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Published in: 50.50If I sit back and do nothing, my family won’t surviveI invested all my savings in a tourist shop and café that was due to open in April. Now I deliver desserts to feed...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaReflections on “peace” in AfghanistanLeaving a misguided war and choosing not to look back.
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Published in: HomeVietnam: how to circumvent state repressionAs repression of dissident groups became officially enshrined in the Vietnamese Constitution, activists, including...
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Published in: 50.50The long road to gender equality in southeast AsiaSingapore may soon elect its first female president – but the struggle for gender equality in the region is far from...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The drowned and the saved: Foucault's texts on migration and solidarityThis is (along with Islamism and neoliberalism) one of a certain number of global issues on which Foucault can be...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?“The refugee problem is a presage of the great migrations of the twenty first century.”This is an interview with Michel Foucault conducted by H.Uno, translated by R Nakamura for Shûkan posuto and...
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Published in: openSecurityBurying Vietnam, launching perpetual war
Perhaps the most damaging legacy of the post-Vietnam era lies in the way Americans have learned to live in a...
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Published in: HomeTwo tributes to Jonathan Schell (1943- 2014): In memoriam
The purpose of deterrence is to prevent a nuclear war from happening. It depends entirely on producing a...
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Published in: HomePlaying nice: disputes in the South and East China Seas
Maritime disputes in East Asia have been hugely detrimental to accessing the energy-rich reserves in the South and...
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Published in: HomeRebuilding the wallsThe internet promised “shared humanity in all its messy glory”. But national governments are keen to turn back the...
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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: HomeFour anecdotes and some news: or, The paths of resistance
On the fiftieth anniversary of the American intervention in Vietnam, one lesson might be that knowledge is never...
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Published in: HomeCommemorating Saigon, 11 December 1961: a date on the dark side of history
US helicopters and their crews arrived in Saigon on December 11 1961, ostensibly to take South Vietnamese troops...
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Published in: HomeLines of descentTo mark one hundred years of aerial bombing, we publish this detailed account of the path that led us from bombing...
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Published in: openSecurityVietnam, Myanmar foster ties with India, illustrating the art of balancing relations with great powers
The presidents of Vietnam and Myanmar visit New Delhi to strengthen cooperation with India. Kenya launches military...
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Published in: openSecurityIndia’s advances into South China Sea met with criticism from Beijing
In what is seen as a response to Chinese moves in South Asia, India embarks on joint oil and gas exploration with...
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Published in: openSecurityChina’s first aircraft carrier begins sea trials as tensions in the South China Sea rise
China’s first aircraft carrier made its maiden voyage from Dalian port. The United States has refused to sell F-16...
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Published in: openSecurityMaritime disputes intensify in South China Sea
Long-standing maritime disputes between China and its neighbours intensify. Afghan President Hamai Karzai visits...
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Published in: HomeVietnam and China: shoals ahead
A rumble of popular discontent in Vietnam over territorial and environmental issues signals a new phase in the old...
