Vietnam’s foreign policy a model for Asean
Vietnam has developed a foreign policy of “four no’s,” which it has evidently honed and perfected during the Vietnamese war of resistance to US military intervention from…
2024 Elections: What’s at stake for India’s minorities?
The writer said that if the Bharatiya Janata Party under Prime Minister Narendra Modi succeeds in winning a third five-year term in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, many fear that…
Leading from the Middle
The writer says that at a time of geopolitical turbulence, middle-power leadership—particularly middle-power leadership from the Middle East—will determine whether the world…
Spectre of a wider conflict still looms in the Middle East
The writer says if the major powers don’t want the ongoing crisis to snowball into a regional conflict, they have to prevail on Israel to end its war in Gaza.
Business and government must seize innovation edge
Even as the global economy continues to change, innovation has made the the APAC region richer, healthier, and better educated.
Doctors as humans
The writer hailed the advantages of using AI in healthcare, but also mentioned important and complex questions including the need to humanize increasing impersonal healthcare…
Global order needed to tackle mankind’s woes
According to the writer, only a united world authority with sufficient powers can tackle the menace of terrorism and a host of other global challenges that make daily headlines in…
Transforming slums
The redevelopment of slums is crucial to ensuring the health and hygiene of ordinary city dwellers, notes the writer.
Why mentorship is more than just a nice idea
Mentoring is crucial, especially for impressionable men. It is comparable to having a life coach who has been there and done that. You are being taught how to read the map, not…
Mega-system disaster on the cards in 2024
2023 will be remembered as a tipping point year when almost all mega-trends of finance, technology, trade, geopolitics, war and climate heating showed signs of acceleration in…