• OPINION

  Deals with the devil

  News, Postbag, Published on 26/07/2018

  » If the junta's soiree to the Northeast is not blatant touting for popularity and eventual votes, I don't know what is.

• OPINION

  Braving hurdles for green transport

  News, Sumet Ongkittikul, Published on 10/01/2024

  » 'Match your words with your actions." That was the message from teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg when she sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 2019 instead of flying to attend the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York.

• OPINION

  Thailand's EEC is an opportunity not to be missed

  Oped, Pichai Chuensuksawadi, Published on 18/11/2022

  » This is a special year for our region. This month, Southeast Asian capitals play host to three major summits. Cambodia hosted the Asean Summit from Nov 10-13 and the G20 Summit has just been held in Bali, Indonesia. This weekend, Thailand hosts the annual leaders' summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec).

• OPINION

  An 'open society'?

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/11/2022

  » Re: "Protesters confront riot-control police", (BP, Nov 17).

• OPINION

  Wishful thinking

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/10/2022

  » Re: "Double-track lines to open this year", (BP, Sept 20).

• OPINION

  How to prepare for the unexpected

  Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 20/06/2022

  » It's been three years since the Covid-19 pandemic began and we tried to adapt in order to survive. By now, everyone is aware that this crisis has affected the world in many aspects such as trying to maintain good health and struggling to earn enough money to cover expenses and debt. And most importantly, we've tried our best not to lose our jobs. Yet, who knows when it will be our turn?

• OPINION

  Democracy is default mode of civilisations

  Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 30/07/2021

  » At first I was going to write about the "Arab Problem", because there is not a single functioning democracy in the Arab world. This week's presidential coup in Tunisia has probably ended democracy in the one country that actually achieved it during the "Arab Spring" of 2010-11.

• OPINION

  No duopoly in Thai jab procurement

  Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 28/05/2021

  » Just as Thailand's murky vaccine plan has gone from bad to worse, the plot keeps thickening. The latest development centres on the May 25 publication in the Royal Gazette of the Chulabhorn Royal Academy's authority to procure Covid-19 vaccines within the country and from abroad as needed for public health benefits. As has been promptly noted elsewhere, this vaccine bombshell could be perceived as a snub to the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, particularly Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. Thailand's effectively dual-track vaccine strategy is now likely to engender major repercussions.

• OPINION

  Biden's Asia policy and the Iranian conundrum

  Oped, Published on 19/03/2021

  » The Barack Obama administration's "Pivot to Asia" grand strategy was designed to pull the US out of the Middle East quagmire and to realign its military, diplomatic and economic power towards the Asia-Pacific region. Even the Trump administration -- which pulled out of many of Obama's initiatives such as the Iran nuclear deal, Paris Climate Accord and the Trans-Pacific Partnership -- largely followed this approach.

• OPINION

  South link needs clarity

  News, Editorial, Published on 14/09/2020

  » As plans for a southern land bridge make the headlines once again, doubts are growing on whether the multi-billion-baht project will ever materialise, despite its economic benefits.

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