I met Tenzin in Kathmandu, Nepal, on a research trip. He was born and raised in a remote village in Kham, a province that historically belongs to Tibet but divided into the Tibet Autonomous Region […]
Home to a population of 1.7 billion and an average economic growth rate of 6% over the past decade, South Asia is one of the fastest growing regions of the world. While most countries within […]
In examining China, a perennial site of focus is that of relations between mainland China, known as the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and Taiwan, known as the Republic of China (ROC). With the key […]
From the outset, Philippines’ recent abandonment of the United States for China seems like an act of realism based on economic pursuit. After all, one of the reasons why Duterte was able to win the […]
On January 1st, 2016, the Chinese two-child policy went into effect. This policy ended the 35-year one-child policy that imposed a fine on families who chose to have two children. The two-child policy suggests that […]
India hosted the 8th BRICS Summit in the state of Goa from 15-16 October 2016. The country’s chairmanship of this summit reflects its broader involvement in global governance, and its assertive foreign policy stance with […]
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 […]
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 […]
The South China Sea encompasses the geographic area from the Malacca Straits to the strait of Taiwan. As a site historically bordered by seafaring nations, the South China sea has been the crossroad of much […]
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 […]
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