ABBOTT CAN LEARN FROM THE CENTRE-RIGHT MASTER: JOHN KEY
John Key leads as if driving a car that straddles the centre white line on...
JAPAN TAKEOVER CHALLENGES AUSTRALIA’S ASIA TIMIDITY
Companies that are now successful in Asia arrived there up to 15 years ago, and...
NAJIB’S JAILING POSES QUESTIONS ABOUT MALAYSIA’S MODERNITY
The Anwar jailing - widely condemned by foreign governments including Australia and the USA, and...
CHINA’S NEW DEMOCRACY EXPERIMENTS
As China has grown richer, and has begun to pay more taxes - its grass...
HAVE AUSTRALIANS LOST THEIR REFORM MOJO?
Bertold Brecht asked bitterly in 1953: ‘Would it not be easier… for the government to...
MEGUMI’S TRAGIC CASE: A GIRL NOT LOST BUT STOLEN
Excelling due to her youth and intelligence, she is believed to have been introduced into...
RAJAPAKSA DYNASTY ENDS, DEMOCRACY VINDICATED
The Rajapaksa government - which had begun to resemble dynastic rule, and was open to...
TO ASK WHERE ISLAM IS HEADING IS NOT ISLAMOPHOBIC
There has lurked… a deep seated feeling that history has ‘gone wrong’ and that to...
SRI LANKA’S EXCITING ELECTION
Rajapaksa’s supporters have branded Sirisena a traitor, while the president himself has urged even Tamils...