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Faltering but Firm: Why China’s Grip on Myanmar…
Aung San Suu Kyi’s recent diplomatic trip to Beijing at the end of August should put to rest Chinese fears of…
Hear the Wedding Bells Ring: The Dark Side of Child…
Every minute, 28 girls under the age of 18 are married against their will. Over 700 million women alive today have…
South Korean MPs Break World Record for the Longest…
Every March 1st is Independence Movement Day in Korea, which commemorates the historic civil uprising in 1919…
Concerns about Hong Kong’s Media Rights
On the day of Hong Kong’s handover from the British to the People Republic of China, Deng Xiaoping, the leader of…
The Economic Consequences of Peace: Winners and Losers…
The exchange of “commodities of mutual intelligence,” reads a 1561 letter from Queen Elizabeth I to…
Dropping the Ball: The AIIB and Obama’s Failure to…
Editor's Note: Awarded Best Article in the Commentary category at the 2016 McGill Student Journalism Awards
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The Ghost of Henry Kissinger
During last Thursday’s Democratic debate in Milwaukee, the two candidates briefly descended into an argument over a…
An exploding North Korea: unifcation talks spurred by…
After a major H5N1 (Bird Flu) outbreak, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea fell into disrepair with Kim Jung…
A Milestone for Suppression
The disappearance of five book publishers and sellers from a Hong Kong bookstore late last year has…
COP21 and Free Trade
The adoption of a global climate agreement in Paris at the end of 2015 swept a wave of public optimism towards…
Labour Focus: Vietnam and the TPP
If you type "Vietnam and the TPP" into Google or any search engine as I did, you would probably think that it…
Gender Discrimination in South Korea
Confucianism was, and still is, deeply rooted in South Korea’s society. One particular theme is patriarchy where …