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Musk, Trump and Mao have a lot in common
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 11/07/2025
» The only place where some people still see Elon Musk as a political genius is China. "Brother Musk, you've got over a billion people on our side backing you," wrote a fan on Weibo, China's biggest social media site. "If Elon Musk were to found a political party," wrote another, "his tech-driven mindset could inject fresh energy into politics."
Papering over cracks
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/07/2025
» At a time when the country needs a strong, competent government to handle numerous challenges, the new cabinet is just the opposite.
Australia should hope for Aukus to collapse
Oped, Gareth Evans, Published on 19/06/2025
» The Aukus partnership, the 2021 deal whereby the United States and the United Kingdom agreed to provide Australia with at least eight nuclear-propelled submarines over the next three decades, has come under review by the US Defence Department.
US hard power must get harder
Oped, Todd G. Buchholz & Michael Mindlin, Published on 05/06/2025
» In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harrison Ford gets his biggest laugh when a desert assassin twirls a scimitar with menacing bravado. Following this brief performance, Ford's character cracks a wry smile, takes out his pistol, and shoots the man dead. In a potential contest with China, the United States looks more like the medieval assassin, deploying young sailors and soldiers equipped with perilously outdated, vulnerable technology.
Reckoning on the horizon
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/05/2025
» Amid the probe into allegations of vote-rigging in the last Senate election, Thai politics has entered untested waters that could prefigure a storm on the horizon.
Thamanat aiming to push Bhumjaithai out of coalition
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 17/05/2025
» The latest “cobra” incident — involving a politician defecting to the Klatham Party — demonstrates Capt Thamanat Prompow’s fervent attempts to make his party an alternative choice for the Paetongtarn Shinawatra government.
EC dragging its feet
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/05/2025
» The Constitutional Court's order for Justice Minister Pol Col Tawee Sodsong to suspend his duties in overseeing the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has created public anxiety over a crisis of trust in the Upper House.
ABOUT POLITICS: A sound bit of advice
Oped, Published on 10/05/2025
» A message has been conveyed by a former finance minister to an aspiring one -- don't be too agreeable with the government when it comes to money matters.
Thaksin's troubles
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/05/2025
» The Medical Council of Thailand's decision (MCT) to penalise doctors implicated in the so-called "14th floor'' saga -- Thaksin Shinawatra's "privileged" hospital stay in lieu of doing real jail time upon returning to the country -- is likely to send seismic shockwaves through the halls of power and affect some government ministers.
Rethink the South
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/05/2025
» Re: "Govt 'ready for new talks' on peace in deep South", (BP, May 7).