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Some incidents in world history not only leave deep scars on the soul of a nation but alter the nation’s trajectory irreversibly. The terror attack of September 11, 2001 was one such incident. A perfectly normal morning turned into a horrific nightmare when 19 al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four passenger planes, two of which crashed into the Twin Towers in New York and one into the Pentagon building outside of Washington, D.C. The Twin Towers came crashing down and the result was a death count of almost 3,000.  The resultant national outrage and anger led to the United States leading its…

On September 14, more than 2.3 million registered voters in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the southern Philippines will go to the polls for the first regular parliamentary election. The immediate priority is that the elections should be peaceful, orderly, and credible, but beyond that there is another question that deserves attention: what will political competition look like in communities where political loyalties are changing, particularly in areas historically aligned with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)? The answer could have important consequences for the peace process. Election-related violence is not new to the Bangsamoro. It…

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When the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, was formed in 1967, the five founding states intended to produce a front against the spread of communism. The venture has since grown to include a total of 11 countries, producing a remarkable set of unforeseen consequences, from becoming the fifth-largest economy in the world to reinforcing peace across a swath of diverse and developing countries. Instead of pursuing Cold War initiatives, the bloc has become increasingly integrated, tied together through manufacturing supply chains, trade infrastructure, and shared financial institutions like the Chiang Mai Initiative. ASEAN now produces over $4 trillion in…

Pablo Berrutti is founder and managing director of Altiorem, a sustainable finance library, and a strategic advisor with a background in the integration of artificial intelligence, measuring the impact of climate change and its impact on business. This includes banks and insurance companies and their awkward relationships with factoring in the challenges of climate change and confronting their responsibilities, which have recently been sorely tested by the arrival of a super-charged El Niño weather phenomena. In recent weeks the glacial collapse in Nepal, wildfires in Indonesia, the haze, droughts, and typhoons across East Asia have taken horrible toll on human…

A Challenger 2 main battle tank of the Royal Tank Regiment conducting live-fire exercises. Credit: UK MoD/Crown copyright Royal Tank Regiment live-fire exercise cancelled MoD says training is being reprioritised amid spending reviews Move comes as wider British Army training is reportedly being curtailed A live-fire exercise due to be conducted by the British Army’s Royal Tank Regiment this week has been cancelled in order to “prioritise” military training elsewhere, according to UK Government defence officials. Revealed on 9 September, Louise Sandher-Jones, Minister for the Armed Forces at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), said the decision to cancel the live-firing…

The Philippine Supreme Court yesterday overturned a corruption conviction against Imelda Marcos, the mother of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., more than three decades after the initial charges were filed. In November 2018, the Sandiganbayan, the Philippines’ special anti-corruption court, convicted the former first lady, now 97, of seven counts of graft and sentenced her to sentenced her six to 11 years imprisonment for each charge. It also barred her from holding political office for life. In a decision dated June 10 but made public yesterday, the 1st Division of the Supreme Court overturned the Sandiganbayan’s ruling, Rappler reported. In a…

Vietnam’s top leader To Lam yesterday wound up a state visit to Russia during which he and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to develop their cooperation in the realms of trade, energy, and defense. Lam arrived in Russia on Monday for a three-day visit, before departing yesterday for France, where he was scheduled to meet with President Emmanuel Macron and attend the International Space Summit in Paris. During the visit, Lam, who serves both as president and general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), held talks with Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav…

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has set an extremely ambitious target of building 100 GW of solar capacity by 2029. Naturally, many people are wondering if this a realistic goal. I’ll spare you the suspense. The answer is no. But it does send a strong signal that the government is serious about putting more resources toward cleaner energy. People often look at Indonesia’s energy sector, dominated by coal and other fossil fuels, and the extremely slow progress on renewables to date, and conclude that clean energy is a non-starter. I don’t agree. The government has been signaling for some time that…