PERSPECTIVES

By Yusuf Khalid Taiwanese democracy has spoken, and Beijing has erupted in fury. In a highly tense election January 12th, now-incumbent...

By Mathieu Yap At a speech in late September 2023, Myanmar’s military ruler General Min Aung Hlaing declared, “At present, the whole...

BY MARTIN DAY Generally, politics in China is shrouded in a veil through which very little information escapes. That’s why recent...

BY LILY MECKEL Image: Flikr/Roman Harak North Korea is known to be one of the most hostile and isolated countries in the world. Since the...

BY SANJANA IYER From Bollywood to Brazilian soaps, the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) certainly have a...

BY SYED HUSSAIN Just five years ago, ex-cricketing legend turned Prime Minister, Imran Khan, heralded a "new beginning" - a vision to...

BY SAIDA ALIMDJANOVA The act of charring, flaying alive, lethally ailing, and sterilising around 200,000 civilians in a matter of days in...

BY REUBEN BYE On 8th July organisers in Tbilisi attempted to mark the local Pride Week by holding a festival on the outskirts of the...

By ELEANOR HARRIN There are few states which rival the media censorship of Russia, a nation which proclaims that independent outlets are...

By LILY MECKEL In a rare display of open dissent against the Chinese government, people have taken to the streets across the country to...