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Message from the editor
It has been difficult to focus on anything other than the escalating genocide in Palestine this week, as we witness, and document, a shift in opinion and coverage that has been far too long coming.
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Thailand’s unwinnable war on scammers
In February 2025, Thailand unleashed an unprecedented crackdown to salvage its reputation as a gateway for transnational — typically Chinese-run — scam networks lurking in mainland Southeast Asia. Having rescued thousands from scam dens in Myanmar, Thailand could claim mission accomplished. But Thailand knows that rings hollow when syndicates remain fluid and the fight is multi-front, all while domestic cleavages persist and the geopolitical costs of leaning on China are rising.
26 May 2025
Dangers and conveniences of combining great power with egomania
To take just one possible indicator, if the worldwide stampede to safe haven investments is anything to go by, there is a general sense of foreboding out there regarding President Trump’s election to a second term in office and the deleterious effects of this on the global economy, the stability of international relations and the likelihood of war with China, the genocide in Gaza, the gathering pace of global warming, authoritarian rule, and the suppression of dissent.
25 May 2025
Gaza: Finally, waves upon the sea of silence
Those who purport to lead and speak for the Western world seem to be breaking their disgraceful silence 18 months after the onset of the Zionist state’s primitive savagery.
24 May 2025
Closer ASEAN ties can help China counter US militarisation of region
However, Beijing’s foreign policy and economic agenda are at cross purposes, with nations in the bloc suffering from chronic trade deficits.
23 May 2025
Weaponisation of ‘antisemitism’ hides primitive savagery of Palestinian genocide
As expressed in the UN General Assembly, the vast majority of the world’s governments and peoples agree that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and now the West Bank.
23 May 2025
Time to end the silence
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Martin Luther King Jr.
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For centuries, the West has lived by the myth of the explorer. The ship leaving port, the map unfilled, the promise of something just beyond the horizon – this was our civilisational grammar.
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