Tag: Commentary
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Commentary: Why the US government shut down Anthropic’s latest Claude AI model
After realising the power of frontier AI models, the US administration has shifted away from an initial hands-off posture, says this academic.
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Commentary: Why West Bengal matters beyond India’s borders
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party and its allies now control states covering most of India’s shared border with Bangladesh, says Rahul Verma from the Centre for Policy Research.
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Commentary: To conserve or demolish? Singapore needs a heritage middle ground
Architectural, historical and social considerations are often collapsed into a single yes-or-no question: Does a building qualify for conservation? But heritage rarely works so neatly, argues SUTD’s Yeo Kang Shua.
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Snap Insight: Iran’s birthday present to Trump comes with a price tag
Iran has succeeded in prioritising an end to the war rather than the nuclear issue US President Donald Trump wanted to resolve, says James M Dorsey from the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
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Commentary: Will South Korea be America’s ‘dagger in the heart of Asia’?
Remarks from a US general about South Korea’s military role in East Asia have put Seoul in a tight spot, says Robert Kelly of Pusan National University.
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Commentary: Peak oil demand has arrived
The largest oil-supply disruption in modern history has accelerated the arrival of peak oil demand, says NYU professor Carolyn Kissane.
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Commentary: Instead of a soft power coup, the World Cup could be an ‘own goal’ for Donald Trump
The 2026 World Cup seems to be an opportunity lost from a sports diplomacy and soft power perspective, says this academic.
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Commentary: PM Anwar faces leadership referendum in upcoming Johor, Negeri Sembilan state polls
The upcoming state assembly polls in Johor and Negeri Sembilan are fast shaping into Malaysia’s most consequential electoral contests, serving as unintended referendums of PM Anwar’s leadership with far-reaching national consequences, says CNA’s Leslie Lopez.
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Commentary: As SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic plan blockbuster IPOs, will it make them more accountable?
Once publicly listed, the AI labs of SpaceX, Anthropic and Open AI would be subject to public market scrutiny for the first time, says an academic.
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Commentary: US and Iran’s exchange of strikes shows how far diplomacy has changed
The old distinction between war and peace is becoming blurred in the Middle East, say these academics.
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