Asia

China-Taiwan Relations: Where Does This End?

Written by Sidney Pycroft Chinese President Xi Jinping, seen here in 2014, recently sent 25 military planes over Taiwan. China-Taiwan...

Erdogan and the Istanbul Convention: A Non-Cautionary Tale

By ILGIN ÖZKUL March 20, 2021. This day seemed like it would be just another day of absurd politics, corrupted authority figures, and the...

Russiafrica? Not yet

By DJEHANE VALLY ‘Russiafrica,’ a neologism inspired by the word ‘Françafrique,’ which symbolises the special relationship between France...

Disha Ravi and Environmental Activism in India

by HANNA BAJWA Disha Ravi is a 22-year-old climate change activist, recently arrested and charged with sedition. She is a well-known...

What is happening in Xinjiang?

by FEE MERALI In 2018, the UN became aware that Uyghur Muslims' possible detainment for "re-education" and other minority groups in the...

Sino-American Relations: What it once was, what it has now become

ANONYMOUS Sino-American relations have a short history. Yet, it is one full of heavy ups and downs that can roughly be separated into...

Explaining Myanmar's Coup d'Etat

By JUDE WILKINSON The Burmese aphorism that Orwell wrote a trilogy on the post-colonial dictatorship of Myanmar - Burmese Days, Animal...

Alexei Navalny: Vladimir Putin’s endless nightmare

By DJEHANE VALLY Over the past few days, diplomats from Poland, Germany and Sweden were expelled from Russia because they took part in...

Thailand Student Protests: Trouble in Paradise

As featured in Edition 37, available here. By EDEN FALL-BAILEY Thailand. A land of beaches, bucket cocktails, and pro-democracy boycotts....

Farmer Protests and Strikes in India must not go Unheard

As featured in Edition 37, available here. By CATHARINA SCHAUFLER-MENDEZ Since September 20, 2020, India has been in turmoil with no...

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