Commentary

First, within the judiciary, the JAC can be further empowered by making its decisions binding, rather than the current advisory role that still leaves room for the prime minister’s discretion....

Lockheed Martin’s Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, was designed to help protect South Korea against attacks from North Korea; instead it became the biggest obstacle to relations between...

SINGAPORE: Recently, four political coalitions in Malaysia - Barisan Nasional, Perikatan Nasional, Pakatan Harapan and Gerakan Tanah Air - held large-scale meetings to prepare for a possible snap election. The...

Nor would an export ban lower inflation at home or meaningfully improve India’s food security. In August, the government had 28 million tonnes of rice in its warehouses (well above...

While G20 meetings are supposed to be about global economic issues, there is no doubt that the war in Ukraine and China’s increasing military activity around Taiwan will be a...

China’s economy is now in a vastly different place, however. It was already gliding toward low single-digit growth before COVID-19 flared in early 2020 - that’s compared to the period...

THE ROLE OF FIRST LADIES IN DIPLOMACY First lady diplomacy has a long history and tradition in international relations in many Western countries. In the US, many past first ladies...

Incidents of road rage and bad driving at the Malaysia-Singapore land border have gained notoriety on social media. Drivers who were desensitised to casual aggression in the past might now...

TOKYO: A nuclear renaissance might be happening in the most unlikely of places.  Just over a decade on from Fukushima, the northern Japanese region that became globally synonymous with the...

Without question, the Bill’s symbolic measures make for good domestic politics in the US. After all, China is one of the rare topics of bipartisan agreement in Washington these days....