Organ harvests, forced sterilization of women, psychological torture, and forced family separations—the hallmarks of the Xinjiang region in China. Uyghur Muslims live in fear...
Xi Jinping’s superpower could likely cut off much of Southeast Asia’s access to water if it desired, but could also succumb to its own water woes. How China manages its liquid gold will not only affect its own fate but the fate of hundreds of millions of thirsty citizens across the continent.
Australian leaders are caught between competing sirens. It is in neither China’s nor the United States’ best interests to make Australia choose — and, for Australia, perhaps the best choice is neither.
This past summer, Australia experienced one of the most devastating fire seasons on record. But the fires have done little to ignite climate action on the national political stage. Instead, the country is actually increasing the rate of fossil fuel extraction and combustion — the very things which exacerbated these extreme weather events in the first place.
This past summer, Australia experienced one of the most devastating fire seasons on record. But the fires have done little to ignite climate action on the national political stage. Instead, the country is actually increasing the rate of fossil fuel extraction and combustion — the very things which exacerbated these extreme weather events in the first place. So why is the Liberal Coalition continuing down this path? And does its ‘highly mitigated’ approach to climate change provide the answer for countries hoping to maintain strong economic growth while transitioning to renewables?
On April 21, 2019, a flurry of headlines, including words like “attack,” “American citizens,” and “tourists and Christians,” inundated the news feeds of people...
In a world of growing pessimism and tribalism, where the unknown is feared and the foreign is treated with skepticism, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a laboratory of diversity.
Even though Hong Kongers, regardless of political affiliation, uniformly believe that the rule of law is being challenged, pro-government and anti-government camps conceive “rule of law” vastly differently, and the schism between conceptions has resulted in disparate stances towards the protests.
