Tag: Asia & Oceania
211 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
What the Pandemic Reveals: Workers’ Rights in Bangladesh and Garment Supply Chains
The Pandemic EffectAt the same time, it has thrown into relief the chronic weaknesses of the Bangladeshi garment industry itself, including its “labor management” practices,…
September 3, 2020
- Science & Technology
Adapting to Climate Change in Southwestern Bangladesh: Need for Transformational Measures?
Climate Vulnerability of Southwestern Bangladesh The low-lying southwestern region of Bangladesh faces pervasive socio-economic struggles and is prone to natural disasters, both…
July 28, 2020
- Society & Culture
The Bougainville Referendum: From Holy War to Renewal?
For Bougainvilleans, the future of Bougainville depends on the outcome of this referendum and its ratification by Papua New Guinea (PNG). Envisioned as a break with the recent…
July 20, 2020
- Global Governance
COVID-19 Management and Soft Power: Ideas for a Geopolitics of Science and Expertise
Countries such as Germany, South Korea, and New Zealand, where policies have been adopted rapidly by the political leadership in synergy with the scientific community, have seen…
July 14, 2020
- Business & Economics
Kashmir, India, and The United States: Does Economics Trump Human Rights?
As voices from Kashmir stay silent and Pakistan attempts to rally support for them internationally, US President Donald Trump has made several offers to mediate and settle the…
June 26, 2020
- Global Governance
Japan and South Korea Can Lead Post-Pandemic East Asia
The pandemic crisis has intensified the US-China confrontation. Partly due to the Trump administration’s persistence in calling COVID-19 the “Wuhan virus” or “China,…
June 22, 2020
- Dialogues
Dr. Joseph Nye on “Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump”
GJIA: In your new work “Do Morals Matter,” you ask a seemingly simple but ambitious question: “Do morals matter in American foreign policy, or is American moralism…
June 17, 2020
- Science & Technology
China Leverages Tibetan Plateau’s Water Wealth
China has long pursued a broader strategy to corner natural resources. This has driven its expanding presence in faraway places, including Africa and Latin America. China’s…
June 16, 2020
- Forum
From Planting Soft Image of Pakistan to Climate Change
Musharraf liberalized and corporatized the media, courted international capital, and even initially took on the corporate title of “chief executive” instead of the “chief…
June 8, 2020
- Business & Economics
The Korean Wave
The Korean Wave became a global phenomenon thanks to the prevalence of digital platforms and the persistent efforts of entertainment companies. Until the end of the 2000s, the…
May 26, 2020