Parsing Asia Policy for France’s Radical Parties
Everyone is concerned about France’s position on the international stage if the National Rally (Rassemblement National, RN) or the New Popular Front (Nouveau Front Populaire, NPF) win the legislative...
View ArticleTragic Factory Fire Spotlights South Korea’s Unsustainable Immigration Policy
On June 24, 23 workers died in a massive fire at a battery factory south of Seoul. The incident – one of the deadliest industrial disasters in South Korea’s modern history – highlights both the...
View ArticleThe Incredible Success, and Hope, of Afghanistan’s Cricket Team
The Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup concludes this weekend with India playing South Africa in the final. The victor of the game may get the trophy and prize money; however, the real story of the tournament...
View ArticleThe Significance of East Asia’s Trilateral Summit
The Japan-China-South Korea trilateral summit was held in late May, the first such meeting in about four and a half years. The summit adopted a joint declaration, and was accompanied by bilateral...
View ArticleReading Moon Jae-in’s Memoirs
Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in has published his memoirs. Despite coming in at a hefty 650 pages, the book has become a bestseller in South Korea. However, South Korean public opinion and...
View ArticleIndonesia Announces Hefty Tariffs on Chinese-made Goods
On Friday, a senior Indonesian official announced that the country would impose an import tariff of up to 200 percent on a range of Chinese goods, in order to protect the country’s micro, small, and...
View ArticleIs Laos Planning to Sell Off More of Its Energy Sector to China?
What is happening at Électricité du Laos (EDL), Laos’ badly indebted state-run energy utility? Up until early 2021, it owned a three-quarters stake in the EDL-Generation Public Company (EDL-Gen), a...
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How Myanmar’s Railways Reflect the Nation’s Uneasy History
In the late 2010s, the journalist Clare Hammond set off on a journey across the length and breadth of Myanmar, traveling as much as possible on the country’s railways – both those built by the British,...
View ArticleThai Constitutional Court to Conclude Key Political Cases By September
Thailand’s Constitutional Court expects to reach verdicts by September in two high-profile political cases that could decide the fate of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and the opposition Move Forward...
View ArticleEngagement With the Taliban Cannot Come at the Cost of Ignoring Gender Apartheid
On June 30 and July 1, special envoys from 22 countries gathered in Doha for the third round of talks meant to determine the future of Afghanistan, which since August 2021 has been in the grip of an...
View ArticleHow Is Huawei Growing, Despite Heavy US Sanctions?
Hardly a day goes by without Huawei, the Chinese telecom and technology giant, making the news. The firm has been explicitly targeted by U.S. sanctions for over five years, making its continued success...
View ArticleMigrant Workers Pay Sky-high Fees to Expand Taiwan’s Biggest Airport
Taiwan’s international airport in Taoyuan will soon be able to handle an extra 20 million annual passengers, due to a $3 billion government budget for a new third terminal. Since construction kicked...
View ArticleTaiwan Raises Alert Level for Travel to China After New Legal Guidelines...
Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) raised the alert level for travel to China, Macau, and Hong Kong to “Orange” on Thursday last week. “Orange” is the second-highest alert level in Taiwan’s...
View ArticleCambodian Court Sentences Environmental Activists to Hefty Prison Terms
A Cambodian court yesterday sentenced 10 environmental activists to lengthy prison terms, after convicting them of insulting the king and plotting to overthrow the government. The activists were...
View ArticleCambodia’s Transnational Repression Will Continue Until the World Takes Action
Proposed legislation in the U.S. seeking to combat transnational repression is a step forward in combatting the activities of regimes such as Cambodia’s, which routinely try to intimidate members of...
View ArticleChina, Philippines Pledge to De-escalate Tensions in South China Sea
China and the Philippines yesterday held a meeting aimed at easing the tensions in the South China Sea, following a major clash on June 17 in which Chinese and Philippine personnel came to direct...
View ArticleThe IS Resurgence in Malaysia: Assessing the Threat and Implications
In May of this year, Malaysia suffered its second Islamic State (IS)-linked attack in Ulu Tiram, Johor. This attack came almost eight years after the Movida Pub bombing in 2016, the country’s first...
View ArticleMedical Entrance Scam Charge Hits Modi Government
On June 4, even as Indians were glued to TV channels and news portals for the parliamentary election results that saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) securing fewer seats...
View ArticleHow Did a Religious Gathering in India Turn Into a Deadly Stampede?
More than 120 people died in a stampede after a religious gathering in northern India, making it one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years. Authorities are investigating what led to the huge...
View ArticleWhy Modi Made Russia the Destination of the First Bilateral Visit of His...
On July 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-day visit to Russia and Austria. This marks his first bilateral visits since taking oath for a rare third consecutive term as India’s...
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