Archive
September 2016
Turkmenistan’s Potemkin Airport
By Catherine Putz
To usher its few tourists to their Potemkin resorts.
Closing Asia's Digital Divide
By Shamshad Akhtar
20 countries in the Asia-Pacific region have only two fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
India's Health Scare Gets Worse
By Neeta Lal
The current outbreak of vector borne diseases lays bare the inadequacies of India's health care system.
Nawaz Sharif Takes on India, Kashmir at the United Nations
By Hamzah Rifaat
Nawaz Sharif's speech before the General Assembly will be welcomed in Pakistan.
Ghani’s Deal With the Devil: Hekmatyar and Transitional Justice
By Shawn Snow
A long delayed, elusive agreement between the government of Afghanistan and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has been inked.
US Strategic Bomber Makes Closest Flight Ever to North Korea
By Franz-Stefan Gady
For the first time in 20 years, a B-1B Lancer heavy strategic bomber landed on the Korean peninsula.
Why Did Vietnam’s Thanh Nien News Close Its English-Language Service?
By Helen Clark
Thanh Nien was no propaganda tool, it was far too interesting for that and it will be missed.
Making a US-Sino War ‘Thinkable’?
By Amitai Etzioni
A new study may embolden those who see conflict as inevitable.
China and the Vatican: Towards a New Era?
By Kevin Hsu
A closer look at a complex relationship amid talk of an impending rapprochement.
ASEAN a New Opportunity for the Eurasian Economic Union
By Ling Han
A free trade pact between the EEU and Vietnam could be just the beginning of a productive economic relationship.
The Trouble With the Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte
By Prashanth Parameswaran
In some cases he appears to not only be undermining Philippine interests, but his own position as well.
Philippines’ Largest Warship Damaged After Collision
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Tanker collision results in minor damage.