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Can financing for development talks succeed?
Oped, Jayati Ghosh, Published on 17/06/2025
» It is easy to be pessimistic about multilateralism nowadays. Recent international gatherings have yielded only unfulfilled promises. At a time when US President Donald Trump is abandoning America's international commitments, rejecting multilateral initiatives, and sowing chaos and confusion in global trade, can the Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) at the end of this month go any better?
Trump's tariff trade war is no accident
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 01/05/2025
» President Donald Trump's tariff policy has received numerous criticisms from various parties, including several Nobel Prize laureates, for being against the economic principles of free trade.
Scramble for Wall St alternatives
Oped, Mike Dolan, Published on 21/02/2025
» Global investors finally appear to be doubting the wisdom of keeping all their eggs in one basket. A decade of exceptional US investment returns may, therefore, be cresting just as Donald Trump's "America First" programme returns to Washington.
Spot-on words
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/12/2024
» Re: "No more excuses", (PostBag, Dec 26) and "Shrinking the naughty list", (Editorial, Dec 24).
What do Indian women want from poll?
Oped, Sanjukta Sharma, Published on 25/05/2024
» Since April 19, the day general elections began in India, voters have queued up outside polling booths, braving a muggy, scorching heatwave. The mood appears mostly upbeat. Voters talk to TV news reporters. They articulate wishes for change or belief in the incumbent leader.
Boom to bust
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/03/2024
» Re: "Analysts lament SET has lost its appeal", (Business, March 4).
China and its self-inflicted economic woes
Oped, Takatoshi Ito, Published on 02/12/2023
» At their recent summit in San Francisco, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping made progress in a few key areas. Notably, they agreed to resume direct military-to-military communications in order to reduce the chances of accidental conflict. But neither leader was negotiating from a particularly strong position: as Mr Biden struggles with low approval ratings, Mr Xi is overseeing a rapidly weakening economy.
Doesn't ring true
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/01/2023
» Re: "Ten to testify in DNP bribery claim case," (BP, Dec 31).
The hidden tale of a 3-legged tiger
Oped, Steven R. Galster, Published on 17/02/2022
» Tigers are in the news again. First, rare camera-trap footage released last week showed a three-legged victim of poaching, a female tiger, hopping through the jungles of western Thailand, eating domestic animals (and possibly attacking people too). Days later: an undercover bust of traffickers with tiger skins in the same region. To keep hope alive for the critically endangered big cat, authorities must now act on two levels. First, they must rescue the amputee before she or poachers strike again. Second, they need to address the underlying causes of poaching before other tigers, animals and people suffer.
Parental pride
Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/11/2020
» Re: “Two high schoolers face protest charges” ( BP, Nov 20).