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Emmanuel Macron

French presidential election reveals a troubled country

Emmanuel Macron's victory cannot mask deepening divides in French society Read more...
Ukraine

Ukraine deserves an independent future

On the eve of Russia’s invasion, Ukraine was a poor and deeply corrupt country. But the Ukrainian people still deserve the right to chart their own future, independent of their overbearing neighbour. Read more...
Shashi Tharoor

The Struggle for India’s Soul

India’s civic nationalism is now under severe threat by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and its pivot to ethno-religious nationalism. Read more...
France

What’s wrong with France?

A prosperous and beautiful country suffers from a tragic COVID death toll, violent street protests, rise of nationalist right-wing political figures and social malaise. How can we understand this? Read more...
Shinzō Abe - Caricature

The Abe Legacy: How Japan Has Been Shaped by Abe Shinzo

Abe Shinzō was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. But his legacy will be mixed at best, according to a recent volume from leading Japanese and Western scholars. Read more...
Xi Jinping

Book Review: China Coup: The Great Leap To Freedom

Roger Garside predicts that China’s strongman leader Xi Jinping will soon be removed from office in an internal Communist Party coup. Read more...
EPA_CHINA COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS

The Chinese Communist Party celebrates – but for how long?

Lavish centenary celebrations marked 100 years of the CCP, but they mask several internal tensions and insecurities, writes John West.
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jokowi

THE LEADERSHIP HISTORY OF INDONESIA

If you don't know the past, you will never understand the present or the future -- especially in the case of Indonesia, as Glen Robinson reminds us in this article. Read more...
Treni a Yangon - Yangon Railways

Book Review: Rivers of Iron - Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast Asia

Rivers of Iron shines a lot of new light on today’s China, and it should be required reading for all China-watchers and scholars, according to John West.
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the people, not the police

MYANMAR COUP FEB 2021

Glen Robinson analyses the recent coup in Myanmar. Read more...
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Indonesia – a country of disappointments.

Ben Bland shows even pessimists can be gulled by Joko Widodo’s charms, according to John West.
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WEST PAPUA, BALIEM VALLEY

Book Review: The Road: Uprising in West Papua

The people of West Papua, Indonesia have been sold down the river by international politics. They are now fighting ever more ferociously for their independence.
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Shinzō Abe - Caricature

The Legacy of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe was a consequential, though flawed leader, writes John West. Read more...
Minxin Pei and Elizabeth Economy

China’s Coming Upheaval

Minxin Pei's Foreign Affairs' article, "China’s Coming Upheaval: Competition, the Coronavirus, and the Weakness of Xi Jinping", is certainly worth a read, writes John West
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Xi Jinping

Do middle powers have a China dilemma?

Andrew Peaple moderates a feisty debate between Kerry Brown and Matthew Henderson, on how middle powers should deal with the rise of China.
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People's Republic of China former Vice-President Xi Jinping. Xi was elected as the new leader of the Communist Party of China along with the new Central Committee.

Corruption in Southeast Asia

Corruption is an emotive word which can mean different things to different people, argues Glen Robinson..
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THE CORONAVIRUS AND CHINA

Why does Beijing lie about Covid-19?

To understand why Beijing is lying so much about COVID-19, you have to understand the corrupt deal China’s Communist Party has struck with the country’s elites, a Read more...
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Japan struggles with Covid-19

Japan's management of the Covid-19 pandemic has been much more troubled than Asian neighbours like Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea, writes John West. Read more...
Narendra Modi

India Has a Modi and a BJP Problem

Modi’s initiative is undermining the very idea of India as a secular and multicultural liberal society, writes John West. Read more...
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