Christopher Goscha presented his newest book, “Vietnam: A New History,” in front of a learned audience on 26 October 2016. As an event sponsored by the Dr. David Chu program for Asia Pacific Studies, the Centre […]
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 […]
“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 […]
For decades, political scientists and international spectators alike have been predicting the demise of the nearly hundred-year old Chinese communist regime. It has been described as “crumbling”, “doomed” and most recently, “close to collapse.” However, […]
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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