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Don't fault African nations for producing more oil
News, Ken Opalo, Published on 02/02/2024
» Nigeria inaugurated the US$20 billion (709.2 billion baht) Dangote Oil Refinery, a 650,000 barrels-per-day facility that represents a new phase in Nigeria's petroleum sector.
Vulnerable states need funding
Oped, Ken Ofori-Atta & Axel van Trotsenburg, Published on 13/09/2023
» Amid an escalating climate emergency and a global debt crisis, calls for a new "fit for climate" global financial architecture are growing louder throughout the developing world.
Building broad support for constitutional reform
News, Ken Lohatepanont, Published on 23/10/2019
» As is characteristic of our polarised society, opinion is deeply divided on whether the 2017 constitution should be amended.
Shinzo Abe's constitution dream
Asia focus, Ken Lohatepanont, Published on 08/07/2019
» 'When the country is strong, and the risk of war small, when there is no threat of being attacked from without," the Japanese novelist Natsume Soseki once said, "then nationalism ought to diminish accordingly."
Mission Impossible in Hong Kong
Asia focus, Ken Lohatepanont, Published on 17/06/2019
» A million people on the streets. A demonstration that stretched across Causeway Bay. A movement that foreign media breathlessly dubbed Hong Kong's "last stand". Last week's protests marked a historic moment, but they also had an idealistic, almost fatalistic, air.
Democratic system more than just popular vote
News, Ken Lohatepanont, Published on 30/03/2019
» Sontirat Sontijirawong, the secretary-general of the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), recently complained about the media labelling different parties either as "pro-democracy" or "pro-dictatorship". The PPRP, Mr Sontirat argued, ran in a democratic election and won around eight million votes and, as such, the PPRP is as much pro-democracy as any other party.
What's next for the Democrat Party?
News, Ken Lohatepanont, Published on 17/11/2018
» Former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva recently won re-election as the Democrat Party leader, seeing off two challengers. While the result concluded the question of who would lead the party into the next general election, tentatively scheduled for February 2019, it opens up many more unresolved issues about the party's electoral viability and future.
Fostering norms to sustain Thailand's democracy
News, Ken Lohatepanont, Published on 06/06/2018
» With the next election tentatively scheduled for February 2019, it is not long before Thailand returns to democracy. And while many in the country are excited about the prospect of an election, others are weary of reverting to politics as usual.