PPolitical City and Kingdom: America and China in Asia byDerwin PereiraJuly 29, 2023 China’s established return to the hierarchy of great powers raises questions about cosmology and international relations. In the… Read More
PPolitical Read More 7 minute read Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore at the centenary of his birthbyDerwin PereiraJuly 7, 2023 When he rose like a comet in the political sky in the 1950s, he was Singapore’s Lee Kuan…
LLife Read More 4 minute read The mentors who made mebyDerwin PereiraJune 19, 2023 STANDING in my early 30s in the Istana in front of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, dressed in his…
PPolitical Read More 3 minute read Do they really know Joe Biden?byDerwin PereiraJune 12, 2023 One of the perils of America’s prominence in global affa irs is that it affects the psyche of…
PPolitical Read More 6 minute read Opportunity for Anwar to burnish his credentialsbyDerwin PereiraJune 11, 2023 The Malaysian government has decided to take over the troubled firm, Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS), to complete the…
LLife Read More 1 minute read Are you lonely?byDerwin PereiraJune 10, 2023 I am writing this in Tokyo. It is a city made for eyes, particularly at night, when the…
LLife Read More 4 minute read My parents, your parents, our parentsbyDerwin PereiraMay 24, 2023 My parents will be celebrating 63 years of marriage next month. That coming milestone made me think. What…
PPolitical Read More 6 minute read Cambodia’s new worldbyDerwin PereiraMay 15, 2023 The ongoing political transition in Cam- bodia has implications for the strate- gic future of a small state…
PPolitical Read More 6 minute read The Thailand behind the latest newsbyDerwin PereiraApril 10, 2023 Thailand’s general election in May draws political attention to its record as a Southeast Asian success story. It…
LLife Read More 2 minute read Aunt Celine, ForeverbyDerwin PereiraMarch 27, 2023 Aunt Celine, from my father’s side of the family, passed away on Saturday (Mar 25). She was 92…
TTravel Read More 7 minute read Singapore icon of the changing skiesbyDerwin PereiraMarch 13, 2023 If Singapore Airlines (SIA) is synonymous with Singapore, there is a good reason: Each reflects the other perfectly…