top of page


What is happening in Xinjiang?
by FEE MERALI In 2018, the UN became aware that Uyghur Muslims' possible detainment for "re-education" and other minority groups in the...


Sino-American Relations: What it once was, what it has now become
ANONYMOUS Sino-American relations have a short history. Yet, it is one full of heavy ups and downs that can roughly be separated into...


Explaining Myanmar's Coup d'Etat
By JUDE WILKINSON The Burmese aphorism that Orwell wrote a trilogy on the post-colonial dictatorship of Myanmar - Burmese Days, Animal...


Alexei Navalny: Vladimir Putin’s endless nightmare
By DJEHANE VALLY Over the past few days, diplomats from Poland, Germany and Sweden were expelled from Russia because they took part in...


Thailand Student Protests: Trouble in Paradise
As featured in Edition 37, available here. By EDEN FALL-BAILEY Thailand. A land of beaches, bucket cocktails, and pro-democracy boycotts....


Farmer Protests and Strikes in India must not go Unheard
As featured in Edition 37, available here. By CATHARINA SCHAUFLER-MENDEZ Since September 20, 2020, India has been in turmoil with no...


Battle for Academic Freedom in Turkey
by JOE HILL The Rectorate Building at Boğaziçi University Throughout January, peaceful protests, advocating academic freedom, were...


Decoding China's Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
Beijing has been fueling nationalist sentiment across China. If you have seen the appallingly blunt tweet on December 3rd, 2020 that...


The Covid-19 Dichotomy: The stark differences between the East and the West
By FEE MERALI Across South-Asia, people are returning to life as usual. Pubs and restaurants are open for business, non-essential shops...


Reflections on Abe Shinzo's Japanese rule
BY ARJUN KAMATH It is fast approaching a month since Abe Shinzo, the longest serving uninterrupted Prime Minister in Japanese history,...
bottom of page