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China and fulcrum of peace, security
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 12/09/2024
» How sanguine should the international observer be towards the relationship between China, peace and security? While the country's integration into the international commercial system via the World Trade Organization has opened the door to rules-based discourse and a multilateral dispute settlement system, despite major commercial rivalries, the domain of peace and security presents a more precarious and ambivalent affair. Yet, here again, there is variability in that relationship, which militates against too broad of a generalisation.
Fractures in the multilateralism order
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 09/10/2023
» The recent global summit on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), coupled with the special focus on climate change, in New York was a timely barometer of the global temperature of international relations. "Fracture" was the incisive term used at the top of the UN system to describe a state of affairs both potentially and actually ominous in its implications.
Education for change in Asia and beyond
Asia focus, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 07/03/2022
» The pandemic is inevitably teaching humanity a lot of lessons. The traditional three pillars of literacy -- reading, writing and arithmetic (the three R's) -- must now be complemented by digital literacy.
The International Labour Organization and a century of connectivity
Asia focus, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 10/06/2019
» This is an auspicious year for labour rights, as the International Labour Organization (ILO) celebrates its centenary. It was established as a consequence of the Treaty of Versailles which ended World War I in June 1919. An ILO liaison office was set up in Bangkok in 1961 and the ILO regional office was transferred from Colombo to Bangkok in 1966.