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Implications for Asian Economy and Business of the War Against Terrorism Analyses the implications of terrorist attacks in the USA for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan. Islam terrorist strongholds, trade and economic growth ... 22nd September 2001

The War Against Terrorism: America's Two Wars America is fighting two "wars" here. One is a legitimate international offensive against terrorism. The other is a local campaign to regain face for surely America's strengths have proven this time to be their weaknesses. Osama bin Laden or terrorism? ... 20th September 2001

Terrorism, Islam, America, and the language of War The politics of the language of war, the fight between good and evil, and reference to crusades, can do far more damage in the long run, Mr Bush, than Osama bin Laden ever will ... 20th September 2001

Knowledge Management The new frontier ... 23rd July 2001

A Philippines Growth Industry - Kidnapping: Another dispatch from Raoul in Manila ... 27th June 2001

The Politics of Australian Globalization: Costello cops a second bashing ... 5th May 2001

Mahathir's Got A Little List ... 21st April 2001

How Japan's economic woes will flow on to other Asian economies ... 9th March 2001

Australia's Big Choices - and Hanson's sideshow ... 4th March 2001

Singapore Strategy and the Search for Difference: Singapore positions itself away from South East Asia ... 30th January 2001

The Raoul Transcripts: Erap's Wrap Party: Real Time notes from the streets of Manila Philippines on Friday ... 19th January 2001

Nothing succeeds like success: Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai ... 8th January 2001

Estrada's Senate Trial: No easy fix for a troubled economy... (The Philippine Letter) ... 8th December 2000

More Fear and Loathing in the Snake Pit: More from palace insider Raoul from Manila Philippines as cronies slither for advantage... ... 27th November 2000

Fear and Loathing in the Snake Pit: More from Raoul from Manila Philippines - More mistresses, cronies and deals than Erap could shake his stick at - and a startling revelation on the cause of the Manila SE uptick last week.. ... 13th November 2000

Manila goes Gila: Cronies flee and mistresses all-a-tizz in Estrada Eraption ... 7th November 2000

SQ006 and Crew Resource Management What went wrong at Singapore Airlines? ... 6th November 2000

Political Manoeuvering in the Philippines Manila gets serious ... 5th November 2000

Bricks and mortar may not be such a bad thing for E-Commerce ... 9th October 2000

Opium for the Masses: Symbols of Substance The Australian Olympics and Free Speech ... 16th September 2000

Hong Kong gets SWOTTED: Strategic Management for Hong Kong ... 11th September 2000

News ItemSanan's conviction changes the rules: Setting the stage for the upcoming Thai elections ... 11th August 2000

News ItemAnwar Verdict: The Malaysian élite is in full control ... 9th August 2000

News ItemYou know you're an expat kid in Asia when... ... 16th June 2000

News ItemThe Thai youth market (trends and ACNielsen survey)... 11th May 2000

News ItemAsia embraces the Internet ... 10th May 2000

News ItemAsia's future centers on China and Japan (Stratfor) ... 8th May 2000

News ItemThailand's Crooked Politicians (The Asia Letter) ... 7th May 2000

News ItemIn Japan... greys rule (The Japan Letter) ... 21st April 2000

News ItemThe Rules have changed! Our new Asia roars back ... 30th March 2000

News ItemWhat's In and What's Out in Thailand Recruitment... 31st December 1999

News ItemSavvy Advice from Jack Welch... 28th December 1999

News ItemHow Singapore triumphed over the Asian crisis... 14th December 1999

News ItemFear and Loathing in Malaya: The day after the night before...... 2nd December 1999

News ItemMalaysia does it "His way"... 1st December 1999

News ItemMalaysia after the elections: Business as usual?... 29th November 1999

News ItemCar sales signal recoveries well established in ASEAN... 18th November 1999

News ItemAsian economies recover with differing strategies... 11th November 1999

News ItemAPMF Monthly Update ... 10th November 1999

News ItemAustralia votes against politicians, not against a republic ... 6th November 1999

News ItemThe information police and the "Asian" press ... 27th October 1999

News ItemJust what happened at Tokaimura? ... 25th October 1999

News ItemFifty years of Red in China: What have we learned? ... 1st October 1999

News ItemEast Timor and Australia in Asia: What Howard really said... 29th September 1999

News ItemNo power shift in the wake of a crisis: Business as usual in Thailand... 27th September 1999

News ItemHow much can a Koala bear? (Australia comes of age in East Timor) ... 20th September 1999

News ItemFeelings run amok in East Timor ... 17th September 1999

News ItemWeekly Asian Executive Summary (Oxford-Analytica) ... 13th August 1999

News ItemPhil the Greek and the English malaise ... 10th August 1999

News ItemIdentity crisis: Singapore and Asian tourism industry ... 9th August 1999

News ItemWhat are the skills of tomorrow's global manager? ... 4th August 1999

News ItemHong Kong senior managers richest in the region ... 3rd August 1999

News ItemClinton's legacy in downtown Sukhumvit ... 2nd August 1999

News ItemAsia at the crossroads: Bottom up or top down? ... 1st August 1999

News ItemTokyo looks for alternatives to IMF crisis strategies (OAS) ... 14th June 1999

News ItemChina's entry into the World Trade Organization (OAS) ... 13th June 1999

News ItemJapan fights the downside of re-structuring by job creation (OAS) ... 12th June 1999

News ItemOne day of triumph for Indonesia ... 7th June 1999

News ItemAuthoritarianism and Progress: Do they go together? ... 1st June 1999

News ItemHarvard gets even better ... 31st May 1999

News ItemStrukenwhite Virus Warning: The PluPerfect Virus ... 27th May 1999

News ItemAsiaWeek's Power 50 puts reformers in the spotlight ... 26th May 1999

News ItemIndonesians to make the choice between the Old and New Asia ... 20th May 1999

News ItemHow to make banks more transparent ... 19th May 1999

News ItemThe fairest of them all in 1998: New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, and Hong Kong: Corruption Perceptions Update ... 11th May 1999

News ItemA US view on doing business with Singapore ... 10th May 1999

News ItemReforming for competitiveness: Singapore leads the way ... 7th May 1999

News ItemGood hotel bargains in Asia... for now... ... 5th May 1999

News ItemThe Gentle Art of Contradiction in Malaysia ... 26th February 1999

News ItemThat Damned Elusive Asian Recovery ... 24th February 1999

News ItemThe Large Erection Index Predicts Recession for China ... 23rd February 1999

News ItemAussies in "air panas" in Kuala Lumpur ... 20th February 1999

News ItemChina Advertising Spend Report ... 1st February 1999

News ItemWhy you can't believe everything you read ... 31st January 1999

News ItemA scumbag primer for Mahathir ... 30th January 1999

News ItemThailand's no-confidence debate a big yawn ... 29th January 1999

News ItemChinese salary and real estate price survey results ... 28th January 1999

News ItemChuan attempts to silence the Rat.. Nice try buddy!... ... 27th January 1999

News ItemSingapore: The quiet achiever ... 26th January 1999

News ItemAustralian Tourism Commission slaps a raw prawn on the barbie ... 25th January 1999

News ItemProspects for Recovery: Invitation to participate in the first APMF survey ... 24th January 1999

News ItemMalaysia tries Singapore's tactics: Press under threat ... 23rd January 1999

News ItemWhere's the riots? ... 22nd January 1999

News ItemForeign Investment in Korea's Real Estate Markets: Will capital invest in 1999? ... 17th January 1999

News Item Please note that several articles due to be published this week have been held over pending legal advice. They will be published in a few days ..(Eds)

News ItemThe unholy trinity: The Asian crisis, the International crisis, and the crisis of Global Capitalism ... 12th January 1999

News ItemMurdoch sees no threat to established publishers from the Internet ... 11th January 1999

News ItemTwentieth Century Fox and Carlsberg (Why business in ASEAN is different) ... 10th January 1999

News ItemMahathir was wrong ... 9th January 1999

News ItemIts business as usual in Malaysia as Badawi is appointed Deputy ... 7th January 1999

News ItemNervous about your job? So are we all! (Latest Asia Market Intelligence Survey) ... 5th January 1999

News ItemHow will the Euro affect Asia? ... 4th January 1999

News ItemA relationship marketing approach to Guanxi ... 3rd January 1999

News ItemChuan in trouble again.. this time with his mom ... 1st January 1999

News ItemAnwar Newsweek's Asian of the Year ... 30th December 1998

News ItemNew book on Overseas Chinese Business ... 2nd November 1998

News ItemIn Defence of Mahathir ... 1st November 1998

News ItemMore Fear and Loathing in Kuala Lumpur ... 23rd September 1998

News ItemFear and Loathing in Kuala Lumpur ... 4th September 1998

News ItemThai Yuppies "have never known pain" says Dr Chira Hongladarom ... 18th August 1998

News ItemHanson and One Nation on the way out ... 17th August 1998

News ItemTimely new book on Singapore: ... 6th July 1998

News ItemRe-education for the Information Age ... 2nd July 1998

News ItemFlight MH 810 from Jakarta to hell: and why if you now fly Kuala Lumpur to Singapore via plane you need your head read.... 1st July 1998

News ItemStrategies for foreign investors in the Asia-Pacific ... 26th June 1998

News ItemAsian airline industry teeters on collapse ... 24th June 1998

News ItemCrisis-Crunching Asian Companies... 3rd June 1998

News ItemThe Nation State and Globalization... 2nd June 1998

News ItemNike, Wile Coyote and the Road Runner in Vietnam... 1st June 1998

News ItemAsia's Top Universities: Asiaweek rankings... 31st May 1998

News ItemFun with Erap: Philippines lightens up... 30th May 1998

News ItemWhat is this NKK, and how can we get rid of it?...27th May 1998

News ItemCrane index down, Nasi Ayam index up: Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, and Bangkok ...26th May 1998

News ItemCorporate Charisma: Key to business competitiveness in the new Asia ...25th May 1998

News ItemYour old rules are rapidly fading... Starting over with new business rules for Indonesia ...22nd May 1998

News ItemWill stricken Asian states rise again?, asks Asiaweek... 21st May 1998

News ItemThe times they are a changin' in Indonesia... 20th May 1998

News ItemIndonesia and Asia hold their breath for Independence Day... 19th May 1998

News ItemSate seller's bell signals normalcy in Jakarta... 18th May 1998

News ItemSoeharto shifts the deckchairs on the Titanic... 17th May 1998

News ItemNew Zealand, Australia, and Singapore the most transparent of Asia Pacific economies... 15th May 1998

News ItemBusiness at a standstill in Jakarta as tensions finally erupt... 14th May 1998

News ItemAsian Executive Salaries on the downturn... 23rd April 1998

News ItemLatest comparative country stress ratings... 14th April 1998

News ItemLatest corruption indicies show every region has their fingers caught in the honey pot... 13th April 1998

News ItemSalary cuts are the problem; restructuring is the opportunity... 11th April 1998

News ItemHong Kong Research Symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship... 8th April 1998

News ItemBukit Bintang Revisited: Pimps Paradise Continues ...2nd March 1998

News ItemASEAN currency proposal a positive step to financial independence... 2nd March 1998

News Item"Hidden warriors", "Prosperity warriors",.and "Voices like thunder": Indonesia's prophets speak from the grave... 9th February 1998

News ItemThe Emperor has no clothes: Asian values in recidivism... 8th February 1998

News ItemFebruary Update: Asia Pacific Management Forum... 7th February 1998

News ItemAnnouncement: Asia Pacific Bankers Congress 1998... 6th February 1998

News ItemFor global business, the Internet is fundamental... 5th February 1998

News ItemSouth Korea, the chaebol, and management change... 4th February 1998

News ItemThe Year of the Tiger roars in with confidence... 3rd February 1998

News ItemThe problem with Usury... ..and international finance... 1st February 1998

News ItemThe global market triumphs over the nation state... 30th January 1998

News ItemAnwar's new Asia... 29th January 1998

News ItemJust a hint of a smile on the face of the tigers... 19th January 1998

News ItemAsia Pacific tourism industry heading for crisis... 16th January 1998

News ItemHow Japanese corporate strategies are addressing the Asian markets downturn... 14th January 1998

News ItemNikkei Weekly survey cites foreign exchange risks, lack of transparency and recruitment as major problems facing Japanese manufacturers ... 13th January 1998

News ItemBest Year for Taiwan IT Industry...12th January 1998

News ItemAsia holds its breath for a critical week: The Rat predicts......12th January 1998

News ItemHo Chi Minh's Vietnam: Book Review...11th January 1998

News ItemCraziness in the Archipelago: Indonesia goes gilla.....10th January 1998

News ItemAbstracts from the 1st ADSGM Business Research Conference, Manila...9th January 1998

News ItemAsian economic and business leaders offer advice...8th January 1998

News ItemOut with the foreigners!...7th January 1998

News ItemThe market's New Year message: More of the same.....6th January 1998

News ItemThe Economics of Asian Values...16th December 1997

News ItemBuying low: US Dollar Investments in the Asia Pacific...15th December 1997

News ItemSoeharto seriously ill...12th December 1997

News ItemAnnouncement: Book Launching and Seminar on Malaysia in the Information Society ...11th December 1997

News ItemRemember China?...10th December 1997

News Item"A very Singaporean way of doing things.." No spontaneous busking in the Lion City...9th December 1997

News ItemAusterity and Independence in Malaysia...9th December 1997

News ItemYou are not alone... Survey shows Asian executive stress levels rising...8th December 1997

News ItemInterviews with Asian CEO's on-line...5th December 1997

News ItemApologies for interruption to the service. Excuses listed here......3rd December 1997

News ItemKeeping up to date with Asian currency reports...24th November 1997

News ItemThese are the sites the Singapore government dosent want Singaporeans to see...21st November 1997

News ItemMahathir supports Free-Speech...19th November 1997

News ItemIndia: Slow and steady wins the race...18th November 1997

News ItemWhen the going gets tough, the tough get going... (Thailand sticks to democracy)...17th November 1997

News ItemAsian Aviation industy heading for shake-down...15th November 1997

News ItemThe Haze clears in Malaysia and Singapore.. and continues in Western newspapers...14th November 1997

News ItemThis is a joke right? (US Congressmen call for Mahathir's resignation)...13th November 1997

News ItemWestern companies still naive in doing Asian business... and the Rat's Survival Guide.....10th November 1997

News ItemChuan Leekpai good choice for Thailand PM...9th November 1997

News ItemSony tops Asia-Inc/Arthur D. Little's survey on top 50 competitive Asian companies...8th November 1997

News ItemPauline's backyard chickens to turn into emus and kick her dunny down?...7th November 1997

News ItemFortune's best cities for doing business in the Asia-Pacific...6th November 1997

News ItemWell past time to cease this hypocrisy...5th November 1997

News ItemInformation Age demands fast changes for Malaysian organizations...4th November 1997

News Item"Nero" Chevalit takes his fiddle to the back benches...3rd November 1997

News ItemNew Leaders for a New Asia...3rd November 1997

News ItemAsia Bites Back...2nd November 1997

News ItemFour Fateful Days on the Global Financial Markets...30th October 1997

News ItemStir over Singaporean and Malaysian aid to Indonesia...29th October 1997

News ItemAsia Pacific Management Forum at the annual IFTDO Conference this week...27th October 1997

News ItemChao Phraya River Rat goes daily from November 1st...25th October 1997

News ItemMeasuring Asian Cyberspace...9th October 1997

News ItemPeter Sheldrake joins RMIT Business Graduate School...7th October 1997

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