Opinion: Beijing Ambition in South China Sea Shows Its Disregard for Int’l Laws
As the world focuses on the fight against COVID-19, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is exploiting others’ distraction to extend its bullying campaign in the South China Sea.
Opinion: Phalang Pracharath Rebranded as Party for National Reconciliation – And They Don’t Think...
The bigger the lie, or at least the bigger the attempted deception, the higher chance it will succeed in making others believe – at least some people believe this judging from the latest re-positioning of the ruling Phalang Pracharath Party which now branded itself as the party for national reconciliation.
Opinion: Taiwan Must Be Part of Post-COVID Global Health Network
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there have more than 40 million cases and more than one million deaths around the world. The virus has had an enormous impact on global politics, employment, economics, trade and financial systems.
One Year After Fighting: What’s Next?
It is certainly chilling that it has been one year since I was charged with one of the rarest, and one of the most severe laws of this land.
Opinion: The Poor Are Getting Poorer and That’s a Ticking Time Bomb
The recent increased price of instant noodle from six to seven baht per pack was nothing short of a big blow for working-class Thais, particularly poor people, who lead hand to mouth existence.
Homeless, Not Heartless
April 11 saw the untimely death of a prominent advocate for the homeless and the dispossessed, a great loss to those communities and those who care about the less fortunate.
Opinion: ‘Coup-Prevention Panel’ a Drop in a Very Dry Bucket
The Future Forward Party announced a plan to set up a panel exploring measures to prevent future putsch in Thailand. It was both a welcoming first step, and long overdue.
NOTE TO READERS: News Coverage Under Military Coup
From the Editors
Opinion: Let Us Not Lose Our Humanity on Myanmar Issue
When your next door neighbours are crying out for help, fleeing from their home for safety, what should you do?
It seems the answer is...
The Danger of a Weak Europe
By Joseph S. Nye
Project Syndicate
CAMBRIDGE – In 1973, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, following a period of American preoccupation with Vietnam and China, declared a “year of Europe.” More recently, after President Barack Obama announced a US strategic “pivot,” or rebalancing, toward Asia, many Europeans worried about American neglect. Now, with an ongoing refugee crisis, Russia’s occupation of eastern Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea, and the threat of British withdrawal from the European Union, 2016 may become, by necessity, another “year of Europe” for American diplomacy.
Project Syndicate
CAMBRIDGE – In 1973, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, following a period of American preoccupation with Vietnam and China, declared a “year of Europe.” More recently, after President Barack Obama announced a US strategic “pivot,” or rebalancing, toward Asia, many Europeans worried about American neglect. Now, with an ongoing refugee crisis, Russia’s occupation of eastern Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea, and the threat of British withdrawal from the European Union, 2016 may become, by necessity, another “year of Europe” for American diplomacy.
