China’s Slowdown Spurs Global Concern
After a quarter century of rapid urban and productivity growth, China is in the midst of an economic downturn. This…
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Coercive Diplomacy and North Korean Denuclearization
Two Decades of Failure and Broken Promises:
Chairman Kim Jong-Un proclaimed North Korea’s newfound nuclear status…
Malaysia’s 2018 Elections Explained
An unprecedented mix of ecstasy and shock layered Kuala Lumpur on May 10th as Malaysians awoke dumbfounded to…
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…
Sharp Edges of a Broken Glass Ceiling: Women in Leadership in the US and Asia
Both cultural barriers and structural gender discriminative policies are interwoven in a way that systemically…
Corruption in Vietnamese Education: Major Issues
Attempting to enhance its education system, Vietnam had set several goals for 2006 and 2010 through at the Higher…
A Day Inside Myanmar’s Unremarkable Parliament
55 years ago, the world watched as Myanmar, formerly Burma, suffered a revolutionary coup d'état in which the…
In-between a Nuclear Game of Chicken
North Korea has the international community at the edge of its seat, advancing its nuclear program and frequently…
Of Rice and Men: Cultivating the Next Green Revolution
Yogendra Sahoo makes all of his income from cultivating rice in his 5-acre farm in the Jajpur District of Odisha,…
The Final Dalai Lama and the Future of Tibet
It was a celebration of one of the world’s most respected spiritual leaders. Thousands of exiled Tibetans gathered…