MYANMAR CRISIS
In 2014, Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh who played Aung San Suu Kyi in the 2011 movie The Lady, gushingly introduced the
NUCLEAR ESCALATION
Russia and China could have easily been rivals had it not been for the United States. Not only does the US give them a reason to
GLOBAL GARBAGE DUMP
By dumping, burning or land filling, we lose sight of the opportunity to reap the value of both organic and inorganic waste. Held from 13 to 15 September
WEATHER WARS
The term ‘climate change’ isn’t alien to any of us. It has been in our peripheral use for over a decade if not more. We know many such terms 
OPERATION CAR WASH
Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption, observed American football, basketball and baseball
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Electric vehicles (EV) are rapidly populating the Earth. Even multinational energy giant Royal Dutch Shell’s CEO Ben van
WATER SECURITY
Although water security in Asia and the Pacific regions has progressed in the past five years, major challenges such as overexploited
BREXIT HURDLES
On 29 March, British Prime Minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, signalling the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union
POST-COUP TURKEY
Celebrating the first anniversary of Turkey’s failed coup in July, the nation’s opposition party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu held a
ETHICS IN POLITICS
President Emmanuel Macron is on a mission to bring ethics and integrity into France’s corruption riddled political system, and
FUTURE INVENTORS
A short walk from the White House, the steps leading up to a neoclassical building where Robin Williams once performed spill over with teenagers in bright
CLIMATE DISCORD
Standing in the Rose Garden of the White House on 1 June, President Donald Trump announced to Americans and
INDO-CHINA RELATIONS
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Sri Lanka in May, a story emerged that a Chinese submarine was denied permission to enter the
WAR ON GRAFT
American author and salesman Zig Ziglar once said: “We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to
BUYING LOCAL
For many people, the ‘buy local’ movement may seem like another passing fad for the privileged. In the United States, it is
FLUID STATE OF PLAY IN THE GULF
Entering the already murky waters of Middle Eastern geopolitics this year was the widening rift between a number of Gulf states (with Saudi Arabia at the forefront) and their erstwhile regional ally Qatar.
SPLIT TIES: THE GULF IN CRISIS
The Arab world’s only trade bloc the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is at risk of disintegration following Saudi Arabia and its three allies announcing on 5 June thatthey have severed diplomatic ties with Qatar.
GEOPOLITICAL QUAGMIRE
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, along with their allies including Egypt, cut all diplomatic ties with Qatar recently. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have also placed on notice all Qatari citizens to leave their shores within two weeks.
THE G7 SUMMIT
Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni – the host of this year’s G7 Summit held in Sicily’s ‘Pearl of the Ionian Sea’ Taormina – was joined by the heads of seven
ANTI-IRAN FRONT
In his first diplomatic mission as President of the United States, Donald Trump hopped on a plane to travel to where some believe
