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Category: Asia

Asia/Comments

War and Nationalism: How North Korea Forges a National Identity from Loss

Posted on April 2021 by Alayna Lee

The upcoming anniversary of the Korean War is a reminder of the United States’ first military loss after 1945. Although the conflict ended with the Korean Armis...

Asia/Comments/Science and Technology

Nuclear Pacific: Ballistic Missile Defenses Drive an Arms Race in the Pacific

Posted on April 2021 by Cameron Freeman

American military leaders’ argument is simple: Pacific adversaries (particularly North Korea) have large and growing ballistic missile arsenals. To combat this ...

Asia/Comments

The Price of Progress: Indonesia’s Omnibus Law and the Environmental Sacrifice of Economic Expansion in Asia

Posted on April 2021 by Maya Albold

On October 5, 2020, the Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (MPR) — Indonesia’s main parliamentary body—passed a long-awaited “omnibus bill” amending existing produc...

Asia/Comments

How Buddhist Nationalism Defines Myanmar’s Politics

Posted on March 2021 by Amrashaa Singh

The military-led coup in Myanmar has met with widespread protests by people of diverse backgrounds, including Buddhist monks. The demonstrations by the monks ho...

Asia/Comments

Tyranny of the Majority: Sri Lanka and Buddhist Majoritarian Politics

Posted on March 2021 by Shreyashree Nayak

Buddhism as a religion is a proponent of equality and typically condemns discriminatory and hierarchical structures in society. However, the involvement of Budd...

Asia/Comments

Battle in the Himalayas Strains India-China Relations

Posted on February 2021 by Cameron Freeman

Where is Ladakh? When conflict on the disputed mountain border between China and India broke out last summer, international spectators took quick notice. But th...

Asia/Comments

The China-India Dispute and its Geopolitical Implications

Posted on January 2021 by Amrashaa Singh

India and China are at the worst diplomatic relations as of now. The current Galwan border dispute is worse than the 72 days long Doklam stand-off in 1967. It h...

Asia

India’s Political Institutions Grapple with Misogynistic Culture as Sexual Violence Persists in the Country

Posted on January 2021 by Sai Rayala

The fatal gang rape of a woman in 2012, later to be known as the Nirbhaya case, horrified the nation and sparked national protests. These protests spurred a lon...

Asia/Comments

Culture of Torture and Intimidation: The Military in Thailand

Posted on January 2021 by Shreyashree Nayak

In 2019, Thai authorities confirmed that four more people were killed in a late-night attack by Muslim insurgents in Southern Thailand. The insurgents assaulted...

Arts and Culture/Asia/Comments

Putting the Best Art Forward: the Power of Art Over Military Conscription in the Republic of Korea

Posted on November 2020 by Samantha Larkin

How can art protect a nation?  The Republic of Korea’s Military Service Act [1] stipulates that once men turn eighteen, they have roughly ten years to complete ...

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