06 December, 2014 As appeared in TheStar.com.my Currently it’s like sweating before sitting for final exams THERE is a frenzy of interest on the establishment of the Asean community, particularly the Asean Economic Community
22 November, 2014 As appeared in TheStar.com.my WHEN one starts to look at the Asean Economic Community (AEC) from the end of 2015 and beyond, there are shades of Hamlet in the exercise. The
18 September, 2014 As appeared in Jakarta Post To make further and meaningful progress in its community-building agenda, ASEAN must fashion a bottom-up approach in its engagement in the lead up to ASEAN integration
08 November, 2014 As appeared in TheStar.com.my It must see the importance of financial stock and financial flows for its real economies IN 2000, when the Chiangmai Mai Initiative (CMI) was first pronounced in
25 October, 2014 As appeared in TheStar.com.my THE United States is a global power. Asia the largest continent on earth. The Asian economies of the proposed RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) alone now constitute
04 October, 2014 As appeared in TheStar.com.my Does the United States as the world’s sole superpower have the wherewithal to do something, to take the lead, in maintaining international peace and security? There are,
20 September, 2014 As appeared in TheStar.com.my There is a thesis that the use of Islam for political ends through violent means is an Arab phenomenon. It is an Arab problem. As a result
06 September, 2014 As appeared in TheStar.com.my The Asean economy, at US$2.4 trillion (RM7.66 trillion), the seventh largest in the world, is set to become the fourth largest on its present growth trajectory by
23 August, 2014 As appeared in TheStar.com.my A vendor walks by rows of multi-coloured head wear for sale in the Tanah Abang market in Jakarta. Altogether 28 million Indonesians – equal to the whole
17 August, 2014 As appeared in TheStar.com.my AT the end of July, it was reported by China’s CCTV that President Xi Jinping had said at a meeting of the country’s Politburo that Beijing wished