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Don't just keep relying on luck
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 17/02/2012
» Faraway tensions from the precarious brinkmanship in the Middle East have reached Thai soil with the apparent terrorist bungle in central Bangkok. The government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra continues to deny international terrorist presence in Thailand, but the weight of evidence increasingly points to the contrary. Thailand is a soft target among third-country theatres of operation. Unless the Thai authorities beef up their security measures and conduct deft diplomacy in the near term, the risk of this easygoing country degenerating from a transit point for illicit crimes to an outright staging ground of international terrorist violence will grow.
Tweet smell of rebellion
News, Published on 30/01/2012
» The announcement last week by Twitter that it can control its users country-by-country is certain to cause the company much grief. For a company founded on the ideal of free speech, Twitter now will have to bear the burden of deciding just how free it should be. The company is less than six years old, but Twitter and its "tweets" have gained a worldwide foothold. Far beyond its use as a social link, the micro-blogging service has been credited with serving government, opposition and anti-establishment groups alike, including rebellions like the Arab Spring. Now Twitter has unleashed a powerful new force which it may not be able to control.
Demilitarising Muslim politics
News, Published on 27/01/2012
» Can Muslim governments free themselves from their countries' powerful militaries and establish civilian control comparable to that found in liberal democracies? This question is now paramount in countries as disparate as Egypt, Pakistan, and Turkey.
'The Protester' won't go away in 2012
News, Published on 01/01/2012
» All in all it looks to be another interesting and possibly chaotic year as nations around the globe try to adjust to new economic realities. At the core of these adjustments should be policies aimed at spreading around wealth and opportunity rather than concentrating it in the hands of a few