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Military & Defense January 18, 2019Reconsidering the Individual Weapon OpticBy Charlie Gao
Geopolitics January 5, 20192018 “A Year of What the Heck” ReviewBy Suttichart Denpruektham
Geopolitics December 6, 2018ChannelNewsAsia: Canada arrests Huawei CFO, to extradite her to US
Geopolitics November 27, 2018Haaretz: Palestinians Seek Emergency Arab League Session Over Israel’s Warming Ties With Arab States
Internal Affairs November 24, 2018Nikkei: The party turns sour for Xi
Geopolitics November 24, 2018Hindustan Times: Why Amnesty was wrong to strip Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi of top honour
Internal Affairs October 25, 2018SinoInsider: Fang Fenghui’s Expulsion, Meng Hongwei’s Arrest, and the Factional ‘Soft Coup’
Internal Affairs October 25, 2018SinoInsider: The World is Trapped in Red China’s Matrix
Finance & Economics September 27, 2018And it’s not even a trade war, and China is destined to lose
Military & Defense September 27, 2018RT: Russia’s Su-57 jet gets hypersonic missile that can shoot down enemy aircraft ‘300km away’
Geopolitics September 27, 2018Iran’s Enemies Strike Back
Military & Defense August 30, 2018NIKKEI Asian Review: Russia flaunts China ties with massive Far East war games
Geopolitics August 30, 2018The Telegraph: Japan and North Korea held secret meeting
Finance & Economics August 30, 2018Freight Waves: Five years in, China’s Belt and Road looks like a giant debt trap
Geopolitics August 28, 2018Washington Post: Facebook blocks accounts of Myanmar’s top general, other military leaders
Finance & Economics July 26, 2018SCMP: Many Chinese companies ‘will go bankrupt’
Military & Defense July 9, 2018South Front: Russia and FSA reach initial agreement on Southern Syria
Geopolitics July 1, 2018Johor Southern Tigers: Tunku Mahkota Johor thanks Singapore for water assistance
Military & Defense June 29, 2018Haaretz: Assad Preparing to Retake Southwest Syria
Geopolitics June 28, 2018Business Insider: China tries to censor Vanuatu on “60 Minutes”
Geopolitics June 28, 2018SCMP: China is not a world leader in science and technology
Geopolitics June 28, 2018Japan Times: U.S. aircraft carrier patrols disputed sea amid China buildup
Geopolitics June 17, 2018Japan Times: China’s infrastructure projects in Malaysia are under threat
Geopolitics June 17, 2018SCMP: French military pushes back against Beijing’s SCS claims
Geopolitics June 15, 2018Asia Times: ‘Faux pacifists’ imperil Japan while empowering China
Geopolitics June 15, 2018SCMP: Shinzo Abe and Kim Jong-un could meet
Geopolitics June 15, 2018Nikkei Asian Review: Malaysia asks Japan for yen loan to solve financial woes
Geopolitics June 13, 2018Kim-Trump Summit: A Quick HighlightBy Suttichart Denpruektham
Geopolitics June 11, 2018Kim-Trump Summit, Here’s What Happened So FarBy Suttichart Denpruektham
Geopolitics June 10, 2018Why Singapore? For the Kim-Trump Summit
Internal Affairs June 10, 2018South Korea’s Fight for Comfort Women Against Japan Is Hypocritical and Further Damages Its Future Relations With ItBy Al Lee
Geopolitics June 9, 2018Kim-Trump Summit: What if it fails
Geopolitics June 4, 2018Malaysia tipping the power balance away from China in South East Asia
Internal Affairs May 5, 2018“Mahathir”, the Pakatan’s regressive gamble
Geopolitics May 1, 2018Thailand and The Secret War in LaosBy Suttichart Denpruektham
Geopolitics April 19, 2018Contrast between 2 Dictators
Finance & Economics April 7, 2018Why China imports soybeans from the US?
Geopolitics March 18, 2018The Age of Kim Jong-Un and his Secret Agenda
Geopolitics January 28, 2018The Turkish Pivot
Internal Affairs January 25, 2018Prime Ministerial race to divide the PAP?