Changes on the horizon should give Europe a chance to find a new way forward

REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE: Political expediency at a very high cost

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was agitated on Friday by questions relating to the fate and whereabouts of Somchai Neelaphaijit, the Muslim lawyer who disappeared last March.

We must adapt if we are to save our animals

Alarming reports have surfaced in recent weeks regarding the health of flagship large mammal species in selected Asian countries.

Keeping up with the ‘new’ insurgency

Sun Tzu, the great Chinese philosopher of war, once wrote: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” The absence of such knowledge invites trouble, often disaster. This certainly applies to the ongoing conflict in Iraq, where understanding the insurgents is both crucial and difficult.