YEAR OF MANDELA
Among the millions who scurry about feverishly enriching their material lives, there are those rare and unselfish people who speak out for the greater good
CYBER SURVEILLANCE
At the entrance to Facebook’s Asia office in Singapore, there’s a massive interactive world map with a swipe screen that
RACIST POLITICS
It seems that xenophobia and racism are spreading more rapidly than ever across the globe. People are afraid and far-right
MEDIA TRENDS
For US diplomats these days, public interaction overseas is all about defending the indefensible. President Donald Trump keeps making one boo-boo
ANTICORRUPTION LEADERSHIP
A stinging yet pertinent observation by the new President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López
PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT
Croatia may have fallen short in the FIFA World Cup final on 15 July but the team’s feats in the tournament have boosted the small Balkan nation’s morale
US FOREIGN POLICY
President Donald Trump makes the news just about every day; but on certain days, he hogs the limelight with his petulance
HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
When the second Gulf War was being fought, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan wrote in his Millennium Report of
INSTITUTIONALISED GRAFT
Corruption is a global plague with tentacles in every continent. And every time corruption is exposed, there is a connection
DATELINE JERUSALEM
The Palestinian crisis has been a key element of Arab identity ever since the occupation of Palestine by Israel back in
BOTS AND TROLLS
A month or so after the infamous social media block in Sri Lanka, I suddenly became quite popular on Twitter
INTERNET OF THINGS
The Internet of Things (IoT) World 2018 Conference, which was held in California from 14 to 17 May, was attended
GLOBAL CORRUPTION
Recently, the IMF woke up to the fact that poverty in the world is perpetuated by pervasive corruption in 
MAHATHIR’S MALAYSIA
On 10 May 2018, history was made when the world’s oldest head of state – 92-year-old Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad
FIDEL’S CUBA
Cuba is Castro… and Castro is Cuba. That’s what my generation has known of the Latin American nation and its erstwhile leader. It was always about Fidel’s Cuba
STATE CAPTURE
Globally, politicians are the worst culprits when it comes to wriggling out of consequences for wrongdoing. The former President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino
POLITICAL RISK
The recent unrest in some parts of Sri Lanka is having a devastating effect on the economy – but as the full story is still unfolding
THE PUTIN FACTOR
It was in December 1999 that Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin became the leader of Russia. He was appointed acting president when his mentor President Boris
