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Ravi Velloor

Singapore

Associate Editor at The Straits Times

Associate Editor &Snr Columnist, The Straits Times. Author: India Rising-Fresh Hope, New Fears. Public Speaker. Music buff. Jefferson Fellow.

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  • 70 years after Bandung, the ‘Global South’ seeks leadership and direction

    1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Ravi Velloor

    Seventy years ago this week, in the afterglow of Asian decolonisation, 29 Asian and African nations came together in the Indonesian city of Bandung, seeking to give the developing world a new and positive direction. South-South cooperation was embodied in the final communique’s call for economic cooperation and technical assistance at the conclusion of the conference held from April 18 to 24, 1955. But it went beyond that.

  • What global supply chain churn? FedEx CEO’s starting S’pore-US freight flights

    1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Ravi Velloor

    FOR SUBSCRIBERSIn Good CompanyWhile FedEx does not give a breakdown of its revenue by region, its CEO Rajesh Subramaniam said the Asia-Pacific is its largest operating region.ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUIPUBLISHED Apr 13, 2025, 05:00 AMThis week, amid the tariff rumpus, freight forwarding giant FedEx will inaugurate its direct flight from Singapore to the US mainland with a Boeing 777 freighter, the only logistics company so far to offer such a connection.

  • Asian Insider Podcast: “I called Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger supremo Prabhakaran a megalomaniac" - Author

    1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Ravi Velloor

    Synopsis: The Straits Times’ senior columnist Ravi Velloor distils 40 years of experience covering the Asian continent, with expert guests. As Sri Lanka approaches the 16th anniversary of the end of its civil war, Ravi speaks with M R Narayan Swamy in this episode. Swamy is the author of several books on Sri Lanka’s now-vanquished militant group, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and he talks about his most recent book – The Rout of Prabhakaran.

  • Trump’s world view and the dangers from his great wall of tariffs

    2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Ravi Velloor

    UPDATED Apr 10, 2025, 06:00 PM

  • Asian nations should worry as Trump tariffs strike at the ‘Dirty 15’

    3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Ravi Velloor

    Shipping containers from China at the Port of Los Angeles. There’s a good chance that China, particularly, would feature on the “Dirty 15” list. PHOTO: REUTERSIn Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises, which captures the existential disillusionment of the Lost Generation, hard-drinking war veteran Mike Campbell responds to a question about how he got into the financial mess he was in: “Two ways.

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Ravi Velloor
Ravi Velloor @RaviVelloor
1 Apr 25

Asian nations should worry as Trump tariffs strike at the ‘Dirty 15’ #tariffs #liberationday #ustrade #trade #china https://t.co/86lI0FSQQV

Ravi Velloor
Ravi Velloor @RaviVelloor
15 Mar 25

Telling line: China's airports are designed as symbols of modernity; Indians just want to be themselves. India's airports are, indeed, getting to be a delight -- finally! Are these the world’s most beautiful airports? https://t.co/eQKyHTTAlq

Ravi Velloor
Ravi Velloor @RaviVelloor
12 Mar 25

Japan's rising space power shows drive for strategic autonomy #space #satellites Japan a rising power in the space arena https://t.co/2eCXms17Cy