The Company Behind Vietnam’s Largest Environmental Disaster
July 14, 2016 4 min. read

With tons of dead fish continuing to wash ashore, hundreds of Vietnamese gathered for peaceful protests in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in April and May.

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North Korea’s Missile Tests Fuels Tensions
June 28, 2016 6 min. read

North Korea’s latest missile test represents an evident shift in the region’s balance of power, threatening the U.S. and its allies.

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Kang Shen and the CCP from an IR Perspective
June 28, 2016 7 min. read

Kang Sheng was part of the first generation of international relations specialists in communist China and the designer of the “China–USSR Grand Debate”.

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U.S. Must Fix Its Economy to Effectively Counter China
June 27, 2016 5 min. read

To succeed in its global game against China, the U.S. must recognize the importance of economics in any nation’s foreign policy stance.

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Shell Game: China Plays Legal Trick to Delay Ruling
June 24, 2016 4 min. read

Prior to the Hague’s ruling on the dispute between Beijing and the Manila in the South China Sea, Chinese media announced a “legal challenge” to the case.

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Liu Xiaobo Plaza: Renaming of Streets as a Human Rights Tactic
June 22, 2016 5 min. read

In February, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to rename the street in front of the Chinese embassy “Liu Xiaobo Plaza” in honor of the imprisoned Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

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Beijing Signals Through North Korean Defectors
June 16, 2016 4 min. read

Groups of North Korean workers in China successfully fled to the South in April and May, signaling that Beijing is losing patience with the Kim’s regime.

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#TryBeatingMeLightly
June 15, 2016 7 min. read

A couple of weeks ago, Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology issued its proposed amendments to the Protection of Women Against Violence Bill of 2015. They recommend husbands to “lightly beat” their wives in certain circumstances.

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Chinese Implacable Defiance in the South China Sea
June 10, 2016 5 min. read

Tensions between China and the U.S. in the South China Sea dominated the issues at the now-concluded Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

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A Case of Improper Airmanship
June 9, 2016 4 min. read

Coinciding with Kerry’s visit to Beijing for high-level security talks, a Chinese fighter jet carried out an “unsafe” intercept of a U.S. spy plane.

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