Bhavan Jaipragas
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- 17
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- Oct 1, 2026
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- Jul 7, 2026
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Why upcoming Israel and Palestinian elections will offer no easy answers (opens the original)
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The coming elections will draw intense attention, but they are unlikely to produce the white knights or neat resolutions some hope for. Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox An Israeli flag installed by settlers seen in the al-Tireh neighbourhood at the western entrance to Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It may seem a trite point, but American pundits have nonetheless begun making it loudly: Whatever gains the Democrats secure in the midterm elections, they will
War on terror suffers as Trump’s America redraws its priorities (opens the original)
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US power helped build a powerful global counter-terrorism system, but America is now retreating from its softer side – just when the world needs its leadership. Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox The Tribute in Light public art installation in lower Manhattan commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, as seen from New Jersey. Most would agree that tackling the big-picture issues facing global security still requires US hard power, leverage and norm-setting, says the write
In defence of superstition: Better safe than badly jinxed (opens the original)
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I am a man of science and reason. But childhood taboos, sporting rituals and four decades of indoctrination have taught me one thing: Why risk it? Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Superstition is one way that the generations before us tried to impose some order on uncertainty, says the writer. In the last year of his life, the 20th century’s great secular prophet George Orwell wrote in a diary that, at 50, everyone has the face they deserve. He is mostly right, I think.
Why ministerial pay will never be a settled question in Singapore (opens the original)
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Higher political salaries can widen the Republic’s ministerial talent pool, but only performance in office can keep justifying them Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox As much as the heat in the Sept 10 debate will likely centre on formulae, benchmarks and bonus structures, the issue of ministerial salaries remains what it has been from the start in 1994: a political question requiring political persuasion, says the writer. The issue of ministerial salaries is such a politi
The illusion of easy choices in Singapore’s land-use debate (opens the original)
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A younger, more vocal environmental lobby increasingly casts development choices as moral binaries. But in land-scarce Singapore, trade-offs cannot be wished away. Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Attendees holding signs and placards at the Maju For The People rally at Hong Lim Park on Aug 16. Wishing away land-use trade-offs is no substitute for rigorous debate, the writer says. Singapore’s latest land-use debate over proposed public housing developments in Maju Forest
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