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Guru's Weekly Buzz: Dec 15-21
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 15/12/2023
» Guru by Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
Putin overplays his hand over Macedonia name deal
News, Published on 21/08/2018
» The Kremlin's foreign policy increasingly seems to rest on the assumption that all countries are as corruptible as Vladimir Putin's Russia. This was evident most recently in Russia's alleged efforts to undermine an agreement between Greece and its tiny northern neighbour, the Republic of Macedonia, over the latter's name. Assuming that Macedonians approve a Sept 30 referendum, their country will henceforth be known as the Republic of North Macedonia.
Integration or disintegration
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 11/08/2017
» One of the lesser-known activities of the European Union in this region is the funding of academic research designed to "help the EU and its member states make coherent and culturally relevant foreign policies" towards the region.
Trump's instinctual diplomacy with Kim, Duterte
News, New York Times, Published on 02/05/2017
» WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump continued his outreach to rogue leaders Monday, declaring he would meet North Korea’s dictator, Kim Jong Un, provided the circumstances were right, even as the Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, brushed aside the president’s invitation to visit the White House, saying he might be “too busy.”
Donald Trump's diplomatic deficit
News, Published on 28/04/2017
» Connecting the strategic dots between Afghanistan, Syria and North Korea has become an unavoidable task. Only by doing so can the world begin to discern something resembling a coherent, if misguided, approach to US foreign policy by President Donald Trump's administration.
The 'Trumping' of foreign policy
News, Christopher Hill, Published on 03/08/2016
» The United States' presidential campaign, already long and tumultuous, will no doubt become even more so in the coming months, as the two parties' nominees, now officially selected, face off ahead of November's election. But voters will have a clear choice before them, especially with regard to foreign policy.
China takes a hard look at itself
News, Christopher Hill, Published on 04/07/2016
» These are difficult times for China. After decades of double-digit GDP growth, today's slowdown points to an economic system in trouble. Once hailed as a model of development, the Chinese economy now appears sclerotic and cumbersome. The Chinese public is growing restive and increasingly questioning the system's ability to deliver on official promises that the country's economic "miracle" will continue. Many Chinese fear that the "Chinese Dream" may be just that: a dream.
Nationalism's threat to a fragile world order
News, Published on 29/05/2016
» By all accounts, the much-anticipated Seventh Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was a non-event. If the first such meeting of North Korea's highest organ in more than 35 years had any impact at all, it was to dash any hopes that the country's irascible leader, Kim Jong-un, would turn his attention to economic reform.
New dynamics redefining global nuclear relations
News, Published on 30/01/2016
» The diplomatic harvest from last summer’s agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme has begun. When US Navy boats drifted into Iranian waters this month — a development that, even just a year ago, probably would have triggered a crisis — they were detained only briefly. In the same week, Iran also released five American prisoners; exported enriched uranium, in accordance with the nuclear deal; and re-entered world petroleum markets.
The candidates who face the world
News, Published on 04/01/2016
» In the political marathon otherwise known as a US presidential campaign, foreign policy is often used as a proxy for a candidate's "toughness". By contrast, candidates often address domestic issues in ways intended to demonstrate mastery of detail (sometimes even rolling out a draft programme that is almost certain to be forgotten in the event of victory).