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Time ripe to prevent unrest
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/11/2024
» Political tensions have soared this week after firebrand Sondhi Limthongkul, leader of the now-defunct People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), unveiled his plan to hold regular political activities starting next year.
Israel, Hamas and the elusive ceasefire
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 07/05/2024
» Hamas did not need a ceasefire. It had already demonstrated that Israel could not eradicate it. It had achieved its primary goal of wrecking the anti-Iran alliance that was brewing between Israel and the major Arab Gulf states. And it doesn't care about how many Palestinians get killed; they are all "martyrs" for the cause.
If gun laws are immutable, gun culture must change
Oped, Firmin DeBrabander, Published on 18/11/2023
» As states and courts fall all over themselves to make guns more available, the civilian arsenal has ballooned to 400 million guns in the US.
Ball now in Senate's court
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/05/2023
» On Sunday, millions of Thais went to cast their votes to make sure their voices were heard loud and clear -- that this time around, they want political change, and they want it now.
Could've, should've
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/05/2023
» Re: "Thaksin's tweet sparks debate", & "In Quote", (BP, May 2).
Imran Khan is treading the path of typical populism
Oped, Imran Khalid, Published on 07/04/2023
» Imran Khan is treading on the path of typical populism.
New parties present faint flicker of hope
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 22/10/2022
» With lingering political polarisation, some people have been looking at alternative "third" parties, hoping they may be able to steer the country out of the challenges it faces.
Choices and consequences at a serious Davos
Oped, Julia Chatterley, Published on 28/05/2022
» This was always going to be a Davos with a difference, but there has been an unusually pensive atmosphere in the Swiss Alps this week at an equally unusual World Economic Forum.
Tenure saga needs care
Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/02/2022
» As the Constitutional Court's president, Worawit Kangsasitiam, gears up to celebrate his 70th birthday next week, a debate is brewing on whether or not he should step down from the helm of one of the country's top courts. Many people, including several well-known critics, believe he should.
When an economist meets a psychic
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 04/02/2021
» I enjoy reading prophecies. There is one thing fortune tellers and economists have in common: they make predictions. As an economist, I use my knowledge, theories and actual data, to check whether these prophecies make economic sense.