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Category: Asia

Our Asia-Oceania desk covers South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Eurasia, Oceania, and most of the Pacific Ocean.

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Column/Asia

Constructing Sovereignty through Strategic Narratives: A Constructivist Analysis of India’s and China’s Discursive Claims over Arunachal Pradesh

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Luke Rimmo Lego

Introduction The region of Arunachal, a sparsely populated Himalayan borderland, had long eluded the firm control of any pre-modern state. Only in 1912-13 did B...

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Column/Asia

Soft Power by Design: Japanese Culinary Diplomacy

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Alexandra Anargirou

Introduction In an era dominated by military and economic interests, the concept of soft power offers an alternative framework for understanding global influenc...

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Spring Issue/Asia/Europe

The Kazakh Famine of 1930-1933 and Stalinist Collectivization: The Limitation of Legal Frameworks for Genocide in Communist Studies

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Evan Sing

Frameworks for Genocide in Communist Studies From 1930 to 1933, the Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan suffered a horrific yet understudied episode of famine, violen...

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Spring Issue/Asia

Mga Wikang Pambansa, राीय भाषाएँ: Constitutional Language Policy and Postcolonial Nation-Building in the Philippines and India

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Mikhail Roshan Hernandez Tupaz

“Ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika ay higit sa hayop at malansang isda.”  —José P. Rizal  One who does not love one’s own language is ...

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Interviews/Asia

“We are in Uncharted History:” Liqian Ren on China’s Economy, DeepSeek, and US-China Relations

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Julia Niemiec

This transcript is from an interview conducted on March 9, 2025, in partnership with the Brown China Summit (BCS). Founded in 2014, the Brown China Summit is Br...

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Column/Asia/Europe/Science and Technology

Climate Change is Russia’s Biggest Strategic Weapon  

Posted on May 15, 2025 by West Temkin

In 2015, Russia signed the Paris Agreement on climate change. In 2019, the nation formally joined. According to the Kremlin, Russia aims to significantly r...

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Column/Asia

Regional Cooperation in Global South Asia: A Neighborhood Vision

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Sharanya Sheopuri

“Many of the concepts and theories regarding South Asian relations analyzing the problems of South Asia broke down when examined regarding their adequacy to rea...

China Manufacturing
Column/Asia

Lessons from ‘Made in China 2025’: Will China Achieve its Vision for 2035?

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Safia Khan

In May 2015, Xi Jinping’s government formalized a ten-year development plan, “Made in China 2025,” to expand China’s industrial and manufacturing capacity...

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Column/Asia

Belief and Boundaries: Perceptions of Freedom Among North Korean Youth

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Nadia Petersen

When you think about the North Korean people, what comes to mind? If you live in the West, the first words that may come to mind include brainwashed, ignorant, ...

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Column/Asia

U.S.-China Relations: Cycles of Fascination, Disillusionment, and Interdependence

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Mohan Li

In 1972, Richard Nixon shook Mao Zedong’s hand in Beijing, marking what many Americans perceived as the beginning of U.S.-China relations. This handshake symbol...

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