perspectives

The Nikkei 225, Japan’s stock index, eclipsed 40,000 points for the first time on Monday 4 March, as loose monetary policy and a weak...

On Friday 2nd of February 2024, news emerged that the sentence of Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak, convicted for his role in...

By Benjamin Sachs Tensions on the Korean peninsula have been on the rise recently. North Koreans this month claimed to have tested the...

By Maya Sgaravato-Grant After 32 years of resilience, it took less than 24 hours from the first shell fired by Azerbaijani forces for...

By Yusuf Khalid Taiwanese democracy has spoken, and Beijing has erupted in fury. In a highly tense election January 12th, now-incumbent...

By Mathieu Yap At a speech in late September 2023, Myanmar’s military ruler General Min Aung Hlaing declared, “At present, the whole...

BY MARTIN DAY Generally, politics in China is shrouded in a veil through which very little information escapes. That’s why recent...

BY LILY MECKEL Image: Flikr/Roman Harak North Korea is known to be one of the most hostile and isolated countries in the world. Since the...

BY SANJANA IYER From Bollywood to Brazilian soaps, the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) certainly have a...

BY SYED HUSSAIN Just five years ago, ex-cricketing legend turned Prime Minister, Imran Khan, heralded a "new beginning" - a vision to...