When leaders throw a tantrum
The writer asserts, "The current Senate president must accept that his position is ultimately temporary and is determined by his colleagues."
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Malaysia needs independent professional accident investigation panels
Whenever a serious incident occurs, the public expects answers, says the writer, adding that, more importantly, it expects those answers to come from a source that is credible,…
Police state: The Jakarta Post
As the Indonesian Military (TNI) submitted to civilian control in the first two decades of the reform era and scaled down their non-defence roles, the police have only grown in…
What are we actually voting for?
The writer laments: "To make wise choices, voters themselves must be educated and politically mature."
Renting may be the housing policy Vietnam needs most today
The writer observes that, "With housing prices continuing to outpace incomes, rental housing is emerging as an increasingly important pillar of Vietnam's housing policy, offering…
Finally, a truth commission on the Philippine drug killings
Quoting the writer: "It is difficult to say what the Philippine commission will accomplish in the end. But if, in bearing witness, it restores to the nameless dead their names,…
It is getting poli-tech-al
The writer says that "Malaysian political parties and coalitions are entering a hyper-fragmented tech incubator phase," in which traditional alliances have evolved into "marriages…
Crossroads of powers: Interplay of parties, monarchy in Malaysian politics
The writer says: "Amidst political turbulence and an increasingly visible power vacuum, the renewed prominence of the monarchy's role is by no means accidental, but rather a…
China-Pakistan partnership moves beyond infrastructure
At a time of intensifying geopolitical fragmentation and economic uncertainty, the broadening of China-Pakistan cooperation reflects an effort by both countries to build…
Philippine Senate: Time to abolish it?
The writer laments: "The sad circus that is our Senate nowadays is a perfect microcosm of the root cause of Philippine developmental debacle: a deracinated elite body, dominated…