Peter A Coclanis

PETER A COCLANIS IS ALBERT R NEWSOME DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHAPEL HILL (US)

Shell's Bukom refinery complex was Singapore's first refinery in 1961.

Shell exits Singapore refining: The end of an era?

AS MOST readers know by now, on May 8 oil giant Shell announced that it had agreed to sell its Bukom refinery...

Vietnam will soon become the 16th country in the world with more than 100 million people.
PERSPECTIVE

People power: Make room for Africa

The big population story for the rest of the century is predicted to be the rise in relative importance of Africa, alongside...

Reliance on foreign workers in some key sectors may be holding back labour productivity,

Singapore’s productivity paradox

Despite its impressive overall economic profile, the republic’s labour productivity, though improving over time, continues to disappoint. What gives?

Kuala Lumpur city skyline

 Acronym alert : SEA BRICs? SEA CRIBs?

THERE has been a lot of talk of late about the possibility of a new international grouping known informally as the BRICs-plus,...