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Navigating geopolitical uncertainty in a post-Abe world
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s abrupt resignation comes at a period of extreme geopolitical uncertainty in the region and globally. In Northeast Asia, we have an expansionist…
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Why All Countries Should Contribute to Ending Global Poverty
In 1969, richer countries agreed to commit 0.7% of their gross national income to international development aid. The world has changed since then, and a new…
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Netanyahu wants blood
Today, I have the moral right to express these difficult words: Netanyahu wants blood. The real blood of citizens and of police officers. Violence doesn’t start…
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Belarus protesters hope a new chapter is beginning – but how will it end? This is the story so far
Under the law, each polling station is supposed to announce the result of their individual district to voters as soon as votes are counted, and a…
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Rohingya refugees becoming Palestinians of Asia
Three years after Myanmar drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya into Bangladesh they are no closer to repatriation Three years after images of hundreds of thousands…
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Five techniques we’re using to uncover the secrets of viruses
Viruses are often termed “the invisible enemy”. They aren’t visible with the naked eye, or even by using a standard optical microscope. So how do we…
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Americans are sick of many things — including politics
The dog days of summer are receding, and September is nearly upon us. Americans are sick — literally and figuratively. Soon we will have emerged from…
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The causa Navalny proves difficult for Germany, Europe
The poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny last week could not have come at a more difficult juncture. Europe was trying to come to grips…
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Dictator’s Dilemma: Why Lukashenko Is Still Clinging On
Lukashenko faced the classic autocrat’s dilemma: avoid a revolution by making compromises and introducing elements of real democracy, or—regardless of the growing price of hanging on…
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Myanmar’s election, the Rohingya crisis and the road to democracy
Five years after they voted in their first free and fair elections for quarter of a century, the people of Myanmar will go to the polls…
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Thai Students Set Tone for Democratic Reform
Student demonstrations and street protests rarely bring down governments but they can put in motion public scrutiny and could trigger an avalanche of opposition to regimes…
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Beijing Said to Fund Separatist India Movement
India complains China pushes guerrilla group seeking independent Assam region China has opened a new front in regional aggressiveness, funding the separatist United Liberation Front of…