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By OOI KEE BENG, in The Edge Malaysia (Picking on the Present column) 28 Sept – 4 Oct 2024. IS THE WORLD still caught in the ethnocentric fervour of European colonialism, during which the multiple revolutions in political organisation, in energy harnessing, in science and technology, and in military prowess, backed by creative ideological innovations … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng, “Picking on the Present” column in The Edge Malaysia, 22-29 June 2024. IT HAS CONSTANTLY been said of Malaysia that it is “at a crossroads”. That is more a glib statement about the contingent nature of the country and the compromised nature of its politics than it is an insight about … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG, for The Edge FORUM: Picking on the Present. 25 -31 May 2024. WE ALL AGREE that the world has changed greatly in recent centuries, accelerating in the last decades to such a degree that it is now almost impossible to isolate and identify dynamics of change well enough for us to … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG For THE EDGE MALAYSIA, November 7, 2016 Southeast Asia has enjoyed relative peace since the end of the Cold War in 1991. Its major regional body, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), founded in 1967, was finally able to welcome all the countries in the region as members by the … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG For THE EDGE MALAYSIA, March 29-April 4 How the geographical belt stretching from South India through Southeast Asia up to Northeast Asia develops in the near future holds great significance not only for the global economy but for how leaders in maritime Southeast Asia think about their own country. To be … Continue reading
INDEED, becoming literate used to be one of the best career moves anyone could make. In ancient China for example, extended families would concentrate their resources to make the smartest kid amongst them as literate in the classics as he – not she – could be. That way, he might pass the imperial exams, become … Continue reading
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