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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

Robots are ushering in an age of casual war

The lack of a human presence might make people controlling unmanned vehicles trigger happy.

Making batteries to woofers, GP’s Lo sways to the rhythms of geopolitics and music

Hong Kong’s consumer battery giant Gold Peak Technology Group chairman and chief executive Victor Lo.

Trump’s Godfather plan for Greenland may be falling into place

US President Donald Trump’s insistence that Denmark hand over Greenland has shades of the incident involving the fictional Corleone family.

India’s economy may be shifting from speed to strength – and that’s a win

More than 40 per cent of India's rural households saw their incomes grow in 2025, according to a survey.

Much wayang behind Quad ambassadors’ Beijing meeting

A news broadcast in Beijing on China's "Justice Mission 2025" military drills around Taiwan. These were China's most extensive drills by coverage area to date.

Asia’s drone wars: Who’s buying Predators and Reapers?

In this episode, Ravi speaks with Dr Vivek Lall, Chief Executive of General Atomics Global Corp, on trends in modern warfare.

ASEAN shouldn’t end up the loser in Myanmar’s election

Myanmar electoral officers count early voting ballots after closing the first phase of the general election at a polling station in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Dec 28.

From jail to climate-oriented high finance, Leslie Maasdorp’s incredible run continues

British International Investment CEO Leslie Maasdorp graduated with distinction in economics after tutoring himself while in solitary confinement.

Europe’s headline risks may be rising – even if Ukraine war ends

Ukrainian rescuers working in a residential building damaged by Russian strikes in Kyiv on Nov 25.

How an assassination is pushing Bangladesh to the brink

The Daily Star building in Dhaka aflame on Dec 19 as the death of a young activist leader sets off a political conflagration ahead of elections in February.