When Gandhi and other Indian thinkers joined the world to take on the race problem
In 1911, delegates from across the globe gathered in London to imagine a more just international order. Just three years later, war intervened.
The gender voting gap is eroding the foundation of democracy
As soon as gender becomes a determinant of someone’s worldview, the foundational principle of democracy based on compromise collapses
“Everything Is Sensitive”: Foreign Correspondents’ Club Survey Echoes Netizen Frustration at Unpredictable Red Lines
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China issued the findings of its 2025 Media Freedoms Survey this week, painting an unsurprisingly bleak picture of the "new abnormal" conditions for the shrinking …
What Vijay’s victory tells us about Tamil Nadu today
How did the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, a newly formed party with no conventional political lineage, manage to break the Dravidian duopoly of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna …
India’s investment reforms keep China at arm’s length
In March 2026, the Indian government eased investment restrictions imposed in 2020 that required government approval for any investment in which a beneficial owner was a citizen of, or located in, a …
Hong Kong prosecutors should treat children as children
The Department of Justice continues to find ways to spoil my breakfast. Consider the case of Ms Ami Chan, which was heard in the Eastern Magistrates Court earlier this week.
Tibetan Activist Who Self-Immolated Outside UN Headquarters Memorialized at Liberty Plaza
A mourning ceremony was held in Liberty Plaza on Wednesday night, to memorialize the self-immolation of Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen.
Why gerontocracy should alarm us
It's bad not only because it uncovers the rule of old, mostly men, but also because it shows how the massive accumulation of power and wealth over the years by the old can curtail the prospects of the young
Is the Number of Taiwanese Missing in China Increasing?
According to the Mainland Affairs Council, earlier this month, ten Taiwanese were reported missing in China the same week by family members
‘Refine baby, refine’
Africa’s fossil fuel proponents are using the global oil and gas crisis to their advantage, reigniting debates about the continent’s energy future
The manipulation of voter rolls is undermining the legitimacy of India’s elections
By altering the conditions and mechanics of the vote and thereby granting the ruling party an electoral advantage built within the electoral machinery itself, the ECI, whose purpose is to guarantee …
Translation: Euphemism and Censorship Surround Guangxi Flooding, Dam Breach News
Back-to-back typhoons have brought torrential rain, flooding, and other extreme weather events to parts of southern and central China, and prompted mass evacuations of people living in the paths of …
PSN for Dummies: If I Invested in Indonesia’s Strategic Projects
Sixty-seven residents of Wadas Village were arrested after opposing an andesite quarry for the Bener Dam in Central Java.
The EU’s Contradictory Narratives on China
Both sides are trying to sustain trade talks and practical cooperation, but the EU’s new security definition of China may complicate this progress.
China gains by standing aside in the Iran War
Even as the US–Israel war on Iran has escalated across the Persian Gulf and disrupted trade through the Strait of Hormuz, China has shown little interest in taking on a larger role in the Middle …
The view of China-South Korea relations from Beijing
Though bilateral ties are certainly better than they have been in the past, there remain points of concern on China’s end
Another sign of an empire in decline
Today’s surge in left-wing politics in the US is reminiscent of the UK’s transformation a century ago
History First as Tragedy, Then as Blob
In the wake of a letter by a Taiwanese academic that claimed Taiwan and China were part of the same polity…based on a land bridge that connected the two during the Ice Age, Vijay Prashad’s …