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The Answers: North Korea

by Jeremy Kourdi

How do you solve a problem like North Korea? Much has been written about the deaths of North Korea’s first two leaders, Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il, and the implications for the country and its peop ...

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The Answers: Terrorism

by Jeremy Kourdi

What is the answer to global terrorism? The fundamental point about terrorism is present in its very name: it is violence designed to achieve political gain by spreading terror. Terrorism is essential ...

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The Fine Art of the Political Interview

by Tom Plate

For decades veteran journalist Tom Plate, the author of the ‘Giants of Asia’ series, has been engineering headline-making interviews with presidents to prime ministers to mob figures. Some were ea ...

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The Malay Dilemma

by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

In The Malay Dilemma, former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad examines and analyses the make-up of the Malays and the problem of racial harmony in Malaysia. First published in 1970, the book seeks to e ...

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The People's Victory

by Kee Thuan Chye

Few people believed the corrupt and oppressive Barisan Nasional government could be toppled. But the people were sick and tired of it. And the scandals surrounding the prime minister. He had brought s ...

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The Prosecution of Anwar Ibrahim: The Final Play

by Mark Trowell, QC

On 9 January 2012, after a lengthy two-year trial, Anwar Ibrahim was acquitted of charges of sodomy against his 23-year-old aide, Mohd Saiful. The acquittal was a shock not only to Anwar – who expec ...

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The Seduction of the Simple

by Devadas Krishnadas

At the crossroads of Singapore history, noted public intellectual and entrepreneur Devadas Krishnadas shares his insights on the intersecting realms of the social, political, and economic spheres of S ...

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The Singapore Story: (Student Edition) Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew

by Lee Kuan Yew

"This student edition of The Singapore Story is a shortened version of the original edition of The Singapore Story, the first volume of Lee Kuan Yew’s memoirs published in 2008. It covers all the s ...

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