LLife Decline of The Straits Times byDerwin PereiraDecember 3, 2023 It cannot but be a professional shame when a national newspaper ceases to reflect the spirit of the… Read More
PPolitical Read More 6 minute read Indonesia in presidential moodbyDerwin PereiraNovember 20, 2023 Indonesia is in a presidential mood. That is to say, citizens are enthused by the idea of looming…
PPolitical Read More 6 minute read Taiwan does not need warbyDerwin PereiraOctober 7, 2023 It is worrying that Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has declared that he is preparing for the possibility…
PPolitical Read More 6 minute read Twenty good fellowsbyDerwin PereiraSeptember 29, 2023 The recently concluded Group of 20 (G20) summit held in India was a diplomatic success. The meeting adopted…
PPolitical Read More 7 minute read City and Kingdom: America and China in AsiabyDerwin PereiraJuly 29, 2023 China’s established return to the hierarchy of great powers raises questions about cosmology and international relations. In the…
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…