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Bigger thriller in Manila
NOW that the quartet of Asean-related summits is over for the year, so should the niggling criticisms. At least they should – more important matters are at hand.
When realities hit the ‘Road’
What some see as obstacles to the Belt and Road Initiative may only be operational challenges along the route as the massive project finally begins to take shape.
G2 becomes more pivotal
US-China relations are of great concern to much of the world, particularly this region, whether or not Washington and Beijing seem to realise it.
Hopes for peace remain
Despite multiple setbacks, Thais generally remain hopeful that Malaysia’s renewed effort to facilitate peace talks for their southernmost provinces can still succeed.
The irony deepens
Close relations between China and Russia as a result of clueless US policies may not be new, except that bilateral ties are now peaking like never before.
Myanmar’s eternal shame
The mass killings and persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya population continue unabated, with more shameful actions by shameless people in high positions.
Whither the trade war?
After years of unqualified success, Beijing may have met its match in Donald Trump’s trade war – weakening China’s aspirations on other fronts, including its signature Belt and Road ambitions.
More than talkfests
Summits are often dismissed as mere talk shops, but they can also be significant events that create opportunities for a safer and better world.
Time for East Asia
AS an indication of how out of touch some international pundits of Asia are, they still call North-East Asia (China, Japan and Korea) “East Asia.”
Heeding the realities
The international marketplace can be an unforgiving arena, if the hard economic realities of global markets are replaced by sentimentality or nostalgia.
Non-Western Eurasia rises
Where US policymakers are not at war with themselves in Washington they threaten trade wars against allies and rivals – leaving much of the world to the fallout.
Art of the Korean deal
The much-publicised Trump-Kim summit has run into some expected roadblocks on an already rough road, but remains a common destination potholes and all.