It is difficult to imagine a greater threat to South Asia than a potential conflict between India and Pakistan. It is harder still to contemplate the physical consequences of an all-out war between the nuclear […]
Santhara or Sallekhana is a religious ritual in Jainism. The ways in which the ritual is being interpreted has given a rise to legal questions in India. The documentary “Religious Suicide and the Limits of […]
In 1980, Tibetan Lama Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok settled in an uninhabited valley called Larung Gar (“valley” in Tibetan) near Sertar County in Sichuan, China. A few of his disciples congregated around his hut to receive […]
Perhaps the most controversial among recent events in the southeast tropical of Asia is Rodrigo Duterte’s advocacy of vigilante killings, that is, the supposedly authorized extrajudicial killings of criminals. According to a research done by […]
“The Dictator’s Dilemma: The Communist Party’s Strategy for Survival” was a part of the East Asia Seminar Series hosted at the Munk School of Global Affairs on the 7 October 2016 and was sponsored by […]
Global warming and the El Niño phenomenon have contributed to record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather events around the world. In July this year, the global average temperatures taken over land and ocean surfaces were the highest […]
Un-Chan Chung, a former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea and founder of the Korea Institute for Shared Growth, spoke to a group of attendees at the Munk School of Global Affairs on 30 […]
“Faked in China: Rethinking the Nation in Globalization” was an event hosted at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto on 21 September 2016, sponsored by the Dr. David Chu Program […]
“Decentering Citizenship: Gender, Labor, and Migrant Rights in South Korea” was an event hosted at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto on 15 September 2016. It was sponsored by the […]
Abstract India is not a signatory to the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT), but it should not be perceived that India is not working to attain an effective mechanism to check nuclear proliferation in South Asia. […]
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