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Multilateralism the key for Pakistan, Thailand
News, Published on 26/08/2020
» Pakistan and Thailand have traditionally relied on multilateralism in the conduct of foreign policy. Abiding faith in the value of multilateralism drives our commitment to regional and international cooperation. With other like-minded friends, our two countries collaborate at the United Nations and a host of regional and cross-regional organisations to advance our shared objectives of peace and development.
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Will Asean end up going greener after Covid-19?
Oped, Published on 22/08/2020
» Green recovery. Social protection. Smart containment. Decarbonisation. Putting progress in climate action at par with measuring GDP. Creative capacity.
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China's future depends on how it tames its rivers
Oped, Published on 11/08/2020
» The East Asian monsoon is pummelling China this summer. As of late July, flood alerts had been issued for 433 rivers, thousands of homes and businesses had been destroyed, and millions of people were on the verge of becoming homeless. The water level of Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, has risen to a record-breaking 22.6 metres, prompting authorities in the eastern province of Jiangxi (population: 45 million) to issue "wartime" measures. Chinese citizens have not been threatened with devastation on this scale in more than 20 years, and this is likely just the beginning.
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Don't let the pandemic turn into pandemonium
News, Published on 04/08/2020
» In the 17th-century epic poem Paradise Lost, the English poet, John Milton, recounts the biblical story of the temptation by Satan to abuse the fruits of the creation, leading to the fall of Adam and Eve and their punishment of being expelled from the Garden of Eden. In describing such a dramatic change of the human condition, Milton coined the term "pandemonium". It literally means abode of all demons (or hell), from the Greek word pan-, "all", and daimon, "demon(s)". In fact, in that story the cause of the devastating crisis is demoniac bad advice given and accepted by the then two human beings. After the recent experience of one of the worst global calamities of our time, due to Covid-19, many governments are trying to contain humankind's risks of losing the paradise of the modern world order and the promised quality of life in the third millennium.
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Australia walks a political tightrope
News, Published on 04/08/2020
» No country has ever been so loyal to the United States as Australia. The nation has unfailingly supported American foreign policy both during and since the Cold War era, protecting its national interests and security. Unfortunately, the strategic environment that allowed the US-Australia alliance to flourish has gradually eroded over the past two decades.
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Gen Z: poorer and more depressed than any before them
News, Published on 25/07/2020
» According to polls, Generation Z -- people born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s -- share startling characteristics. They are more lonely, depressed and suicidal than any previous generation. They are more likely than earlier generations to be poorer than their parents and they are the first generation expected to live shorter lives than their parents. They also care deeply about racial justice and led the largest climate strikes last year.
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A just post-pandemic transition
Oped, Published on 24/07/2020
» It will take time for Covid-19's economic consequences to come into full view. But some of the costs are already becoming apparent, beginning with the devastation the crisis will wreak on the global workforce. With climate change also threatening to hurt the world's most vulnerable workers, the need for a holistic crisis response that emphasises both justice and sustainability could not be greater.
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Win-win solution for forests, people
Oped, Published on 22/07/2020
» The forests are rapidly dwindling. But the people living in forest areas need to live off the land. Supporting them to practise sustainable or green farming saves both the forests and the locals' livelihoods. Why then is this win-win solution only applied to some local areas, and not yet scaled up to a wider scale?
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Will the planet be less crowded?
News, Published on 21/07/2020
» If you wanted evidence that reasonably competent government -- not great, just not awful -- produces good results in the end, here it is.
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Hydrogen: A game-changer for Asean
Oped, Han Phoumin, Published on 25/06/2020
» For the past two decades, hydrogen has rarely been mentioned by proponents of renewable energy although it is frequently used in the ammonia production, petrochemical and oil refining industries.
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