Thailand: One Country, Two Prime Ministers
The day before I’m due to interview Somsri Hananuntasuk in steamy downtown Bangkok, mean-faced riot police...
Read MoreThe day before I’m due to interview Somsri Hananuntasuk in steamy downtown Bangkok, mean-faced riot police...
Read MoreIndia’s most respected public intellectual Ashis Nandy recently appealed to his fellow citizens to recognise and...
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Read MoreIn preparation for an upcoming event at the University of Sydney, I’ve been re-reading ex-diplomat Stefan Halper’s...
Read MoreIt was raw, convincing, a two-hour burst of unsmiling defiance, a croaky voice of the not-young,...
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Read MoreWhen future historians look back on the agreement forged in Brussels during the past several days...
Read MoreIf there was a machine capable of detecting reticence and hostility towards democracy there’s no doubt...
Read MoreShortly after touching down in Berlin last week, I contact a friend who says she’s on...
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