Category: Politics
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India’s National Register of Citizens: A Tool for Muslim Disenfranchisement
Brisk, smokey, savory and rich. This, alongside its high caffeine content, makes Assam tea the…
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A Pandemic of Protest: COVID-19 and the Thai Democracy Movement
While 2020 marked an unprecedented transition into the COVID-19 pandemic, it also saw a resurgence…
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Event Report: “Japan and Asia in the Post Pandemic Era: Selective Cooperation vs. Strategic Competition in Southeast Asia”
On April 13, the Centre for the Study of Global Japan, the Asian Institute, and…
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The Paradox of Protesting in India
Section 1 “Talk about caste system, bring reservation in the private sector. Raise these questions,…
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The History and Current Condition of Chinese Human Rights Lawyers
After being imprisoned and tortured for eleven months,[1] human rights lawyer Chang Weiping was only…
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COVID-19: A Crisis of Chinese Clientelism in Cambodia and Laos
While states have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to differing extents, a closer examination…
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Official Development Assistance (ODA): Lessons from Japan and the EU
Abstract The study of international development through foreign aid and development assistance has been of…
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Orphan of Asia? Sinicization, Democratization and Taiwan Nationalism during the Lee Teng-hui Presidency, 1988-2000
ABSTRACT With the increasing movement toward a Taiwan-based politics, there has also been a simultaneous…
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South Korea’s Soft Power in Middle Power Diplomacy: Enhancing Popular Culture and its Challenges
Abstract This essay focuses on the challenges South Korea faces as a middle power amid…
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Does Daoism sanction a political philosophy such as anarchical individualism?
The sociopolitical implications of philosophical thought are often paramount in our discussions of their ideas.…