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Duterte’s Fight for Reproductive Health Could…
In an ongoing polemic against the Catholic Church, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte recently issued an…
Demonetisation: Taking India to Uncharted Territories
Few fiscal policies result in overnight changes to an economy, but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…
David Adjaye and Living Architecture
Despite its aesthetic affectations, urban architecture is far from a politically-detached art form. The city, as an…
Artificial Intelligence and Job Security
In January 2017, Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance, a life insurance company based in Japan, has announced plans to…
A Crisis in Two Parts: Mongolia’s Buddhism…
On Friday, November 18, 2016 the 14th Dalai Lama arrived in Ulan Bator to begin a four-day pastoral visit in…
The Rise of Reactionaries: An End to Ideological…
Seventeen years ago, the twenty-first century was given a rousing reception, seen as the harbinger of hopeful times…
The Phone Call that Shook the Sino-American Status Quo
On December 2, 2016, one of the largest breaks from conventional U.S. foreign policy shook the world in the form of…
Chinese Global Ambitions After the US Election
Global uncertainty has reached exceptional levels following the election of Donald Trump as president of the…
China: Rising Leader in Climate Change Initiatives
In light of Donald Trump becoming the President-elect of the United States, much of what the U.S. had previously…
A Villain Among Heroes: Marcos’ burial in the…
The Marcos family has been attempting to move Ferdinand Marcos’ preserved remains, which have been memorialized…
The Forgotten Population on the Brink of Genocide
Situated on the border between Bangladesh and Burma, in Burma’s westernmost state of Rakhine, reside one of the…
Iran’s “Silk Road” to Recovery
In response to the recent U.S. House of Representatives' vote to extend American sanctions on Iran for 10 more…