Worthwhile reading from other sites – 2025

December 2025

National Security Strategy of the United States of America White House

The Hong Kong Jimmy Lai Trial: Some Advice to Judge Remedios from a Former Classmate Bitter Winter

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty under national security law Hong Kong Free Press

Thailand set for early elections amid political deadlock and Cambodia skirmishes Guardian

She’ll Be Right, Mate: The New U.S. National Security Strategy and the Pacific Futura Doctrina

Let’s hear it for The Rest is History New Statesman

America’s Weakness, Europe’s Strength Arthur Snell

No, Hong Kong’s Governance Is Not Becoming Like China’s. It’s Actually Worse. The Diplomat

The national security trial of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Reuters

Kyiv after dark Globe and Mail

The Ghost Ship of the Andaman Football Siam

How an unfree press stoked the flames of Hong Kong’s deadly blaze Japan Times

November 2025

All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches Guardian

If we are witnessing the death spiral of the cult of Bazball, let’s savour what it created Guardian

In air thick with acrid smoke, people in Hong Kong are reeling and angry Guardian

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is a gift to Putin Guardian

Floods Overwhelm the South — and the Authorities The Coffee Parliament | Thai Politics and Policy

‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response Guardian

The 100 greatest men’s Ashes cricketers of all time Guardian

An inside job? Robbie Gibb’s campaign to rewire the BBC The Observer

Cracking Southeast Asia’s Scam Economy The Diplomat

Murder at the BBC David Aaronovitch

The real threat to BBC impartiality Prospect Magazine

‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row Guardian

At the World Series the Blue Jays belonged to Canada – and large parts of the US too Guardian

Stupidity and royal self-entitlement sank Andrew, and it may not be over yet Guardian

LA Dodgers retain World Series after thrilling Game 7 win over Toronto Blue Jays Guardian

October 2025

Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia Guardian
History beyond race, ultra-nationalism Bangkok Post

September 2025

‘You’re going about your day and suddenly see a little Godzilla’: Bangkok reckons with a giant lizard boom Guardian

‘We’re insanely hubristic’: how The Rest Is History became the world’s biggest history podcast Guardian

HOW DARK IS THE DARK-SIDE OF THAILAND-CAMBODIAN RELATIONS: THE CASE OF ‘DANGREK MASSACRE’ OR SO-CALLED ‘GHOST MOUNTAIN’ Khaosod English

August 2025

Epstein 50th birthday book: who is in it and what did they say? Guardian

What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? Guardian

Hypercapitalist hellhole or city of dreams? Behind the cliches, let me show you the real Dubai Guardian

Tom Hanks pays tribute to Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell Guardian

July 2025

The go-between: how Qatar became the global capital of diplomacy Guardian

Flt-Lt Alan Pollock, pilot protester who in 1968 buzzed Parliament and flew through Tower Bridge Telegraph

Humbled Thai Billionaire Is a Warning to Trump-Era Populists Bloomberg

April 2025

Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists

From London to Lviv: how Trump’s new world order has shaken Europe Guardian
How Covid changed us
Guardian

February 2025

Along Thai-Myanmar border, Trump’s decision to suspend foreign aid is deadly Guardian

January 2025

‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump
Mariann Edgar Budde
What Happened at Auschwitz review – this urgent documentary is a small step back towards enlightenment Guardian
Trump inaugural address: Scathing rebuke of Biden’s ‘horrible betrayal’ and vision for ‘Golden Age’ ABC News
Factchecking Trump’s inauguration speech, from inflation to healthcare Guardian
Trump’s return to the White House is a carefully choreographed display of brute force Guardian
Trump signs order to withdraw US from Paris climate agreement for second time Guardian
Uncharted territory for the WHO if Trump withdraws US membership Guardian
What executive orders did Trump sign on day one? Guardian
An American tragedy: how Biden paved the way for Trump’s White House return Guardian
The ‘new China’ in Thailand: ‘if you want hope, you have to leave’ – video Guardian
The last Big Thing: why next men’s Ashes may be the longest form’s long goodbye Guardian
Jean Chrétien: Canadians will never give up the best country in the world to join the U.S. Globe and Mail