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North Korea: can we learn to stop worrying and love the bomb?
Despite efforts to dissuade North Korea from its current path, the reclusive regime continues to pursue its military program with increasing intensity. Bernard F. W.
ASEAN Charter: deepening constitutionalism in Southeast Asia
The growth of constitutionalism in Southeast Asia may seem slow or disorganised, but Marford Angeles and Michael Henry Yusingco consider its progress Over the years,
Hong Kong twenty years on: reasons to be cheerful
A new mindset seems to be emerging from Beijing and it has increased anxiety levels in Hong Kong, but it is too early to write
Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road: a potent symbol of change
China’s 21st century initiative to revive the ‘silk road’ on land and sea may be the most ambitious development the world has seen At a
Shinzo Abe’s fall from grace: of his own making
Crucial to Shinzo Abe’s control over his ruling party has been a string of electoral victories under his leadership and his cabinet’s consistently high poll
Ethnic violence in Bangladesh: assault on minority peoples continues
Successive governments in Bangladesh have pushed many indigenous people out of their homelands and into the radical margins, driving them into an unstable and uncertain
Australia Plus is a minus
Australia is failing to broadcast its best television into Southeast Asia, a serious missed opportunity, argues Duncan Graham Most nations strive to show their best
Timor–Leste consolidates its young democracy
The people of one of the world’s youngest democracies are embracing an open, public and popular electoral process, writes Damien Kingsbury In a colourful and
Demise of Liu Xiaobo: a case of lose-lose for China
China’s treatment of its Nobel Peace Prize laureate, writer, literary critic, and human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, raises difficult and penetrating questions, writes Kerry Brown
India’s ban on cow slaughter: appeasing the BJP Hindu base but scoring an economic own goal?
While India’s ban on selling cattle for slaughter has triggered violent vigilantism, Peter Mayer and Mandar Oak consider its impact on the country’s economy It
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