China One country, two identities: The divergence of national identities in Hong Kong February 5, 2020 0 Image credit: Umbrella Revolution by Studio Incendo/Flickr; licence CC BY 2.0. Written by Shui-yin Sharon Yam. Ever since Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive of Hong…
Activism New India, new era: Gunpoint democracy December 18, 2019 0 Image Credit: DSC_0920 by Suhas Das/Flickr; Licence : CC BY NC 2.0 Written by Nayan Jyoti. Assam has borne the brunt of a massive influx…
Burma/Myanmar Myanmar’s long colonial hangover October 30, 2019 1 Image Credit: Not everyday you get to stand so close to one of your heroes... by Landersz; Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0. Written by Nicholas Farrelly.…
Asia The long read: Why was Kashmir special? August 12, 2019 1 Written by Andrew Whitehead. Image Credit: Algae Rhythm/Kashmir/Flickr; Licence: CC BY- NC- ND 2.0. So, what's so special about Kashmir? That's the question underlying the…
conflict Why Filipinos have come to embrace authoritarian ‘discipline’ July 3, 2019 1 Written by Wataru Kusaka. Image Credit: Rodrigo Duterte ภาพจาก by Prachatai/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. With no opposition candidates winning a single senatorial seat, President Rodrigo Duterte…
Civil Society The Islamist threat and democratic deconsolidation in Indonesia May 9, 2019 0 Written by Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir. Indonesia has witnessed a rise in Islamic conservatism over the last three decades. This is reflected not only in the…
Asia Carole Spary in Conversation with Sunetra Choudhury April 8, 2019 0 Sunetra Choudhury is a Delhi-based journalist who was, until recently, political editor with NDTV, a major national news channel based in Delhi. She is also…
China Confucianism, Morality and Chinese Diplomacy March 24, 2017 0 Written by Michael Reilly. Twenty years ago, Robin Cook, the then recently appointed British Foreign Secretary, generated debate and controversy when he claimed that the…
Culture and Society Confucianism behind the façade of the Socialist China Dream December 3, 2015 0 Written by Chi Kin Cheung. Since President Xi Jinping pronounced the notion of China Dream, the idea has attracted great attention from China watchers. However, like…
China-Italy Mao’s China as a market for Western Europe? PRC early economic exchanges and implications for the international economy October 23, 2015 0 Written by Valeria Zanier. It was widely known by analysts during the Cold War that business across the two sides of the Iron Curtain was quite…