Asian scammers using US banks to fleece their victims
This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Brian Maloney Jr was flummoxed when he was […]
NATO summit shows Europe and US no longer have a common enemy
Mark Rutte had an unenviable task at the Hague summit this week. The NATO secretary-general had to work with diverging […]
The dawn of the posthuman age
“Can you picture what we’ll be/ So limitless and free/ Desperately in need of some stranger’s hand” — The Doors […]
Can Asia lead a fractured and shifting world?
In a time when global trust is unravelling and crises overlap like fault lines, the world feels like a house […]
Do most Iranians really hate their regime?
From 2015 to 2018, I spent 15 months doing research work in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city. As an anthropologist, I […]
Malaysia quietly flying Turkish drones over South China Sea
In June 2025, Malaysia took a decisive yet understated step in fortifying its maritime domain awareness by confirming the deployment […]
Trump’s Iran gamble brings respite, not resolution
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‘Special relationship’: preparing Britain and America for new era
The Council on Geostrategy has just launched “The ‘special relationship’: preparing Britain and America for a new era“ at a roundtable hosted […]
China steps closer to landing on moon by 2030
China has successfully conducted an escape flight test on its lunar spacecraft Mengzhou, which means “dream ship” in Mandarin. By […]
Peace theater of the absurd in Myanmar
Myanmar’s State Administration Council (SAC) military regime is gearing up for elections, slated to held by the end of 2025. […]