Asia and the Pacific
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Kyrgyzstan In Crisis – An Interview With Alisher Khamidov
BY MELANIA PARZONKA – On October 15, the people of Kyrgyzstan overthrew their president for the third time in 15 years. Kyrgyzstan expert Dr. Alisher Khamidov sits down with Melania Parzonka to discuss how the USSR’s collapse created economic and ethnic tensions and why the Kyrgyz can’t find peace today.
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Morality, Realpolitik, Racism – Why Did the US Drop the Atomic Bomb On Japan?
75 years ago, the world witnessed the use of the most destructive weapon in human history. Elodie Miles discusses the fateful choice to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, suggesting that America’s moral justification downplayed aspects of realpolitik and racism that significantly influenced the decision.
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Why China Won’t Back Down
BY CAROLINE SUTTON China is one of the world’s preeminent powers—but it wasn’t always that way. From 1839-1949, China suffered numerous defeats at the hands of imperialist powers. As Caroline Sutton demonstrates, the Chinese Communist Party uses the “century of humiliation” to cement its legitimacy and assert the nation’s sovereignty.
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The Wrong Man for the Job: Zalmay Khalilzad’s Perverted Quest for Afghan Peace
Who is the man that engineered the US-Taliban peace deal? As speculation surrounding Russian bounties erupts in the American media, Terra Schroeder investigates Zalmay Khalilzad—the figure who has been pulling the strings of US Afghan policy for years.
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Unmasking Chinese Censorship in the Age of COVID-19
During the initial outbreak of COVID-19, the Chinese system of information control seemed to stumble—only to emerge triumphant and even more resolute shortly thereafter. Our latest piece demystifies the often misunderstood phenomenon of censorship in China.
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Thrust Back into the Dark Ages: Why the Taliban Deal is Doomed
“Asking them to fight ISIS is the equivalent of asking Harvey Weinstein to fight Jeffrey Epstein.” By exploring the Taliban’s extraordinarily violent history, Dr. Sajjan M. Gohel reveals why their peace deal with the US is destined to fail.
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