2011: The year of global rage

December 22, 2011

The Star, Thursday December 22, 2011 Diplomatically Speaking by DENNIS IGNATIUS BY ALL accounts, 2011 was a particularly eventful year. …

Continue reading →

Myanmar – Flickers of progress or smoke and mirrors?

December 8, 2011

Thursday December 8, 2011 Diplomatically Speaking By Dennis Ignatius With more international engagement, questions remain as to how far the Myanmar …

Continue reading →

Is it about drink-driving or pushing a religious agenda?

The way some of our politicians are getting worked up about the whole drink-driving issue makes me wonder whether other agendas are driving the issue. Let’s get one thing straight: drink-driving (or driving while intoxicated) is just plain wrong. It endangers innocent lives and must never be tolerated. Many countries have very strict drink-driving laws […]

Crooks, the whole lot of them

The slew of accusations now being traded between former leaders about corruption, nepotism and malfeasance in office has, no doubt, confirmed what most Malaysians have long suspected: that their leaders are all corrupt and untrustworthy. They come around waving the flag and pretending to be great patriots but they are just opportunists out to enrich […]

Pigs in the house?

There was an interesting article in the media last September about the state of Malacca being invaded by pigs from across the Strait. Apparently, they were abandoning their habitat for greener pastures. Barely a month later, there was another newspaper headline that read “Question on pigs sparks off heated exchange at Melaka state assembly.” It […]

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

Dennis Ignatius

~ Provoking discussion, dissent & debate on politics, diplomacy, human rights & civil society.

Monthly Archives: December 2011

2011: The year of global rage

Myanmar – Flickers of progress or smoke and mirrors?