International Relations

For new world order, look to Chinese leader's first port of call

27 Feb 2013

Beijing and Moscow have co-operative, tension-free and growing bilateral relations, as reflected in their 2011 trade of US$83.5 billion, while military co-operation has turned Russia into the...

Strategic mistrust a useful ally in Korean Peninsula

25 Feb 2013

With new leaderships in place in China, Japan and South Korea, hopes are high about opportunities for better co-operation in East Asia. Expectations are particularly high for South Korea's Park...

War of words grows between US and Beijing over North Korea nuclear test

18 Feb 2013

Washington, rather than Beijing, should take greater responsibility for Pyongyang's third nuclear test last week, Xinhua said in a commentary attacking foreign media reports that China's North...

China's 'friendship' in the Pacific draws thanks and suspicions

18 Feb 2013

Part-way between Guam and Hawaii, Beijing is not laying claim to sovereignty over Pohnpei island but is aiming to win new friends in the government.

Can Asia step up to remake global order?

7 Jan 2013

The rise of Asia is the single most important historical event of our era.

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Experts divided over North Korean rocket's political target

North Korea's rocket launch marked a huge leap in its strategic capabilities, but given its timing, experts are divided over who the launch was aimed at influencing.

US must learn how to lead

Any discussion of US foreign policy begins with an understanding and appreciation of American "power" and influence in an evolving and uncertain world.

Declaration of independence

Is there such a thing as Malaysian indie rock? Or indie culture? There is, but you may not have heard of it. Malaysia's music scene usually only makes headlines when conservative Muslims protest...

EU can be an example for Asia

The European Union must seem a strange kind of beast to many Asians. And given their disgraceful handling of the financial crisis, especially compared to the better-off economies in the East, euro...

Briefs, 6 October, 2012

2 arrested for stabbing tourists at sacred site

Briefs, September 26, 2012

Higher fines for erroneous maps