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Modi’s Demonetization Move: A Hit or Miss?
On November 8th, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi executed his very own ‘financial surgical strike’ when he appeared on national...
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Feb 8, 20177 min read


Shirking Matilda: The Realpolitik Case for Australian Recognition of West Papua
The Indonesian occupation of West Papua has been described as a “neglected genocide”, a crime against humanity being committed on a...
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Feb 7, 20176 min read


BPR Interviews: Rui Maria de Araújo
Dr. Rui Maria de Araújo is the prime minister of Timor-Leste, a position he has held since 2015. A physician by training, he served as...
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Dec 16, 20163 min read


The Galaxy Note 7 Recall: A Case Study of Chaebol Culture in the Republic of Samsung
On October 11, Samsung issued a global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 device amid reports of battery fires. Immediately after, Samsung’s...
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Dec 12, 20166 min read


Destroying Indonesia’s Reputation of Peace
Indonesia, with its over 240 million practicing Muslims, is usually devoid of much of the instability that plagues the...
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Dec 10, 20165 min read


Poke War: Facebook’s Diplomats in Thailand
Help wanted: Facebook is seeking a Head of Public Policy in Bangkok, Thailand. Responsibilities include monitoring Thai politics, working...
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Dec 1, 20166 min read


Capital Punishment in India: Life, Death, and Rebirth?
On November 21, 2012, Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani national and the only surviving gunman involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, was...
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Nov 28, 20165 min read


A Persistent Indifference to the Global War on Drugs
Since his inauguration this past June, the potent combination of Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte’s theatricality, popularity, and...
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Nov 16, 20165 min read


India and Pakistan: Second Cold War, Third World War?
On September 17th, the latent tension between South Asian heavyweights India and Pakistan escalated into overt hostility after an attack...
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Nov 12, 20166 min read


Fresh Faces, Same Problems: The Umbrella Movement in 2016
At age 23, Nathan Law Kwun-chung, a leader of the student protest movement in Hong Kong against perceived mainland Chinese overreach,...
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Nov 6, 20167 min read


Legalizing Opium: A Shift in the Developmental Paradigm
The legacy of foreign involvement in Afghanistan is both extensive and controversial. Whether referring to Soviet manipulation of the...
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Oct 20, 20165 min read


Kazakhstan’s Golden Moment
For any major power looking to grow its influence, Kazakhstan is a hidden gem. While short on name recognition, the Central Asian...
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Oct 6, 20166 min read


Ships to Nowhere: The Brutal Trafficking of Rohingya Refugees
March 15 marked the beginning of a landmark human-trafficking trial in Thailand in which 92 defendants are charged with establishing a...
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May 4, 20166 min read


Made in China, Filmed in China
With $40.9 million in ticket sales on its first day, the Chinese film “The Mermaid” broke global box office records in February of this...
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May 2, 20168 min read


Midnight Train to Addis Ababa
On September 21, 2015, the world watched the inaugural trip of sub-Saharan Africa’s first urban light rail system — and if they didn’t,...
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May 2, 201612 min read


Environmentalism on Everest
Tucked between northeast Nepal and southern Tibet, the Khumbu Icefall slides down Mount Everest an average of three to four feet each...
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Apr 25, 20165 min read
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[Liveblog] Brown China Summit: Evolving Diplomacy in the 21st Century
Former US Ambassador and Co-Chair of US China Policy Foundation Chas Freeman speaks at the Foreign Policy Panel at the Brown China Summit...
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Apr 23, 20161 min read


Pakistan: Examining a Critical Intersection of Three Major Powers
Pakistan has long struggled with deep civil strife. Since widespread ethnic cleansing after India’s partitioning in the 1940s, a myriad...
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Apr 9, 20165 min read


Leadership and Crisis in Taiwan’s Oldest Political Party
This party has a glorious history, but our legacy cannot be undone by the current generation,” pleaded Taipei City Councilor Lee Hsin,...
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Apr 5, 20165 min read


The Party’s Media: Free Speech and CCP Legitimacy
Last month, President Xi Jinping of China took a choreographed tour of the country’s largest media organizations, and, with the...
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Apr 4, 20165 min read
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