The Cherry Blossom Uprising: Monitory Democracy in Korea
Mar 13, 2017 06:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Political scientists trained or based in the Atlantic region have a bad habit of ignoring trends in our Asia-Pacific region. When they do pay attention to its dynamics, they often misleadingly measure them by their own...
Asia's Olympic moment has its roots in Cold War politics
Mar 10, 2017 03:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
China, host of the 2008 Summer and 2022 Winter Olympic Games, has turned into a major sports power, if its medal tally at the recent Rio Olympics is any indication. Japan, which will hold the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,...
Why Assad's military gains don't translate to success in Syrian peace talks
Mar 10, 2017 03:15 am UTC| Insights & Views
The uprising in Syria will mark its sixth anniversary on March 15, but the Syrian war has far from run its course. Much has changed in the Syrian governments favour over the past 18 months. Russias decision to formally...
Global Geo-political Series: Is President Trump really good for Russia?
Mar 06, 2017 07:48 am UTC| Commentary
After the Republican candidate Donald Trump won the US election on November 8th last year, many in the United States and in the foreign capitals, a victory for the Russian President Vladimir Putin, who allegedly might have...
Why China may want to repair its fraught relations with the Vatican
Mar 03, 2017 06:04 am UTC| Insights & Views
A 65-year-long split between China and the Vatican may finally be getting repaired. Hong Kong Cardinal John Tong recently indicated that there might be an agreement over the thorniest issue between the two sides Vaticans...
Thieves in the night: can a slogan trigger real improvement in Romanian politics?
Feb 27, 2017 08:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
It is rather unusual for a country like Romania to catch the eye of the international public to the extent it has in the past month. An unprecedented wave of protests saw thousands of Romanians take to the streets...
After a tense election, Ecuador is divided over its political future
Feb 27, 2017 08:50 am UTC| Insights & Views
After three tense days of waiting, Ecuadors National Electoral Council has confirmed that former vice president Lenin Moreno, of the ruling Alianza Pais (AP) party, won the first round in the countrys presidential...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US election: why it’s not the protesters’ votes that the Democrats should worry about
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects