Tag: Asia & Oceania
211 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Olympic Boycotts in the 21st Century
“Boycotts do not accomplish political goals and only harm the athletes” Before 1992, Olympic boycotts were led by national governments protesting against other national…
October 15, 2021
- Conflict & Security
The Indo-Pacific Strategy: Promoting Democracy in South Asia
The United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy was created to counter China’s military and economic expansion in the Indo-Pacific region, a vast geographic area stretching from the…
August 27, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
The Uyghur Genocide through the Lens of the Child
Some members of the international community are growing increasingly aware of the human rights crisis in the homeland of the Uyghurs, a group of Turkic people indigenous to East…
August 17, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Bringing Peace to Whom? What is at Stake in the Intra-Afghan Peace Talks
Although the war between the Afghan government and the Afghan Taliban has been at a stalemate for years, the intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha, Qatar mark a breakthrough as the…
July 28, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
The Maldives: An Island Battleground for India-China Competition
An Intensifying Regional Rivalry One of the biggest stories in Asian geopolitics in recent years has been China and India’s intensifying rivalry. The two have a complicated…
July 16, 2021
- Business & Economics
Building National Supply Chain Resilience
In May 2021, a cyberattack shut down the operations of a major gas pipeline along the East Coast of the United States. A month earlier, a combination of weather and…
July 11, 2021
- Business & Economics
Reorienting Policies for Aging Societies: Policies of Integrating Healthcare and Elderly Care in the United States and China
In the United States, the nation’s decision makers have been confronting an enormous range of specific challenges for the aging society. Attempts or proposals to reform the…
July 8, 2021
- Society & Culture
Neither Seen nor Heard: The Invisibility of Children in the Global Politics of Peace, Security, and Responses to COVID-19
Estimates published last year suggest that 1.6 billion children live with the effects of conflict. Research suggests that these children, like adults, engage in activities that…
June 25, 2021
- Business & Economics
Rethinking China’s Strategy of Technological Independence
One of the themes that stand out in China’s 14th Five-year Plan for national economic and social development is the commitment to strengthening technological self-sufficiency.…
June 22, 2021
- Society & Culture
Questioning the Debt-Trap Diplomacy Rhetoric surrounding Hambantota Port
The lease of Hambantota Port to China has become the most oft-used example of China’s debt-trap diplomacy. It has also become a cautionary tale for countries that have joined…
June 5, 2021