Humanitarianism must adapt to climate change, too

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Aid is  finally reaching  the particular millions of Pakistanis in whose lives have been upended by devastating floods. The United Nations provides launched a  US$160 million emergency strategy; supplies are being flown in from the Middle East and elsewhere in Asia; and donors and publics across the world are addressing this most recent tragedy appeal. Pakistan’s tragedy is the […]

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Alien-intelligence equation outlives Frank Drake

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How many smart civilizations should there be in our universe right now? The US astrophysicist Frank Drake, who passed away on September 2 at the age of ninety two, came up in 1961 with an equation to estimate this particular. The Drake equation, dating from a phase in his career whenever he was “too naive to be […]

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HK becomes a safe haven for US-listed Chinese firms

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The Hong Kong stock market is expected to benefit from a pipeline of new dual primary entries as many Chinese businesses look for a safe destination in case they are required to delist from US markets. After nine companies completed their own dual-primary listings in Hong Kong this year, regarding 30 more including e-commerce giant Alibaba […]

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European giants buck US decoupling from China

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Blaring headlines such as “US bans ‘advanced tech’ firms from building facilities in China for a decade” and “China’s zero-Covid policies are crippling its economic outlook” distract from more mundane but arguably more important corporate news coming out of China. Those new developments include the start of production at BASF’s new industrial complex in Zhanjiang […]

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The dark side of Facebook, Google, TikTok ‘dark ads’

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Once upon a time, most advertisements were public. If we wanted to see what advertisers were doing, we could easily find it – on TV, in newspapers and magazines, and on billboards around the city. This meant governments, civil society and citizens could keep advertisers in check, especially when they advertised products that might be […]

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The ghosts of Gorbachev’s energy legacy

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who died last month at 91, was famous in the West for perestroika and glasnost. But three other Russian words also familiar in English were even more consequential for his reign and the resulting Soviet downfall: gaz, neft (oil), and atom. Gorbachev’s approach to these pillars of the Soviet economy […]

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Mongolia squandering its mining boom riches

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Mongolia’s dependence on mining has intensified in recent decades. Following the discovery of major coal deposits and gold-copper ore in the early 2000s, mining’s economic significance surpassed that of the traditional livestock sector. In 2022, mining accounts for nearly a quarter of gross domestic product (GDP), up from a tenth in 2000. Since the advent […]

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Does Iran have a secret plutonium bomb program?

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The UN’s IAEA has reported that Iran has 55.6 kilograms (122.6 pounds) of 60% enriched uranium. The body says this means Iran is able to produce up to 25 kg (55 lbs) of 90% enriched uranium, enough for a nuclear bomb. The real story could be even more concerning. Consider the hoary phrase, “There’s more than […]

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UMNO split widens on ‘free Najib’ rally cry

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SINGAPORE – Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak’s jailing for corruption has accentuated a deepening divide inside the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO), one that threatens a party-splitting schism with new general elections on the horizon. One UMNO camp seeks to distance itself from the newly incarcerated but still influential ex-leader, while a rival […]

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China hopes ‘whole-nation’ scheme can close tech gap

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China’s government says it will use the advantages of its “new-type whole-nation system” to catapult technological progress, an apparent expansion of the authoritarian state’s proven ability to mobilize market and academic resources for development purposes. On Tuesday, a meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission, chaired by General Secretary Xi […]

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