Indonesia in big flip-flop on floating LNG technology

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JAKARTA – After rejecting floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) technology to exploit one of Indonesia’s largest – and most remote – offshore natural gas discoveries, Indonesia’s Joko Widodo administration has now approved its use by a Malaysian company for a smaller onshore field in western Papua. That’s not the only paradox. While Genting Oil and […]Continue Reading

Digital camera sales clicking back to life

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Digital cameras, which almost wiped out film cameras and were then nearly wiped out in turn by the iPhone and other cell phone cameras, are making a surprise comeback. Led by sophisticated models with interchangeable lenses, unit sales are stabilizing and the value of sales is rising. This is good news for Japanese camera makers, […]Continue Reading

Digital worlds diverge at World Mobile Congress

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BARCELONA – A record 85,000 attendees at the Mobile World Congress saw two radically different visions of the digital future. Developed market telecom companies think of 5G mobile broadband as a consumer technology and worry that their market is close to saturation. China’s flagship digital infrastructure company, Huawei, thinks of 5G as an industrial technology […]Continue Reading

Sanctions rarely work, but are they the least worst option?

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How do we encourage states – or more specifically the people who run them – to behave well, or at least not badly? The “we” in this context is the fabled “international community,” which usually amounts to little more than the United States and a few trusty allies. As Agathe Demarais makes clear in her […]Continue Reading