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Trump must learn from history's Arctic profiteers
Oped, Peter C. Mancall, Published on 18/04/2025
» The US president has not been subtle about his goals for the Arctic: "We'll go as far as we have to go" to acquire Greenland, he stated while sitting behind the Resolute desk in the Oval Office. The desk, made from the British Arctic exploring vessel called HMS Resolute, is itself a reminder of the northern voyages of empire builders -- the type of pursuit the president is after.
Market disconnect
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/05/2024
» Re: "Thailand has escaped recession: economic body", (Business, May 21).
What can COP28 really achieve?
Oped, Geoffrey Heal, Published on 18/10/2023
» COP season is almost here. For the climate-conscious, the annual Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a fixture of the late-year calendar and an opportunity to take stock of our goals, needs, and achievements. We spend two weeks preoccupied with a distant event hoping that negotiators will make meaningful progress toward mitigating the climate threat. But to keep our expectations for COP28 realistic, we must understand what a COP can and cannot do.
Strict bug curbs lifted state economies
Oped, Jerry Nickelsburg, Published on 30/06/2021
» In April 2020, with the pandemic in full swing, The Economist published: "A Grim Calculus: Covid-19 presents stark choices between life, death and the economy." Soon Americans were blaming the lockdowns for recession. Before year's end, some states were ending Covid restrictions with the goal of boosting economic activity.
Encircled by muck
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/12/2020
» Another news report states the prime minister says fighting corruption is his No.1 priority.
Problem with lies
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/11/2020
» Re: "Cops bend to royalist mob", (Editorial, Nov 13). Sadly, this is what happens when you brainwash people from the cradle to the grave, deny them access to the truth and create an unsustainable cult of personality.
Cast votes with care
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/11/2020
» Scandinavian Democrat says it all when he points out what has gone before in Thai politics since 1932 (PostBag, Nov 10). I hope for reform but there is no will to see it happen in a fair way. Thailand swaps one corrupt government for another year after year, be they ex-army or "democratic" candidates, it matters not.
The wrong time
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/11/2020
» Karl Reichstetter is right in his Nov 9 letter "Now Thailand's turn".
Victim of patronage
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/10/2020
» Re: "A closer look at Thailand's model of Baramee", (Opinion, Oct 21).
Forced schooling of Mongolians driven by fear
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/09/2020
» 'Residential schools" were a common feature of European settler societies (except New Zealand) until quite late in the 20th century, and their purpose was not just to educate but to "deracinate" their aboriginal pupils: to cut them off from their roots. The Chinese government would reject the analogy with its last breath, but it is now doing the same thing.