prayut Chan-o-cha and the lack of Thai democracy for Thailand’s slow and sluggish economy when the economies of most countries in the world are on the decline.
China at the crossroads
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 07/09/2015
» Not that long ago, China was the darling of the developing world when it came to showing how to get things done. Lately, though, it's been looking more like a basket case when it comes to economic management.
Global disarray as institutions falter
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 17/08/2015
» The international system as we know it is unravelling. Rules and institutions that were set up seven decades ago no longer hold the same weight and authority as they used to. As we grapple with an exacerbating global disorder, established powers and players and old rules and institutions need to be revamped and reinvented to accommodate new realities. Otherwise global tensions will mount, most probably accompanied by confrontation and conflict.
We will all be losers in a currency war
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 14/08/2015
» The move by the People's Bank of China (PBoC) to slash the value of the yuan by the most in nearly two decades is a significant step for the slowing Chinese economy that has been looking for a way to revive itself.
Malaysia's currency woes finally catch up with it
News, William Pesek, Published on 12/08/2015
» Malaysia's ongoing currency crash has many causes: a worsening global outlook, plunging commodity prices and, of course, the political scandal enveloping Prime Minister Najib Razak. But the real culprit is the year 1997.
Serenity must prevail in South China Sea
News, Published on 04/07/2015
» Diplomats and alcoholics don’t always have as much in common as is sometimes assumed. But there is useful guidance for policy-makers in the Reinhold Niebuhr prayer that Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has made its own: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
PM Najib is to blame for economic woes
News, Published on 22/06/2015
» Asia-based journalists have missed Mahathir Mohamad since he left office in 2003. The former Malaysian prime minister's mercurial governing style and fiery rhetoric made for great copy.
Why 'original sin' is returning to haunt borrowers
News, Published on 17/06/2015
» The last time Southeast Asia mixed a heady cocktail of foreign borrowing with weakening currencies the hangover was a financial crisis.