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South activists' feud with army hots up
Oped, Published on 19/01/2024
» The ongoing feud between young political activists from Thailand's Malay-speaking area in the southernmost provinces and the 4th Army Area has intensified as the youth leaders this past week took their case to Bangkok to draw attention from the international community to what they say is judicial harassment by the military.
Lessons from Hun Sen's Cambodia
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 08/08/2023
» If international relations experts and scholars want to study a small state's diplomatic manoeuvres amid the ever-changing geopolitical landscape, they should make Cambodia their case study. With a new prime minister, Hun Manet, now in charge, the question remains: Will he be able to keep up with his father's multipolar politics?
Uighurs' plight a lesson for govt
News, Editorial, Published on 09/04/2023
» The case of 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church who were arrested for overstaying visas in Pattaya last week brings back memories of the notorious repatriation of another group of Uighur refugees back to China in 2014.
China's very precarious balancing act
Oped, Published on 17/03/2023
» Precisely how far China will go in supporting Russia has been one of the most important questions of the war in Ukraine.
Beijing has grave dearth of activists
Oped, Published on 16/12/2022
» Protesters recently took to the streets of China's cities in a rare show of political dissent. While the demonstrations are focused largely on the authorities' zero-Covid policy, they have sparked speculation that a pro-democracy movement -- and even a Taiwan-style political transition -- could come next. But this is unlikely, not least because decades of strict family-planning policies have left China with too few young people to join the fight.
It's the energy system, stupid
Oped, Published on 17/11/2022
» Ordinary people around the world are suffering from two massive, overlapping problems: surging living costs and the fallout from a rapidly warming climate. In the Horn of Africa, 22 million people are at risk of starvation, owing to the failure of four consecutive rainy seasons and soaring global grain prices.
Pandemic action must be global
News, Published on 25/07/2022
» At their meeting in Bali on July 15-16, G20 finance ministers reaffirmed their commitment to coordinated action to get the Covid-19 pandemic under control and better prepare for the next global health emergency.
Shape shifting
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/03/2022
» Re: "Aged society needs new provident fund", (Opinion, March 2).
Remedies for the southern provinces
Oped, Published on 11/02/2022
» The problem of the three southernmost provinces has a long history, and to understand these problems requires a thorough understanding of history without prejudice.
Corporate capture of UN summit
Oped, Published on 23/09/2021
» When I visited my parents in Bogota last month, I witnessed how people in their neighbourhood went up and down the streets begging for help to survive. Since the end of April, Colombia has experienced one of its biggest waves of social unrest in recent times -- and hunger is at the core of the protests. South Africa experienced similar turmoil in July.