Archive
2014
Cambodia’s Environment: Good News in Areng Valley?
By Pichamon Yeophantong
Can Cambodia’s nascent environmental movement save the pristine Areng Valley from a Chinese dam?
Scores Killed in Suicide Attack on India-Pakistan Border
By Ankit Panda
The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.
Australian Aid in Laos
By Michael Sheldrick
A recent trip affirms the potentially positive impact of overseas aid.
Speaking Truth to Power: Canadian War Crimes in Korea
By Steven Denney
A history professor uncovers some troubling evidence from the Korean War.
Chinese Direct and Financial Outbound Investment
By Sara Hsu
China is becoming an increasingly large and sophisticated investor abroad.
India-Pakistan Relations: A Destructive Equilibrium
By Jordan Olmstead
Is there a way to avert the constant derailing of bilateral relations?
What Obama Can Do on His Second Myanmar Visit
By Aung Tun
The country’s democratic transition is at a delicate stage. Obama and other world leaders could help.
Hong Kong’s Identity Crisis
By Ying Pei
With the recent protests, Hong Kong seeks to chart its own course under the "one country, two systems" policy.
What Beijing Wants From APEC
By Elizabeth C. Economy
The upcoming APEC forum in Beijing offers China the opportunity for a reset.
Time for India to Take Down Dawood Ibrahim
By Elizabeth Bennett
Recent reports suggest that the underworld figure with terrorist links is a bigger threat than ever before.
Australia’s New Data Retention Legislation
By Helen Clark
The Australian government has had a hard time selling the public on a plan to require ISPs to store customer metadata.
Is China Too Big to Fail?
By Zachary Keck
Plus, China’s super secret underground submarine cave. Pacific Realist weekend links.