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The Express Route to China’s Future: A New Silk Road
5 years ago, China’s president, Xi Jinping, began an immensely ambitious effort to expand trade with the west by…
An Olympic Bargain: Engagement and Socialisation of…
On January 9th, 2018, the Inter-Korean talks between North and South Korea rendered some of the brightest prospects…
Sharp Edges of a Broken Glass Ceiling: Women in…
Both cultural barriers and structural gender discriminative policies are interwoven in a way that systemically…
It’s Time to End the State Sponsors of Terrorism…
Since 1979, the United States State Department has kept a list of what it calls “state sponsors of terrorism.”…
America’s Retreat: Russian and Chinese Leadership in the…
Editor's Note: This article is the second of a two-part series on the Middle East and North Africa's (MENA)…
America’s Retreat: Russian and Chinese Leadership in the…
Editor's Note: This article is the first of a two-part series on the Middle East and North Africa's (MENA) shifting…
On PEDs, Politics and Pyeongchang
The recent ban on Russian athletes competing in the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics has been interpreted…
Trouble in Manufacturing Paradise: Labour Rights…
The group that disproportionately faces the burden of an economic slowdown is the Chinese labor force. Declining…
Will India Continue to Challenge China in 2018?
Earlier this year, China and India accentuated their longstanding strategic rivalry with an unprecedented 10-week…
(New Year’s) Resolutions to Duterte’s War on…
A universal tradition as old as the occasion itself, the New Year's resolution is practised worldwide by…
The Role of Jihad in the Rohingya Crisis
On November 23rd 2017, Bangladesh and Myanmar announced a tentative deal to repatriate Rohingya refugees to the…
Celebrating ASEAN’s 50th Anniversary: Attainments and…
Founded in Bangkok in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) celebrates its 50th anniversary this…