Lawrence Wong: What’s coming?
by : Derwin Pereira The orderly transition of power from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to his successor…
Prabowo must go for new thinking
by : Derwin Pereira Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto’s promise is to make Indonesia great again. It is not…
Watch out for xenophobia
The philosopher George Santayana’s warning, that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”, is…
Foreigners must value Singapore
Singapore needs foreigners. You know it, I know it, and they (I mean, foreigners) know it. This country’s…
Books I wish I’d written
There are three books that are of such consuming interest to me that I wish I had written…
Lessons for Asia from a bad European war
Neither side is winning, two years and more after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 in an escalation…
Relationships Derwin Pereira
“Goodbye”, a heart-rending song by Celine Dion, celebrates her mother: “Mamma/ You gave life to me/ Turned a…
Prabowo’s Indonesia and the Great Powers
The resounding victory of Prabowo Subianto in the Indonesian presidential election has sparked the usual question: How will…
Prabowo’s Indonesia?
Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto is set to make his mark in the general election to be held…