Opinion

  Luke Hunt SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS While the police were counting the toll in Orlando left by Afghan-American Omar Mateen – who shot dead 49 people – the authorities in the southern Philippines were attempting to identify Canadian Robert Hall, who was kidnapped and this week killed by Abu Sayyaf militants. Mateen and the Abu Sayyaf were Islamic State ...

  Cal Wong SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS The Indonesian Navy intercepted a Chinese vessel that was caught illegally fishing in Indonesian territory off the Natuna Islands on Saturday, June 18. Indonesian Navy spokesman First Admiral Edi Sucipto said the seven crew members of the Chinese vessel were detained. This is the third incident in the Natuna Islands involving Chinese vessels. ...

  In opening up sectors from aviation to defense to 100 percent foreign ownership this week, India’s government is clearly hoping to signal that its reform drive is revving up again. Next on the agenda may be one of the most far-reaching new measures in years: a long-awaited, nationwide goods-and-services tax, or GST. India’s Aspirations Sceptics have reason to roll ...

  Since the middle of 2014, cyberattacks by China-based hacking groups against the U.S. government and private sector have declined, according to a June 2016 analysis by the U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye. A FireEye team reviewed the activities of 72 hacking groups purportedly operating out of China or supporting Chinese state interests from the beginning of 2013 to June 2016. ...

  Shah Meer SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has attracted attention all over the world. Politicians and analysts say CPEC will reshape the geopolitics of the region and bring unprecedented economic development to Pakistan. For China, CPEC is a vital part of its much larger One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative, a game-changing project which aims ...

  WASHINGTON Imagine a young Margaret Thatcher, a politician who deeply mistrusts the political establishment and identifies on a gut level with the frustrations of the middle class. That’s shorthand for what Britain will need as it picks up the pieces after Thursday’s “Brexit” referendum. Friends of Britain (and Europe, too) need to stop pretending that support for withdrawal from ...

  Politicians in the UK made their final pitch for votes on the last day of campaigning before the EU referendum that will shape the future course of Europe. In both ways, the results will be followed by marathon talks on disengagement with the UK in case of Brexit or to implement concessions made by Brussels to keep London in ...

“Enough,” says Hillary Clinton. After the Senate defeated several gun-control proposals, she tweeted that word along with the names of the victims of the Orlando massacre. Political activists use tragedy and loss all the time to draw attention to good causes, or causes they think are good. There’s nothing wrong with that. What makes Clinton’s invocation of these names grotesque ...

  Aditya Sharma SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS For the first time after a military coup deposed the civilian government of Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand’s new head of state and military ruler Prayut Chan-o-cha visited India last Thursday. New Delhi has been looking forward to the Thai delegation, which will further boost ties with the Southeast Asian nation. According to local media ...

  Hillary Clinton is trying to scare the heck out of voters who think Donald Trump’s business record qualifies him to be president. He has no real economic strategy beyond over-the-top promises, she said on Tuesday, and the few ideas he offers would cause millions of Americans to lose their jobs. “Just like he shouldn’t have his finger on the ...