One step closer to the brink – how US diplomacy failed in North Korea
A policy of isolation and containment has left the North Korean regime convinced that its nuclear deterrent is the only way…
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Inaction over ethnic cleansing in Myanmar will only fuel Islamist extremism
If Western governments don't speak up for the Rohingya, extremist recruiters will.
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What’s really driving North Korea’s nuclear quest?
There is a chance to resolve the crisis through dialogue.
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Myanmar’s fallen hero: the silence of Aung San Suu Kyi
Under her rule Rohingya Muslims, a persecuted minority in Myanmar, are fleeing to Bangladesh.
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History tells us why North Korea really wants the bomb
If your country had a past like Kim Jong-un's, wouldn’t you seek a nuclear deterrent?
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Will China stop a nuclear war? North Korea through the eyes of President Xi
Can Asia's superpower rein in its scrappy neighbour?
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Does Trump’s nuclear brinkmanship with North Korea prove the madman strategy?
Evidence of actual craziness might help win a game of chicken, but at the risk of the driver going over…
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Standing up to China’s censors: an attempt to delete history backfires
For years now, the official Chinese position has been that no one was killed in Tiananmen Square.
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