Opinion – Asia Times

Si vis pactum, para bellum: Trump’s war-first path to a deal

by Eric Alter September 25, 2026September 25, 2026

The Romans advised that to secure peace, you must prepare for war. The preparation was the point: weapons kept ready so they need not be used, readiness standing in for the fight. Their word for peace, pax, came from pacisci — to strike a bargain. Peace was a pactum, a deal, before it was anything […]

Japan’s new ambassador will test Manila’s China balancing act

by Rommel Banlaoi September 25, 2026September 25, 2026

Stop mad Donald’s Iran war: open letter to the US Congress

by Jeffrey D. Sachs September 24, 2026September 24, 2026

S Korea shouldn’t apply double standard to inherited political guilt

by Wonjun Yun and Joseph Yi September 24, 2026September 24, 2026

Letter to the Editor

Judge Cambodia’s scam crackdown fairly on the evidence

by Neth Pheaktra September 23, 2026September 23, 2026

Time to recognize the Houthis as Yemen’s real government

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies September 23, 2026September 23, 2026

Trump, nukes, AI and civilizational suicide

by Pierre Tristam September 23, 2026September 23, 2026

Cambodia’s anti-scam summit can’t whitewash its own record

by Mu Sochua September 22, 2026September 22, 2026

Bangladesh’s new cyberlaw rebrands the same old censorship

by Faisal Mahmud September 22, 2026September 22, 2026

The Pacific Ocean of Peace – an idea whose time has not come

by Grant Newsham September 21, 2026September 21, 2026

India’s Tata Sons marks a reckoning for Asia’s private-control bargain

by Sidhhant Kapai September 21, 2026September 21, 2026

ASEAN’s digital payment boom outrunning its scam defenses

by Rabiul Misa September 21, 2026September 21, 2026

Where is the oil money Trump stole from Venezuela’s people?

by Thom Hartmann September 19, 2026September 19, 2026

The liberal Zionist dilemma

by Leon Hadar September 19, 2026September 19, 2026

Ex-AMCHAM head’s release no cause to trust Myanmar’s generals

by James Shwe September 18, 2026September 18, 2026

Cambodia is closing scam centers but needs help tracking the money

by Chhay Sinarith September 17, 2026September 17, 2026

Hormuz crisis needs one negotiation, not three

by Eric Alter September 16, 2026September 16, 2026

The climate bill is due. Big Oil needs to pick up the tab

by Alec Connon September 16, 2026September 16, 2026

Changing the finance minister is easier than making Indonesia investable

by Sebastian Simanjuntak September 15, 2026September 15, 2026

Indonesia’s housing deal with China needs a green clause

by Yeta Purnama and Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat September 15, 2026September 15, 2026

Unable to claim Myanmar’s UN seat, the junta wants to empty it

by James Shwe September 14, 2026September 14, 2026

E1: the illegal settlement at the heart of the UK’s West Bank trade ban

by Rory McCarthy September 14, 2026September 14, 2026

Sky News’ museum report does Taliban propaganda a service

by Farwa Imtiaz September 12, 2026September 12, 2026

9/11 began a US global reign of terror – now it’s come home

by Gerry Condon September 12, 2026September 12, 2026

China’s Indonesian nickel boom runs into a limestone wall

by Viky Arthiando Putra and Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat September 11, 2026September 11, 2026

Trump laughing all the way to the bank… at the end of the world

by Tom Engelhardt September 11, 2026September 11, 2026

What we forget when we remember 9/11

by Stephanie A Martin September 11, 2026September 11, 2026

The questions China won’t answer about the Tibet-Nepal flood disaster

by Rahul Mishra September 10, 2026September 10, 2026

25 years of war was the exact wrong response to 9/11

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies September 10, 2026September 11, 2026

Are we seeing the end of South Korea relying on the US?

by Lakhvinder Singh September 10, 2026September 10, 2026

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