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Trade office shows Thai-Hong Kong ties thriving
News, Don Pramudwinai, Published on 02/03/2019
» On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I wish to offer my congratulations on the opening of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in Bangkok this week.
SDGs' report card is out, and Asia-Pacific is failing
News, Rajesh Daniel, Published on 01/06/2018
» A UN report on the progress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2017, released last month, shows that the Asia-Pacific region is failing to meet targets for almost two-thirds of them.
What does the future hold for an at-the-crossroads Asean?
Published on 26/05/2018
» Asean as a regional organisation marked its 50th anniversary last year. Year-round events were organised to celebrate the functioning of an organisation that was predicted to wither away or collapse by political analysts at the time of its formation.
Emerging crimes, developing responses
News, Kittipong Kittayarak, Published on 14/08/2017
» When it comes to crime and justice in today's fast-changing, technologically advanced, globalised world, we need to be aware that our growing interconnectedness, while being a boon, also brings with it complex, intertwined social systems. This is changing the way society functions, the problems associated with it and the ways in which we respond to it.
Headlocking beneath the ivory towers
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 05/08/2017
» A headlock says it all.
Keys to the future? How to read EU Rome declaration
News, Published on 22/03/2017
» 'Europe is our common future," European Union leaders will declare in Rome on Saturday, in a grand statement of ambition that they hope can help hold the EU together following the shock loss of major power Britain.
End Obama war legacy
News, Editorial, Published on 06/02/2017
» When outgoing United States president Barack Obama peacefully turned over power to his successor Donald Trump -- a mark of true democracy -- he also handed him some seven separate wars. Four days later, the military and intelligence community briefed Mr Trump on the controversial and costly war in Yemen. Five days after that, on Jan 29, he ordered a raid by the famous US Navy SEAL Team 6. President Trump's order was to kill a top-level al-Qaeda commander and seize documents from his Bayda province compound.
A new Russia policy requires Exxon CEO's skills
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 14/12/2016
» If Donald Trump chooses Exxon Mobil Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state, it will be proof that his administration will take a new approach to US policy toward Russia, as he hinted during the campaign. The dismay about that shift in the expert and intelligence community may be a good sign: The same experts and spies have led the Obama administration into a series of missteps that have embarrassed the US and helped advance President Vladimir Putin's agenda.
UN climate conference gives boost to sustainability
News, Published on 26/11/2016
» The 2016 UN climate conference ended last week with reaffirmation by nearly 200 countries of their "highest political commitment" to combating global warming. With the landmark Paris agreement now ratified, the conference delivered what former US Vice President Al Gore called a "bold vision that sets the pace for the world's efforts to implement the deal".
Required reading in an age of global uncertainty
News, Published on 05/01/2016
» The global economy is not just unusually fluid, it also is being jolted: from above, by economic uncertainties, domestic political polarisation and geopolitical threats; and from below by disruptive technologies in an ever-expanding number of industries.