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All Aboard The Future
Trains aren’t sexy. They’re those lumbering, screaming steel cages billowing smoke as they rumble slowly along to their destination. Or...
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Nov 4, 20186 min read


Refugees and Reunification at Risk in the Republic of Korea
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea launched a historic visit when he landed in Pyongyang, North Korea on September 18, 2018 to broker a...
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Oct 30, 20188 min read


Azaadi and Atoot Ang: How Kashmiri Resistance Shapes Indian Nationalism
On June 14, 2018, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a groundbreaking report on the human...
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Oct 18, 20188 min read


China’s Digital Future: Monopoly Capitalism?
In the last two years, the Shanghai and Beijing Municipal Governments have been on a steady mission to, ostensibly, formalize the...
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Oct 16, 20184 min read


A New ‘Yellow Peril’
On August 15, 2018, the New Zealand parliament passed an unprecedented law barring most foreign buyers from purchasing homes, fulfilling...
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Oct 10, 20185 min read


TAPI: Peace or Continued Power Struggles?
The Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline, has been hailed as a “peace pipeline” with the...
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Jul 3, 20185 min read


Europe, China, and the Future of Data in America
China’s social credit policies have populated news headlines recently, and it’s easy to see why. The social credit score (SCS), which...
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Jun 28, 20185 min read


Power To The People: A Green Energy Revival In South Australia
Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla known for his increasingly outlandish products, has flaunted bold visions for the colonization of Mars...
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Jun 27, 20184 min read


A New First Author? China’s Science and Health Diplomacy
Since the Cold War, global health and science has been dominated by the United States. In 2017, it spent $10.4 billion on global health,...
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Jun 24, 20186 min read


Bridging the Gap: Why China’s Hukou System Needs Reform
China’s meteoric economic rise has relied on hundreds of millions of rural migrants. These migrants make incredible sacrifices for the...
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May 28, 20183 min read


Legislating Letters: Kazakhstan’s Alphabetical Experiment
Only one army can march into a city with a measly squadron of around 26 soldiers and orchestrate a coup without firing a single bullet....
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Apr 19, 20184 min read


A Faith Repressed: The Future of Chinese Christians
When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in China in 1949, about a million Christians lived in the country. In contrast to the...
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Apr 18, 20184 min read


Stuck in the Middle: Nepal’s Role in the China-India rivalry
A devastating earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, 2015, killing more than 8,000 people and leaving millions homeless. Other nations quickly...
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Apr 11, 20186 min read


Finding Fentanyl
Drug overdose is the leading cause of death in Americans under the age of 50, and in 2016 alone, drug overdoses killed over 64,000...
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Apr 7, 20186 min read


Little Rocket Man – North Korea’s Troubled Path to Denuclearization
The final days of the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang kindled an inkling of hope that North Korea would start taking steps to enter...
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Apr 7, 20185 min read


India’s “Invisible” Middle Class
Consumer goods firms worldwide are optimistic about their current and future investments in India, and with good reason. India’s...
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Apr 7, 20185 min read


Chinese Capital Comes to the Middle East
The Middle East has been a key strategic area for centuries, with the Russian, British, Portuguese, French and Ottoman Empires all...
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Apr 6, 20187 min read


Kim Strikes Gold: How North Korea Is Using The Olympics To Reshape Its Image Abroad
Kim Jong-un turned thirty-four on January 8, 2018, but the international community waited until February to present him with the best...
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Mar 17, 20184 min read


Peace in the Korean Peninsula: Why America Must Respect the Return of the Sunshine Policy
In recent months, American President Donald Trump has driven up tensions with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), through...
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Jan 6, 20185 min read


Rule by Law Versus Rule of Law: Xi Jinping and the Chinese Dream
From October 18 to October 24, 2,287 delegates, representing over 90 million members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), gathered in...
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Jan 3, 20187 min read
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