Javier Delgado Rivera

Javier Delgado Rivera is a freelance journalist based in the New York, covering Asian and European politics. His writing has appeared in Eurasia Review, Global Politician, North Korean News, New Europe, Understanding China and elsewhere.

Does the media say too much when reporting on terrorism?

News coverage of investigations into terrorist attacks raise concerns about whether the media goes too far in reporting police findings that may be of some help to bloodthirsty fundamentalists.

By Javier Delgado Rivera

/ 6 Jan 2016

Yemen is not Paris: western media’s cold shoulder

Yemen is a failed state devastated by fighting, with thousands of civilians killed by a strong jihadist presence and widespread suffering. It has made very few headlines.

By Javier Delgado Rivera

/ 22 Nov 2015

Korea after reunification: challenges and opportunities

Last year’s deadly rise in tensions in the Korean peninsula put off any prospects of reunification. Young-II Kim, a North Korean defector and executive director of PSCORE, an organisation furthering the understanding between Seoul and Pyongyang, appears more optimistic. In an interview with Javier

By Javier Delgado Rivera

/ 4 Apr 2011

Thailand's road to reconciliation

Thailand's proposed course of reconciliation is contaminated by the dysfunctional socio-political system that caused the crisis.

By Javier Delgado Rivera

/ 18 Jun 2010