August 2021

What is the outlook for aid workers in the Taliban’s Afghanistan?

South Korea may be the only liberal democracy using a “fake news” law to target large traditional media companies.

The Taliban can’t get its hands on Afghanistan’s money, much of which is held in the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of New York. And aid agencies are pausing funding, too. 

The “common prosperity” ideology is the realization of Chinese socialism imposed upon market-based, modern activity, which makes it especially hard for investors to interpret.

Islamabad is apprehensive that a Taliban government will not act against TTP sanctuaries in Afghanistan.

With a zero COVID state unobtainable, Canberra is looking to reopen once vaccination rates pick up.

But will the National Unity Government ever be in a position to implement its pledge?

The Indonesian government needs to jettison its hopes of a miracle cure to COVID-19, and listen to the advice of epidemiologists and health experts.

The leaked footage has shone a spotlight on the impunity and corruption that festers at the heart of the Thai security state.

A conversation about the last 20 years in Afghanistan.

The secular government of Muslim-majority Bangladesh fears the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan will rejuvenate the violent radical Islamist ecosystem back home.

Japarov signed the bill passed by the parliament last month, but many questions remain about how it will be implemented.