Malaysia’s leadership on trial: Why corruption keeps winning
When news breaks of yet another corruption scandal, the reaction is often a resigned sigh rather than outrage, the writer says. It's a grim reality. A troubling number of…
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The Trumpian worldview
Leaders like US President Donald Trump, the writer says, "do not just sell a worldview; they also present themselves as the only ones who can fix what is wrong."
United in misogyny?
There is one shared, unshakable truth that unites Bangladeshis: their misogynistic attitude towards women. It is so normalised that it moves seamlessly across political parties,…
Trump and the ghosts of colonialism: A lesson for Indonesia
What Mr. Trump has done to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bears similarity to colonial economic arrangements, in which a weaker nation must grant the powerful access to its…
Zelenskyy vs Trump: Post-American order?
In theory, all want peace. With hundreds of thousands injured or killed and hundreds of billions of foregone revenues and economic destruction, the last people who want to…
US aid cut will undermine Indonesia’s counterterrorism efforts
It could increase the likelihood of violent extremist organisations regrouping and former terrorists reengaging with their previous networks.
Editors, don’t become PROs of proprietors
A prerequisite of being an editor—qualities far more important than his/her ability to write, edit, direct, lead, brief reporters, have a nose for stories, etc—is to have…
US President Trump’s aid cuts to hurt pro-democracy projects the most in Pakistan
Pakistani institutions, such as the Election Commission, have benefitted from Washington’s support in the past.
The price of disruption and arrogation
By ignoring the responsibility of the aggressor, the United Nations Security Council's resolution on the Russia-Ukraine war inadvertently emboldens dictators and rule-breakers…
Imminent end to proxy war
Europe in limbo as former bitter enemies US and Russia work towards cooperation under a new global order.