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  • English to re-enter Indonesian classrooms

    DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Duncan Graham

    The 2012 decision to scrap English as a compulsory subject in Indonesian elementary  schools is to be reversed. Materials and advice are likely to be sourced from the Philippines.   T...

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  • New Delhi's real worry: Trump's unpredictability on Iran

    DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Tridivesh Singh Maini

    When Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr Javad Zarif extended an invitation to Pakistan to join the ambitious Chabahar port project (about 70 kilometers from China’s ambitious Gwadar port project) duri...

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  • Why war won't breaking out soon

    JOURNAL | BOOK REVIEWS by: Nilsson-Wright

      Japan, South Korea and the United States Nuclear Umbrella: Detterence After the Cold War By Tere...

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  • US tax reform: Big controversy but bigger yields

    JOURNAL | GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES by: Mark Fleming-Williams

    Last December, US President Donald J Trump signed into law his country's first major tax reform since the Reagan era. Sometimes new legislation is seismic in its effects, directly altering the playing...

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  • Cuba 1962: Lessons for North Korea today

    JOURNAL | GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES by: Walter C Clemens Jr

    History yields no precise repeats or lessons for current problems. Still, the 1962 Cuban missile crisis provides some parallels to today’s confrontation between North Korea and the United States...

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  • 'Never apologize, never explain' and other bad ideas for working with millennials

    JOURNAL | GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES by: Karl Moore

    A famous quote is “never apologize, never explain.” I have heard this used by a number of executives. I am not sure it’s ever worked, but with millennials, I believe that you need to...

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  • The future of 'Eurasia'

    JOURNAL | GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES by: Jeff Schubert

    There has recently been renewed focus and commentary on “Eurasia.” But, what is Eurasia, and why is it important? Is it to be a new center of influence and power in the world? Is it to be ...

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  • Ancient scourge exposes Indonesia's health care flaws

    JOURNAL | INDONESIA 360 by: Shinta Eka Puspasari

    Health authorities across Indonesia entered 2018 by closing ranks against a Renaissance era epidemic: diphtheria. The disease, caused by bacterial infection, has spread to 29 provinces, killing at lea...

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