Today’s cities perch people far off the ground. They block sight of the stars. So we’re faced with a completely...

The chaotic scenes at the trial of a man charged over inter-ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan are damaging the legal...

With a victory of the ruling Barisan Nasional, it was tempting to write off the results of this Sunday's election as...

Two years after the tsunami that killed thousands and triggered a nuclear meltdown, it is intriguing to observe how...

The recurring three-part drama, Unsuccessful Diplomacy-North Korean Belligerence-United Nations Sanctions, is airing...

Up in Arms continues to track the figure of the soldier in contemporary culture as a consequence of NATO’s wars. How...

For the first time in south-east Asia, an HIV-positive women's group in Indonesia is using the CEDAW Shadow Report...

When the rice harvest season finishes in a few weeks, fields in India will turn black as farmers burn thousands of...

Despite a prominent presence in the campaign, US policy towards China is very unlikely to change - especially on the...

As a somewhat reluctant member of the American orbit in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia carefully watches the...

A long-awaited review on the conduct of United Nations agencies during the last stages of the war in Sri Lanka is...

The last war between Asia's giants erupted in October 1962. Fifty years on the respective works of a Chinese and an...

The man who was variously Cambodia's anti-colonial leader, king, prime minister, prince, and exiled figurehead is...

In order to understand how the ‘Rohingya crisis’ has come to pass we need to consider the narrative built by three...

Pyongyang looks and feels different under Kim Jong Un's leadership, but how much do new buildings, markets and...

In Australia, both at the Commonwealth and state levels economic policies do not address the problems the country...

The self-organising efforts of migrant workers and rights activists across China offer a vital insight into the...

Australia’s return to offshore detention and processing centres for asylum seekers signals a renewed willingness to...

The territorial dispute between regional powers has the potential to escalate. All the more reason for the Chinese...

Nepal is still awaiting a new constitution to complete its transition from a decade of conflict to democracy. So...