Post-Widodo political jockeying kicks off in Indonesia

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President elect Joko Widodo (R) and presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (L) meet at Prabowo's compound in Jakarta on October 17, 2014 ahead of Widodo's official inauguration. Photo: AFP/Bay Ismoyo

JAKARTA – One of Indonesia’s senior-most politicians, black-bearded National Democrat Party (Nasdem) chairman Surya Paloh seems to see himself being an unlikely kingmaker since parties begin jostling for position in front of the Valentine’s Day 2024 presidential and legal elections. The wily 71-year-old Aceh-born press magnate was one of the primary to endorse Leader Joko Widodo whenever he ran regarding […]

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Bellwether Singapore buffeted by global headwinds

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SINGAPORE – End user prices in Singapore are at a 13-year high and are estimated to rise higher being the notoriously pricey city-state, a bellwether intended for global economic growth trends, grapples by using imported inflation, improved geopolitical risks not to mention fears its big trading partners usually are slowing down or on course for recession. Because easing most pandemic-related restrictions in […]

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‘A League of Their Own’ gets a makeover in an ambitious but uneven Amazon series

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Thirty many years later, “A Little league of Their Own” receives a major makeover within a narratively ambitious yet uneven Amazon series, providing timely filters on the World Battle II-era drama whilst dialing down the fun. Specifically, the show considers what it was like to be a lesbian or Black during that period, operating along seite an seite tracks on a sluggish march through the period.Continue Reading

To nuke or not to nuke in SE Asia

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At a recent Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) conference, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen was filled with foreboding. “The current world environment is hard to predict, the world is breaking apart while nuclear war or World War III could break out because countries are threatening each other,” he warned, speaking in his capacity as […]

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Assad’s strategy in southern Syria fated to fail

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Smoke rises above opposition-held areas near the city of Daraa during airstrikes by Syrian regime and allied forces on June 28. Russian planes carried out their first raids on the region in a year on June 23. Photo: AFP/ Mohamad Abazeed

On July 27, Syrian tanks rolled into the former rebel stronghold of Tafas, in western Syria’s Daraa province. The aggression, ostensibly to root out supporters of Islamic State (ISIS), came just three days after military leaders suggested the operation could be avoided if the people they sought were voluntarily handed over. Yet no matter what the government claims – or […]

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Ukraine – the situation (August 10, 2022)

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Overview * The Ukrainian “offensive” in the south has been underway for 18 days as of today. As an American military intelligence officer observed, “I’m reminded of Lincoln’s comment about McClellan: ‘He has a case of the slows.’” More on this propaganda offensive below. * In the principal theaters of action, the mouth of the Donbas salient, the line of […]

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