Family Ties: Sri Lankan Democracy in Peril Ewan Halliday Oct 11, 2020 With their dominating coalition in parliament and control of the presidency, there is almost no governmental…
Spotlight: Why COVID-19 Won’t Mean the End for China’s Belt and Road Initiative Naomi Shi Jul 26, 2020 This week on Spotlight, host Naomi Shi sits down with MIR Writer of the Week, Emma-Jane Ni, to discuss her!-->…
Will “Mask Diplomacy” Be Enough for China? Charles Lepage Apr 11, 2020 While many countries have pointed fingers at China in the genesis of the outbreak, can Beijing turn this domestic…
Mask Hysteria: Containment (Ep.2) Bilal Virji Feb 18, 2020 With panic and hysteria creeping in, the economic and geopolitical consequences of the coronavirus outbreak have…
Creating Culpability: Evaluating Central and Local Responses to the Coronavirus… David Duan Feb 17, 2020 Although the state has managed to regain significant public confidence in recent years through President Xi's…
How China’s economic expansionism is contributing to Muslim persecution Nina Russell Nov 3, 2019 While transgressing boundaries of sovereignty in a quest for economic supremacy in the East, President Xi Jinping…
International Law is Failing the South China Sea Shirley Wang Oct 1, 2019 It is clear that international law so far has tried—and failed—to restrain Chinese advances in the South China Sea.…
A Cattle Rancher, an Engineer, and a Billionaire Walk Into a Canal Kareem Hammami Jun 6, 2019 Caught between two great superpowers, President-elect Cortizo will soon be faced with some difficult conditions. In…
Why China Sees Forrest Gump as a Trojan Horse Naomi Shi Feb 22, 2019 It is no wonder why China would view American cultural efforts and emblems, such as Forrest Gump, as trojan…
China’s New Totalitarianism Milan Singh-Cheema Feb 5, 2019 A totalitarian regime is defined as one that permits no individual freedom and seeks to subordinate all aspects of…