The Chinese question is nothing new in Indonesia. Two decades after the post-Suharto reforms, Chinese-Indonesians enjoy greater political freedom and no longer face the...
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Today, Japan is by all metrics a first world country: It is an advanced democracy with the world’s fourth largest economy, its citizens enjoy the world’s highest life...
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The hemispheric hegemony of the United States is not a recent or underdeveloped phenomenon. The Monroe Doctrine, which solidified the US’s claim as the ‘rightful...
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On March 16, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act. The bill supports high-level visits between officials of the United States and Taiwan, and...
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On March 22, President Donald Trump declared yet another proverbial “You’re Fired!” on Twitter as he announced the replacement of current National Security Advisor...
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Thawing ice in the Arctic region has opened a path for considerable economic opportunities in terms of commercial routes and resource extraction. Unsurprisingly,...
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China stands at an important juncture. Despite fears about its slowing growth, the government’s economic target for 2018 has remained the same as last year’s....
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The first article of this two-part series was focused on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) defensive policies to ensure the regime’s stability. A recent example has...
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China’s economic prowess in recent years is now world renown. Much of the country’s economic success can be attributed to its robust export-led growth strategy,...
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. This is the mantra of the modern environmentalist. But until recently, we were not faced with what ‘recycle’ actually entails. For me, up until...
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