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Ravi Velloor

Senior Columnist

A 35-year veteran of the trade, Ravi has reported from across Asia and the US. Formerly foreign editor and South Asia bureau chief of The Straits Times, he is as much at ease with global business and macroeconomic issues as he is with diplomacy and international politics. A Jefferson Fellow, Ravi previously worked with Bloomberg News, Time Warner magazines and Agence France-Presse.

Latest articles

Chinese dumping, carbon tax, anti-globalisation: Evonik’s CEO has plenty on his mind

Mr Christian Kullmann, Evonik's 57-year-old chief executive officer.

For Trump, the hottest property on earth lies in the Arctic

The big geopolitical question is where a US-Russia Arctic deal would leave China, says the writer.

Is Donald Trump Jr the man to watch in 2028?

Executive Vice-President at The Trump Organization, Donald Trump Jr, speaking at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct 29.

US in decline; Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ is worrying Asia

In this episode, Ravi Velloor speaks with Don McLain Gill, the eminent Filipino geopolitical expert and strategist, on declining US influence in Asia and the ‘Donroe’ Doctrine.

Why Asia should worry about a G1 world as China’s power grows

US President Donald Trump meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping  in Busan, South Korea in October.

Challenging times for F&B? BreadTalk just keeps growing

BreadTalk CEO Jonathan Quek said there is always a story behind each piece of bread the bakery has come up with.

When energy gets ‘boring’: Oil and gas guru sees into the future of energy markets

Rystad Energy's founder Jarand Rystad said Singapore could bring down power prices by being the architect of a grid connecting countries in the region.

How Bihar sets the stage for stabilising rocky US-India ties

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrate in Patna, India, on Nov 14.

Inside the mind of Japan’s first woman PM Sanae Takaichi

Our guest expert looks at PM Sanae Takaichi's political approach, as well as her personal side. 

The Prabowo doctrine behind move to honour Suharto

Activists during a protest against former Indonesian President Suharto, who was named a national hero, outside the Ministry of Culture building in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov 10.