09 November, 2016 As appeared in Nikkei Asian Review WHATEVER happens in the United States Presidential election next Tuesday, the Donald Trump phenomenon is the strongest signal coming out of America. It is not
05 November, 2016 As appeared in The Star Online WHATEVER happens in the United States Presidential election next Tuesday, the Donald Trump phenomenon is the strongest signal coming out of America. It is not
22 October, 2016 As appeared in The Star Online Unsettling period: The City of London is getting increasingly nervous about its future after Brexit. Many foreign banks are fretting and there is talk of
30 September, 2016 As appeared in Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum Much attention has focused on Europe and its real and imagined shortcomings – particularly since Britain’s June vote to leave the European Union.
24 September, 2016 As appeared in TheStar.com.my ALAIN Juppé may not be a household name in Malaysia but the principled politics of this former French Prime Minister (1995-1997) in his country’s fraught national environment is
27 August, 2016 As appeared in TheStar.com.my WHILE the close British decision to get out of the European Union (EU) – Brexit – was made in a referendum over two months ago, there is still
13 August, 2016 As appeared in TheStar.com.my THE AEC (Asean Economic Community) could turn out to be the saviour of Asean. Whatever its shortcomings, it is real, unlike largely mere words of the Asean
30 July, 2016 As appeared in TheStar.com.my ASEAN is failing. It is not working in the way grand declarations and pronouncement of community just last year proclaim it would. Yet, in a pattern of self-deception
02 July, 2016 As appeared in TheStar.com.my THE most significant point about the “now you see it, now you don’t” joint statement by Asean foreign ministers on the South China Sea issue in Kunming
18 June, 2016 As appeared in TheStar.com.my “Mussolini made the trains run on time.” “Hitler saved Germany from communism.” Many – actually most of the world’s young population today – might not remember the sentiments