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Karishma Vaswani
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Bloomberg Opinion Asia Politics Columnist and Commentator. Former BBC Chief Asia Pres + Foreign Corr in 🇸🇬 🇮🇩 +🇮🇳.
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The Asian Dream is waking up to middle-class reality, says @karishmajourno.bsky.social, but there's plenty of growth left www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion.bloomberg.com
The Asian Dream Is Waking Up to Reality
The middle class is starting to struggle after decades of growth, but the momentum is still behind rising aspirations.
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January 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Yoon's attempt to hold on to power shows the chaos leaders create when they try to thwart democracy, writes @karishmajourno.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
South Korea Needs to Move on From This Crisis
The president’s attempt to hold on to power is a reminder of how much chaos leaders create when they try to thwart democracy.
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January 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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“But I don’t mind if he’s a Shadow President.”
Trump on Elon Musk: "No, he's not gonna be president, that I can tell you. And I'm safe -- you know why? He can't be, he wasn't born in this country. Haha."
December 22, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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The US-China relationship will be better served by collaboration, not acrimony, @karishmajourno.bsky.social says www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Trump-Xi Bromance Has a Chance in 2025
The US-China relationship will be better served by collaboration, not acrimony. The moment for better ties could come next year.
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December 17, 2024 at 2:00 AM
🔥👏🏾@parmy.bsky.social!
Congratulations to @parmy.bsky.social, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology, for winning the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award.

“Supremacy" is about the AI visionaries who helped consolidate power among corporate giants
December 10, 2024 at 1:30 AM
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Thanks for quoting me.

"The End of Passive Democracy" by
@karishmajourno.bsky.social, published in Bloomberg Business
If South Korea offers a lesson to the rest of the world, it’s that the resilience of democracy is dependent on the determination of the people to ensure checks and balances work, writes
@karishmajourno.bsky.social
The End of Passive Democracy
South Korea’s brush with martial law is a reminder that democracy is not self-sustaining.
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December 7, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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If South Korea offers a lesson to the rest of the world, it’s that the resilience of democracy is dependent on the determination of the people to ensure checks and balances work, writes
@karishmajourno.bsky.social
The End of Passive Democracy
South Korea’s brush with martial law is a reminder that democracy is not self-sustaining.
www.bloomberg.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:49 AM
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South Koreans, Indonesians and Taiwanese take the privileges democracy has afforded them seriously and are wary of returning to a darker, recent past writes @karishmajourno.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The End of Passive Democracy
South Korea’s brush with martial law is a reminder that democracy is not self-sustaining.
www.bloomberg.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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"It’s hard not to see this as a cynical attempt at political survival." -- @karishmajourno.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
South Korea’s Martial Law Recalls a Scary Past
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s antidemocratic move is a real problem for the US and a win for China.
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December 3, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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Meet the next woman who could break through the boy's club, from @karishmajourno.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Woman Who May Break Through Indonesia’s Boys’ Club
Politics is often a male-dominated family affair in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Change may come from East Java.
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November 27, 2024 at 2:57 AM