IMF is a saviour that emerges when extraction from the economy is no longer possible for Pakistan’s elite
The consequences of financial apocalypse or economic meltdown are different for different income groups.
OPINION
When shield becomes spear: Is Japan closing off its security options?
PM Kishida has taken a strong stand in response to an increasingly hostile security environment. Yet Japan’s more muscular defence policy could paradoxically make it more…
Indonesia can help repair Asean’s authoritarian drift under Cambodia’s Hun Sen
The doctrine of non-interference, to which Hun Sen enthusiastically subscribes, makes such monstrous behaviour by Myanmar’s junta possible.
COP28: Asking a fox to guard the hen house
The writer says it will be foolish to expect the fossil fuel industry to sign its own death sentence.
China’s declining demographics: A race against time
A shrinking workforce amid a rapidly ageing population will call for radical policy reforms that will only get harder.
Do you prefer digital ‘red envelopes’?
Mobile payment technology has had a profound impact on our lives, and the digital renminbi is likely to change the way society does business.
Post-Covid musings: After the deluge
2022 seems to have indicated that the spiritual lessons learnt from Covid-19 have lost out to the allure and the glitter of a hardcore material world.
On critical thinking and artificial intelligence
Despite the possible danger of artificial intelligence, the far more dangerous scenario is a society or body politic composed of unthinking members.
Restrictions on Chinese tourists discriminatory, will do no good
The writer says instead of targeting tourists from China, Japan and South Korea should raise a high alert against the XBB.1.5 strain that is spreading fast in the US.
Stronger relationships between Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey can promote world peace
As a pan Asia-Pacific power, Indonesia is trying its level best to prevent the United States and China from coming to blows, both militarily and metaphorically.