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US hard power must get harder
Oped, Todd G. Buchholz & Michael Mindlin, Published on 05/06/2025
» In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harrison Ford gets his biggest laugh when a desert assassin twirls a scimitar with menacing bravado. Following this brief performance, Ford's character cracks a wry smile, takes out his pistol, and shoots the man dead. In a potential contest with China, the United States looks more like the medieval assassin, deploying young sailors and soldiers equipped with perilously outdated, vulnerable technology.
Santa Srettha faces test
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/10/2023
» The government's 10,000-baht digital wallet scheme has drawn question marks after more than 100 of the country's noted economists signed a petition urging the government to revise the scheme.
Brics now expanding in the wrong way
Oped, Daron Acemoglu, Published on 02/09/2023
» At first blush, it may seem like good news that the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) group will expand to include Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Argentina. An 11-strong Brics+ could be more representative of the world's emerging economies, providing a useful counterweight against American hegemony.
Poor get the picture
News, Postbag, Published on 24/01/2019
» Re: "Oxfam calls for wealth tax to tackle inequality", (Business, Jan 22).
Free speech must prevail
News, Editorial, Published on 14/01/2019
» The prime minister's orders to the armed forces and now to state agencies to approach voters and monitor political speech are highly troubling. The twin justifications that are claimed do not hold water. Educating voters and exposing outlandish promises is not the job of either the state's military or civil servants. These orders should be clearly withdrawn.
Trade war risks triggering a Chinese debt crisis
News, Anne Stevenson-Yang, Published on 19/07/2018
» There's no chance China will cut its trade surplus with the US in response to President Donald Trump's tariff threats. For starters, Washington has made no specific demand to which Beijing can respond. But its efforts may have an unexpected side effect: a debt crisis in China.