In 2019, some Chinese viewers relaxing at home may have been surprised upon turning on their televisions. The ears of some of the men on...

Images of the 2022 Shanghai Lockdown sent ripples through the world. The lockdown — one which brutally dragged on for over two months —...

This past March, South Koreans elected former anti-corruption prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol as their next president. Yoon, an opposition...

I would like to acknowledge the support and inspiration of Vietnamese Professor/Visiting Lecturer Trần Diễm Trang from the East Asian...

The US State Department recently concluded that the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) maritime claims in the South China Sea contravene...

From Children of Men to The Handmaid’s Tale, contemporary culture has always had a fascination with fertility and its relationship with...

On February 25, 2022, the UN Security Council convened a historic emergency session to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a...

A series of intense pro-democracy protests took Hong Kong by storm in the latter half of 2019 following the introduction of an...

Original illustration by Elizabeth Long Many liberals cheered the deportation of Novak Djokovic, then the top-ranked male tennis player...

Over his 26-year career, Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao has won 62 fights, 12 world titles, and millions of dollars in prize money. Yet,...

In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, pleaded for an international...

In the city of Baku, in the small Caucasus nation of Azerbaijan, three futuristic glass towers dominate the skyline. At night, they are...

Political opponents jailed. Press censored. Civil liberties restricted. Human rights abused. All in response to widespread protests...

Insofar as the defeat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) merits international delight, its emergence in Afghanistan has...

In the remote reaches of Kyrgyzstan, where legal services are hitherto nearly non-existent, a group of lawyers is bridging the...

Transfers of power in illiberal and authoritarian states are rarely fluid. We have very few examples of peaceful and lasting regime...

The growing presence of ‘fake news’ has drastically changed political discussions, with many fearing the larger ramifications of its...

Top American officials are standing idly by while an authoritarian country, once again, is attempting to eradicate a religious minority...

In February, the Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on major threats to U.S. national security. One issue that was addressed in...

The World Economic Forum this year in Davos, Switzerland, made clear the unfortunate stress that continues to increasingly pressure...