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BOOK REVIEW: Vertigo (The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany)
Malaysia’s Madani: Disappointment After Disappointment
Lawsuits in Singapore: Familiar Story
China Learns a Lesson From the Syrian Debacle
Singapore Scores a Kazakh Arms Deal
In Seoul’s Impeachment Drama, Opposition Fights For Power
Asia’s Walled City: The Erosion of Transparency in Hong Kong
Social Media Giants Buckle to Viet Censors
South Korea-style Political Crisis Brews in Taiwan
MAGA Gathers Clouds Over Seoul, Tokyo
European Deportation of Syrian Refugees a Sign of the Times
The POGOs Close in the Philippines: Where Do They Go Next?
Malaysia's Pakatan Government at 2: Foreboding Amid Success
Will Indonesia’s Prabowo Freelance His Own Foreign Policy?
Transitioning to Nowhere: Syria's Uncertain Future
Chaos Persists Among Chinese Top Brass, Analysts say
BOOK REVIEW: Spying in South Asia (Britain, the United States and India’s Secret Cold War)
BOOK REVIEW: The Golden Land Ablaze (Coups, Insurgents and the State in Myanmar)
South Korea’s Yoon Survives Martial Law Miscue – For Now
Military Planners Fear China Threat to Undersea Cables
Winter Sets In On ‘All Weather’ Pakistan-China Friendship
China Wants it Both Ways on Climate Change
The Adani Indictment and the Peril From ‘Modani’
Practical Effect of ICC Warrant For Myanmar’s Dictator
One-time Indonesian Minister’s Arrest: Don’t Cross Jokowi
Indonesia Likely to Repatriate Drug Offenders
US’s Adani Charges a Misstep in an Uncertain Time
China’s Copycat Fighter: Arms Sales Bait
Singapore: Does ‘Forfeiture For Freedom’ Work?
BOOK REVIEW: Taiwan’s Presidents (Profiles of the Majestic Six)
Japan’s New Whaling Supership Sets Sail
FTX Bribery Kept Crypto Going in China
Hong Kong to Pro-Democracy Advocates: Don’t Mess With Us
The Continuing Cost of Antipersonnel Land Mines
Mass Trial Finally Ends for Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists
Saudi-Iran Ties Stand to Get Stronger
Illegal Online Gaming Hits Indonesia
BOOK REVIEW: The Great Nicobar Betrayal
AI and the Threat to White-Collar Jobs
Marcos Makes it Official: POGOs Must Go
Global Threat to Gender Equality
Singapore-Based Trafigura Group Hit by Multiple Scandals
Asia Greets a Rejuvenated Donald Trump
Kazakhstan’s Diversification Drive
In Trump, Americans Get Their Chairman Mao
Prabowo Lines up His Massive Cabinet
Ali and Baba at Play in Malaysia
It Can’t Happen Here? Yes it Did
Singapore Tightens Anti-Money-Laundering Procedures
China’s International Criminal Gaming Diaspora
India, China Agree to Bury the Hatchet on Ladakh
An Empowered BRICS Struts its Stuff in Kazan*
IEA Overly Optimistic on Global Energy Transition
Korean Drone Provocation Tied to Russo-Ukraine War
The Mystery of Arab Disloyalty to Palestine
Living Planet Report 2024: We’re Wrecking the Place We Live In
Singapore Opposition Figures Decamp for UK
China Cracks Whip on Northern Myanmar Insurgents
Marcos Looks For Help in China Row
New Indonesian President’s Formidable Job
The Astronomical Cost of HIV Prevention Tools
The Real Danger of Donald Trump
Singaporean Football Coach Languishes in Chinese Prison
Chagos Return to Mauritius: Fait Accompli Pleasing Nobody
Feud Between Scions of Singapore’s Founding Father Rekindles
Sri Lanka Suddenly in Play as Indian Ocean Fulcrum
Taiwan More Vulnerable to Missile Attack Than Israel
Wary Jaishankar’s ‘Multilateral Visit’ Not a Pakistan Holiday
BOOK REVIEW: Fearless (A Guide to Freedom and Fulfilling your Fullest Potential)
India Coppers its Bets in Myanmar
Japan’s Ishiba and his Military Ambitions
Thailand ‘Helicopters in’ Debt Relief
Jammu & Kashmir Elects NC-Congress Government, Edges out BJP
Indonesia Defies WTO in EU Nickel Dispute
The QUAD – or Most of it – Has Little Wish to Challenge China
Collision Between Conservation and Indigenous People in India
Indian art exhibition in London focuses on a key period in history
Indonesia’s Uneven Struggle Against TB
Singapore ex-minister given tougher-than-expected jail sentence
OPEC's New Global Demand Forecast: Wishful Thinking?
China’s Fait Accompli in the South China Sea
Economic Challenges Await New Government Under Prabowo
Natural Gas Geopolitics: The Overlooked Central Asia-China Pipeline
The Tests For Japan’s Incoming Prime Minister
Taiwanese shrug off China's Bullying on 'Independence Separatism'
Developing-Country Women Denied Reproduction Rights
Water Needs Endanger Historic India-Pakistan Pact
Journalism Under Siege in Pakistan
China’s Province in Southeast Asia
The Duterte Elimination in Three Acts
Singapore Ex-Minister Faces Possible Jail
The South China Sea: The Limits of Quiet Diplomacy
A new Marxist president in Sri Lanka follows regime change in Bangladesh
As Vietnam’s President Visits UN, ‘Carbon Neutrality’ Vanishes at Home
BOOK REVIEW: Mindless (The Human Condition in the Age of Artificial Intelligence)
Putrajaya to Helm ASEAN For 5th Time Amid South China Sea Spats
Swiss Whistleblower’s Role in Jailing of 1MDB suspects
China's Ambiguous Meddling in Myanmar's Complex Conflicts
School Bullying in Singapore Spurs Outrage
Bangladesh Begins to Shake Off Hasina’s Ouster
The Slow Grind of Justice in Hong Kong
Restive Kashmir Prepares for Long-Stalled Elections
China Oil Demand Contraction Eats into Saudi Coffers
Singapore Law Minister's Home Sale to Mystery Buyer
The Ordeal of Being a Woman in Today’s Afghanistan
Duterte-Marcos War Breaks Into the Open
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Express: China’s Interest
Indonesian President’s Clout Fades at the End of His Reign
Three Country “Development Triangle” Raises Fears of Viet Dominance
A Transformed Rahul Gandhi Visits the US
Migrant Madness Drives Political Upheaval
Cambodia’s Media: Faster, Cheaper, Easier, Not Better
Taiwan Defense Strategy and US-Filipino Cooperation
Pakistan’s Strange ‘War on Terror’
Taiwan’s GDP Per Capita Leapfrogs Japan’s, South Korea Next
Unregulated Tourism Damaging Kashmir’s Fragile Ecosystem
BOOK REVIEW: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama (Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy)
Distressing Global Report on Civil Freedoms
Japan’s ‘Digital Deficit’ a National Security Issue
Peace Talks Derailed Again in Southern Thailand
‘POGOs’ Churn Philippine Politics
Vietnam’s Top Cop Clears Away Rivals on the Way Up
Thailand’s Thaksin Delivers Economic Revamp
With Russia Busy in Ukraine, New Players Emerge in Central Asia
Thailand’s Military Seek to Lassoo Thaksin
Public Protest Reins in Indonesian President Jokowi’s Post-Reign Plans
Rape in India: Grim Recurring Story
Christian Violence Comes to Australia
Taiwan’s ‘China-free’ Drone Program May Not Be
US Export Controls on China Likely Backfiring, Little-Noticed Study Says
Singapore's PM's Inaugural Policy Address: No Fireworks
Indonesia’s Jokowi Rumored in Golkar Party Coup
Mine Warfare in the Asia-Pacific: Clear and Present Danger
Fear of ISIS Resurgence Spreads in Europe
Shock Court Decision Ousts Thailand’s Prime Minister
China Overproduction Surge Gives Global South Pneumonia
The Return of Thailand’s Old Guard
Propaganda and Performance at The Olympics
Armed Conflict in Indonesia’s Restive Papua Province Intensifies
Indonesia’s ‘Perfect Storm’ of Debt
Proposed Insurance Co-op’s Sale to Allianz Stirs Singapore Unease
Thailand’s Controversial Bet on Casinos
New Missiles Form US Riposte to China’s Pacific Strategy
Manila Settles For Humble Pie in the South China Sea
Bangladesh PM Hasina’s Flight Shakes India
BOOK REVIEW: Majapahit (Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia’s Greatest Empire)
A Tragedy Illuminates a Parade of Indian Calamities
Malaysia Reins In The Internet
Convicted Fraudster Kwok Hid Fortune in Secret Companies
Stark Differences across Asia-Pacific in AIDS Treatment
BOOK REVIEW: Eve (How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution)
MEDAL TALLY: Asia at 2024 Summer Olympics
Indonesian Jihadis Jemaah Islamiyah Call it Quits
China’s Banking System Headed for Crisis, Reports Say
Why Did Singapore Black Out Jailed Chinese Tycoon’s Social Media Accounts?
Kamala Harris and the ‘Blood Conundrum’
Hong Kong a Major Hub for Illicit Transfer to Rogue Nations, Report Finds
Xi Seeks Fourth Term at Third Plenum
Political Unrest Engulfs Bangladesh
Hong Kong Goes to the Mountain
World Braces For Donald Trump And His New Sidekick
[UPDATE] Vietnam’s Leader Dies
[UPDATE] Vietnam’s Leader Dies
Anwar Seeks to Put Ally on Malaysia’s Highest Court
Japan-Philippines Reciprocal Pact: What Are The Implications?
The Perennial Flood Menace in Northeast India and Bangladesh
Ailing Singapore Opposition Leader Threatened With Contempt
China Closes Eyes to Vietnam’s Spratlys Land Reclamation
If It’s Built, Cambodian Canal an Economic and Environmental Disaster
Washington Firms Up New Nuclear Guidelines on North Korea
India’s Inauspicious Embrace of Coal
Indonesia Hopes to Lure Family Offices to Jakarta
Indonesian President’s Capital Dream in Peril
Iran's New President Unlikely to Usher in a New Dawn
Malaysian By-Election Ominous For Government
Climate Change to Hit Global Ag Production, Report Says
End of a UK Government Dogged by South Asian ‘Tribal Politics’
BOOK REVIEW: The Good War of Consul Reeves
BASF Withdrawal From Indonesia Nickel Mine a Partial Victory For Tribe
Taliban Blow Cold on Doha Talks
A Diminished Modi Faces Test of Political Skills
South Korea’s Foreign Workers Cope With Hazardous Workplace
Fragile Bond Between Indonesia's President and Heir
Former Defense Chiefs’ Fall Likely Cripples China’s War Aims
China Demands Impossible Reforms from Pakistan
The Bad Karma of Military Collapse in Myanmar
Modi’s Election Setback Fuels Gandhi Dynasty Recovery
Singapore Financial Watchdog Tightens Money Laundering Oversight
Malaysia's Anwar Tilts to China
EU Sanctions ‘Kill Singaporean Shipping Company Stone Dead’
The Search Continues For The Lost 1MDB Loot
The Winding Road of Legal Reform in Indonesia
Performative Martyrdom in the South China Sea
Crisis Deepens in the South China Sea
AI Takes Over Another Profession
Putin Shocks the World With Defense Treaty with Pariah Kim
Uproar Over Indian Medical Exam a New Test for BJP
Thaksin Expected to Beat Royal Defamation Charge
Nobel Laureate Ressa’s Libel Case a Marcos-Duterte Flashpoint
Russian Sanctions Cost Shipping Boss Singapore Work Permit
Update: Putin Keeps Kim Waiting in The Dark but Signs Cooperation Pact
Multipolarity Comes to the Asia-Pacific
Marcos Cozies up to the Americans
Ex-Bank Chief’s Running Battle With Hong Kong
China Will More Likely Grow Rich Before It Grows Old
Tigers to Cambodia: Disaster in the Making
Bitcoin Mining’s Vast Energy Use Slips Under the Radar
Singapore’s Fracturing Cultural and Political Identity
News Corp is Ailing. How Long Will The Murdochs Prop it up?
Volodomyr Zelenskyy’s Hail Mary Pass in Manila
Reestablishing States on the Gaza Ruins
The ‘China-Pakistan-Afghanistan Triangle’ Collapses
North Korea Raises a Stink in North-South Balloon War
Vietnam’s Shrinking Public Space
Indonesia's New Capital Faces Setback As Top Officials Resign
India’s BJP Hangs Onto Power but Loses Overall Control
Singapore an Unwilling Haven for Chinese Criminals
US ‘Decouple’ From China isn’t Working
Increasing Cultural Fissures Stalk the Planet
Paving Paradise: Sustainable Tourism in Bali
Hong Kong’s Citizens Find Another Reason to Mutiny
Allegedly Bilked Investors Say They Get No Help from Singapore Police
The China-Russia Military-Economic Gambit
As India’s Election Draws to Close, is Modi Good For The Country?
Asia’s Trilateral Summit Short on Substance
Singapore’s High-Tech Farms Reach For Self-Sufficiency
Myanmar’s Resistance Slows But Doesn’t Stop
Former Singapore PM’s Brother Must Pay S$400,000 in Defamation Suit
China Underreports Iranian Crude Buys, Thwarting US Sanctions
Police General Rising to Top Amid Viet Party Chaos
Sunak Gambles Calling Snap UK Election
Dubai: Hot Money’s Property Bolthole, Investigative Group Says
Criticism Over Plans to Revise Press, Judiciary Laws in Indonesia
Pakistan’s Broken Anti-Terror System
Rights Groups Charge Thais ‘Swapping’ Foreign Dissidents, Refugees
Key Takeaways From the Xi-Putin Summit
Hong Kong's foreign judges should resign: Our new report shows why
Japan Awakens From Diplomatic Military Slumber
Thai Cabinet Reshuffle: Reunion of Thaksin’s Cronies
Brownout on Roxas Boulevard Redux
Chinese Tycoon Ordered Deported For Straw Donations to NY Mayor
Concerns Rise for Indonesian Democracy in New Government
The Yellow Peril Rises Again in the US
Anwar’s Mixed Record in Malaysia
The Wall Street Journal: Into the Merlion’s Mouth
Viet Communist Party Eats its Own
Deadly Intersection: TB and Smoking in Indonesia
Japan’s Shrinking Universities Seek Foreign Students
Funan Techo Canal: Chinese Gambit in Cambodia
Afghans Face Bleak Future on Being Driven from Pakistan
Sex, Lies & Videotape as Mercury Soars in India's Election
Southeast Asia: World’s Dumping Ground for Plastic Waste
New Viet Bribery Scandal Widens
Gulf States: The Devil and the Deep Sea of Israel-Iran Tensions
China Doesn’t Aim to Supplant US in Middle East: conference
Indonesia’s Top Court Clears Way for Prabowo’s Presidency
Taiwan’s Submarine Program Enters Rough Waters
US in the Middle East: Déjà Vu All Over Again
Modi Plays Foreign Policy Card as Voting Starts
Australia, Japan Need to Calm Tensions in South China Sea
Vietnam’s Biggest Graft Case Spreads Abroad
‘An Eye For an Eye’ in Pakistan and India
Singapore’s Lee Declares Departure in Shock Announcement
Philippines’ Marcos Renewable Energy Plans Encouraging
Asia’s Snow Leopards Threatened by Growing Himalayan Military Contest
South Korea Opposition Sweep Spells Trouble For Yoon’s Agenda
Taiwan Readies for Indian Workers Amid Anti-Migrant Concerns
A Confident Marcos Returns to the White House
Delhi Chief Minister’s Arrest Raises Vendetta Fears
Indonesia’s Prabowo's Careful Balance on First Overseas Visit
Drone Strikes on Myanmar Military Capitol Signify Deteriorating Situation
The Efficacy of Israel’s Targeting Process
The Biden Administration Turns Its Back on Hong Kong
Chinese Family Offices in Singapore Fall Sharply in Wake of Scandal
USD’s Strength – For Now – Creates Problems, Opportunities
ASEAN a Destination for World’s Trash, UN Report Says
Indonesia Seeks to Deal With Dual Scandals
Who Was The Mysterious Israeli Gunman After in KL?
The ‘Special Relationship’ Between Singapore and Israel
The Indian Navy Gets Into The Groove
China-India Face-off in the Indian Ocean
Singapore’s Activist Role over Gaza
Destroying Borneo’s Rainforests
Southern Thai Violence Masks Progress in Defusing Communal Tensions
Singapore up to Old Tricks in Charge Against Opposition Leader
Russia’s ‘Muslim Problem’ and the Crocus City Hall Attack
BOOK REVIEW: A Danger Shared (A journalist’s glimpse of a continent at war)
Major Corruption Trial Shakes Ho Chi Minh City
Popular Party’s Dissolution Little Help for Thai Problems
US TikTok Ban a Flashpoint in US-China Cyberwar
Evergrande ‘Ponzi Scheme’ Likely Sparks Major Property Market Restructure
Flak for China’s Latest Tonkin Gulf Baseline
Myanmar Junta in Dire Trouble, Think Tank Says
Fears over Hong Kong’s security law
Taiwan Says We'll Shoot at Intruding Forces
Indonesia’s Jokowi Amasses Post-Electoral Power
Immigration: Global Election Issue
Malaysia’s Creeping Islamization
The Scourge of Online Violence Against Women
BOOK REVIEW: Convergence (Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing)
Seoul Pushing to Train More Doctors
Singapore in Hot Water With ASEAN Over Taylor Swift ‘Bribe’
China Outmaneuvers Washington in Kabul
Well-Connected Chinese-American Woman’s Death Suspicious
Singapore's Social Engineers Run Out of Ideas on Population Decline
Hong Kong’s Budget: The Music Stops
Singapore Opposition Leader Calls for Asset Declaration Law
The End of The ‘White-Haired Rajah,’ a Borneo Robber Baron
Hong Kong’s International Litfest Avoids Gratuitous Trouble
Tunku Abdul Rahman’s enduring legacy in foreign affairs
Hindutva Threat to Indian Mosques Grows
China Using Kinmen Drownings to Add Pressure on Taiwan
No ‘Brave New World’ on Pakistan’s Horizon
Havana Stuns Kim by Opening Ties with Seoul
Paving Paradise: India’s New Andaman Base
The Future of Indonesia Under Prabowo
New Thai Tax Rule Threatens Expat Retirees’ Foreign Earnings
The Islamic State Raises Its Head in the Philippines
The Massive, Messy Messi Scandal in Hong Kong
Indonesia Polls a Possible Return to Dynastic Politics
1MDB Scandal Author Threatened with Prison
Singapore Begins To Pay The Price for ‘China Cuckooing’
Can the US Reestablish Itself in The Middle East?
Growing Call to Make Big Tobacco Accountable
Marcos, Duterte at Each Other’s Throats
Hunt for Chinese Interference in Singapore, US
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agenda Wrecked
A Triumphant Modi Consolidates His Power
New National Security Law Tightens Beijing’s Grip on Hong Kong
Indonesia's Problems With Illegal Wildlife Poaching
Rebel leader confident of winning Myanmar civil war
Disgraced Malaysian PM’s Sentence Reduced
US and the Houthis: Once More Into the Quagmire
The Lurking Menace of Pegasus Spyware
Kim’s Nuclear Threat Reflects Regime's Instability
BOOK REVIEW: G-MAN (J Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century)
Myanmar’s Military Faces Stunning Losses as Rebels Gain Strength
Historical Claims Collide in the Taiwan Strait
Malaysia Corruption Probe Regarded to Settle Old Scores
Victims of Romantic Scams End up as ‘Butchered Pigs’
Thailand: Southeast Asia’s Final Wildlife Stronghold in Danger
Modi Consecrates a Controversial Temple
Pandora’s Box: Daim Zainuddin and the Law
Seeking a Truly Regional SCS Force
Singapore’s PAP Risks Losing Seats Over Minister’s Graft Charges
Indonesia’s Jokowi in Heavy Weather on Charges of Meddling in Presidential Polls
Myanmar Junta Looks Increasingly Vulnerable as Rebels Gain Ground
Gaza Gets Almost No Help From the Muslim World
Will Malaysia’s Felonious Former Premier be Freed Soon?
China Attempts to Homogenize its Multi-ethnic Peoples
Economically, as China Goes, Hong Kong Now Goes
BOOK REVIEW: Tribute to India's "most misunderstood prime minister"
Chinese Communist Party's Appeal to US Service Members
Mission Creep: The Danger for the US in the Middle East
Darkening Picture for Asia’s Clouded Leopards
Taiwan Headed for Instability Regardless of Election Victor
Between Islam and Poverty: Afghanistan Teeters Under the Taliban
Safety, Environmental Problems, Mar Jokowi’s Signature Nickel Program
Hong Kong Property Market Faces Headwinds
Chinese Naval Officers Supplanting Army within PLA
“Fat Leonard’s” Magical Road Trip
Pakistan’s BRICS Membership Bid
Myanmar in 2024: Junta in ‘Terminal Decline?’
South China Sea in 2024: Still The World’s Most Dangerous Lake
2024 on the Environmental Horizon: Little Good News
Tiny, Historic Pacific Island a Model for US-China Confrontation
The World in 2024: The Only Election That Matters is in the US