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Published in: openSecurityTiananmen at 25: the fate of mass demonstration in China
China's growing economic prosperity has distinguished today's youth – and their demands – from the "89 generation"....
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Published in: openSecurityHigh speed silk roads: the birth of a Eurasian century
No amount of US "pivoting" can prevent the emergence of a multipolar, multi-powered world along a Eurasian axis that...
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan’s authoritarian move
The government in Islamabad will face opposition in the coming week to its Protection of Pakistan Ordinance. Is it...
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Published in: openSecurityCommunity policing or counter-terrorism: What was Britain doing in Sri Lanka?
Why were the British delivering a 'community policing' program during and after Sri Lanka's 2009 civil war? And why...
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Published in: openSecurityStill searching for justice: victims in Sri Lanka
Five years on from the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka, the international community’s patience with the government...
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Published in: openSecurityBeyond Yasukuni: Japan's march towards militarism
From constitutional revisions to education reform, the Japanese government is intent on undoing the country's...
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Published in: openSecurityViolence visited on Cambodian garment workers
Cambodian garment workers make around $80 a month, taking on long hours of overtime in harsh conditions. Now workers...
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Published in: openSecurityChina and the Great Game
Almost all discussion of Afghanistan after 2014 hinges on the withdrawal of western forces. Yet into that gap a...
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Published in: openSecurityJapan's designated secrets bill - the sound of the jackboots
Japan's new secrecy law is yet another disturbing symptom of the country's rising militarism, broadening the...
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Published in: openSecurityDrones over the world
US drones are often thought of as focused entirely on action against Al-Qaeda and associates, particularly in...
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Published in: openSecurityNuclear weapons, basketball diplomacy and war in Korea
While North Korea's nuclear threats towards the US remain in the realm of the absurd, the government's latest...
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Published in: HomeLet Vietnam live!
"The simple issue around which all the history of the rest of the century will concentrate: are we in the privileged...
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Published in: openSecurityAgni-5: the national firework of India
India's successful launch of a long range inter-continental ballistic missile has led to hyper-nationalist posturing...
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Published in: openSecuritySecurity Sector Reform needs inclusive politics and jobs for the poor
Security sector reform has gained prominence in recent years as the international community seeks solutions to...
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Published in: openSecurityTrial by media: Bangladesh's 'International' Crimes Tribunal
Phone tapping, court orders and vitriolic condemnations of the accused point to a disconcerting unity between the...
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Published in: HomeSino-Indian defence dialogue: should India be worried?
Fifty years after the 1962 war which left bitter memories and pending border issues, relations between China and...
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Published in: openSecurityIndia and China call off border talks in row over Dalai Lama speech
India and China postpone talks on border disputes at last minute. NATO forces clash with local Serbs in northern...
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Published in: openSecurityN Korea food crisis set to continue
N Korea food crisis set to continue. Turkey and Iran to collaborate against Kurdish rebels. Southeast Asia flooding...
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Published in: openSecurityDomestic politics fuel maritime disputes in East Asia
The recent intensification of the dispute between China and Vietnam has highlighted the volatile and unpredictable...
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Published in: HomeFukushima and Chernobyl: are there silver linings in chain reactions?
The author reported on the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and from on Fukushima in 2011. The silver lining of Chernobyl...