Opinion

THE TPP is a geopolitical play more-so than a trade deal. It is Washington telling Beijing it still has influence in Asia . . .

HAVING achieved an economic miracle in its first 50 years, will Singapore suffer a mundane descent into mediocrity over its next half century . . .

IT is way past time that Thai governments – elected or not – effectively addressed core problems that have been ignored for so long . . .

THE MERS outbreak has hurt, but the real concern should perhaps be on Seoul’s slowing economy . . . 

IF a week-long cloister of Trade Ministers from 12 countries in July can close off a deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), signing of a US-EU pact, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), may not be far behind . . .

GREATER regional co-operation will be needed to protect and preserve the wealth of Southeast Asia’s seas. Any way you look at it, Thailand’s seafood industry is facing some tough times . . .
 

Pirates, smugglers and territorial claims have fed a cauldron of instability in the waters around Asia . . .

MALAYSIANS at large feel a heightened sense of insec-urity because of the rise in Islamic fundamentalism and some of the actions of their Government . . .

LINGERING malaise in South Korea is beginning to remind observers of Japan in the early 1990s as that country embarked on two decades of stagnation . . .

CHINA’s Silk Roads concept offers sackcloth and ashes to those not toeing the Chinese line (witness Japan and the Philippines). These land and sea roads are all about restoring China’s greatness and superiority . . .