4% Uptick NOT Landslide Win in Singapore’s Election
In an increasingly crowded information sphere, many news outlets, both mainstream and their offshoots, as well as independent ones, have taken to a highly...
Will Singapore’s Ruling Party Face its Overdue Fall?
Singapore’s People's Action Party (PAP) finally dropped the bombshell of a May 3 election date on April 15, permitting a campaign period of a...
Russia’s Arctic Forum Confronts Crux of Climate Change
The world’s largest city north of the Arctic Circle, Murmansk—under the slogan “To Live in the North”—drew 1,300 participants from 21 countries to brainstorm...
EEF: Far East 2030. Combining Strengths to Create New Potential
With blazing rays and pulsating waves, the magnificent port city of Vladivostok welcomed over 7,100 people from 75 countries at the XIX Eastern Economic...
Africa between Globalisation and Slow-balisation
Jeffrey Sachs is known for many accolades; among them, he was a special advisor to three consecutive UN secretaries-general, once hailed as the most...
Of Russia’s Presidential Election and the West: Pride and Prejudice
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” pronounced Joe Biden, President of the United States. “Putin’s day will surely be numbered… He’ll...
International Security Needs Coherence
With military flaps decorated in stripes and stars, the entourage of local and foreign top-ranking officials that descended upon the Moscow Conference on International...
When Defence Planning Comes to Nought
In a 15th-century priory nestled away in a prestigious neighbourhood of Geneva, an exclusive audience gathered on the gorgeous grounds of a university before...