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Oped, Sally Tyler, Published on 04/08/2025
» Much attention has been focused on Thailand's scramble to achieve a bilateral trade agreement with the United States to avoid a 36% tariff on all exported goods. Yet a different restrictive trade policy has received comparatively less scrutiny -- the Trump administration's clampdown on American universities, including a possible ban on the enrolment of international students.
Oped, Orville Schell, Published on 21/02/2025
» When US President Donald Trump's factotum, JD Vance, held forth on Europe's "threat from within" at the recent Munich Security Conference, his audience was left struggling to make sense of America's confounding new approach to foreign policy. Chinese President Xi Jinping, for his part, has been relatively silent since Mr Trump's return to the White House -- but that doesn't mean he is any less vexed by what it portends. Nor could he have been reassured by Mr Trump's brazen response to a question last October about what he would do if Mr Xi blockaded Taiwan: "Xi knows I'm f***ing crazy!"
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 28/08/2024
» When you find yourself shouting at the TV, you know it's time to take a break. I reached that point last week, watching Kamala Harris's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, and what I yelled at the screen was, "The enemy is us!"
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 09/08/2024
» If all that mattered was economic growth, then prime minister Shaikh Hasina would still be in power. She ruled Bangladesh for 15 continuous years during which the country's income per capita more than tripled. Yet she has been overthrown by the very same students who stood to benefit most from her remarkable economic achievements.
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/04/2024
» Re: "Parents and children explore a maze at 'The Maze Adventure'", (BP photo, April 1).
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/03/2024
» Re: "Applause for PM in tacking RTP rift", (Opinion, March 23).
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/03/2024
» Re: "EC asked to probe minister's shares", (BP, Feb 26).
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2023
» Re: "Whoever takes office will inherit a mess", (Opinion, June 15).
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/06/2023
» Re: "Organic law probe could doom Pita", (BP, June 11).
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/01/2023
» Re: "'Thaksin's return can wait,' says Cholnan," (BP, Jan 9).