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News, Peter Singer, Published on 09/01/2024
» Last month, I was invited to join other Princeton University academics in viewing a compilation of raw footage from GoPro cameras carried by Hamas gunmen killing civilians in Israel on Oct 7. Additional video and audio material came from dashboard cameras, traffic cameras, phone intercepts, and victims' phones. The invitation carried a warning that the footage would show horrific violence and murder.
Editorial, Published on 07/01/2024
» As we approach National Children's Day this coming Saturday, we cannot ignore the alarming reality of violence in schools that continues unabated due to systemic impunity and the authoritarian school culture.
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/01/2024
» Israel is withdrawing some troops from Gaza because the reservists who were called up for the fighting amount to 10%–15% of the country's workforce and the economy is showing the strain. But "nobody is talking about doves of peace flying", said a senior Israeli official. The intense fighting in Gaza will continue "for six months at least".
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/01/2024
» As the rest of the country celebrated the festive season, people in the deep South provinces struggled with the effects of severe flooding.
News, Peter Apps, Published on 25/12/2023
» As the Pentagon asked allies to provide warships for an international task force to protect Red Sea commercial shipping from mounting drone attacks from Yemen last week, one of the United States' closest partners appeared to be holding back.
Oped, Published on 19/12/2023
» With their agreement at COP28 to "transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems", countries have made genuine progress on tackling climate change. But there is still much to do to mobilise the level of financing needed to turn the commitment into reality. International organisations -- especially the International Monetary Fund -- must step up. Though the IMF was relatively slow off the mark in the race to combat climate change, it has made great strides under Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. But it must take its climate leadership much further.
Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/12/2023
» Far too many of my former Bangkok Post colleagues have passed away this year and this week things got even worse with two more old pals gone.
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 04/12/2023
» At the opening of the COP28 global climate summit, here are some thoughts about the state of climate science.
News, Peter Apps, Published on 28/11/2023
» When John F Kennedy became US president in January 1961, he was determined to meet his Soviet counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev, directly. It was better, he told advisers, "to meet at the summit rather than the brink".
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/11/2023
» Thai society responds to earthquakes with knee-jerk reactions but with flash-in-the-pan attention given.