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Thaksin care drama carries risks
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/05/2025
» A growing rift between the Ministry of Public Health and the Medical Council of Thailand (MCT) has exposed tensions between professional integrity and political interference -- posing a direct challenge to long-standing norms that safeguard the independence of the medical disciplinary system.
What did we miss in run-up to Assad's ouster?
News, Slavoj Žižek, Published on 23/12/2024
» The downfall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria surprised even the opposition, led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, offering fertile ground for conspiracy theories.
S112 won't fix itself
News, Editorial, Published on 07/11/2024
» The Lower House's recent decision to shoot down a report on an amnesty bill, including an analysis of the lese majeste laws, will make it much harder for the country to address much-needed reconciliation.
Politicising novel solutions to climate change
News, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 13/05/2024
» Climate studies are increasingly becoming politicised. Harvard University recently shut down a key geoengineering research project because of intense backlash, despite the college's aspiration to become "a global beacon for climate change."
Parties shed pre-poll blood
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 27/02/2023
» Major parties have been rocked by conflict from within in the lead-up to the next poll and the problem could have a direct bearing on how they fare when the big day comes.
Thailand votes to end Ukraine war
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/02/2023
» Foreign affairs scholars said Thailand made the right decision in supporting the UN's resolution calling for an end to the war in Ukraine and demanding Russia's immediate withdrawal from the country.
Thailand abstains in UN vote
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 14/10/2022
» Thailand has abstained from a vote to condemn Russia's annexation of four eastern regions of Ukraine, citing concerns that it would reduce the chances for diplomacy to bring about a negotiated solution to the crisis.
Sri Lanka needs a currency board
News, R M Manivannan, Published on 09/05/2022
» The war in Ukraine has generated an economic tidal wave, which is crashing over countries near and far. Among the more far-flung is Sri Lanka, where surging food and fuel prices have supercharged a downward spiral that was already underway. Now, the island is being rocked by street protests, and every member of the cabinet -- except Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, the brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa -- has resigned. To save Sri Lanka from economic collapse and socio-political disaster will require radical action.
Discounts no fix for price-rise woes
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 24/01/2022
» Prices are rising -- in the case of some items like pork products, by a lot -- and people are feeling the pinch.
Crippling blow to the global war on terror
News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 13/09/2021
» The American-led global war on terror, launched 20 years ago after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks against the United States, was already faltering before President Joe Biden took office. Now it may not recover from the blow delivered by Mr Biden's historic blunder in facilitating the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan. The flag of the world's deadliest terrorists -- responsible for killing over 2,000 US soldiers since 2001 -- flies above Kabul on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.