Britain cannot shirk its duty to defend Hong Kong from China’s authoritarianism
Arrests of pro-democracy activists show China is breaching its commitments to the “one country, two systems” agreement.
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Why Russia holds the key to resolving the North Korea crisis
China is propping up North Korea’s economy, but it seems to get little influence in return.
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Britain’s commemoration of Partition is colonial white-washing in disguise
It’s much easier to focus on the indigenous perpetrators of religious violence than on the imperialist policies that facilitated it.
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Collecting memories of partition: “this is our last chance to hear first-hand accounts”
On the 70th anniversary of the divsion of India and Pakistan, archivists try to build a museum.
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Who is Yuriko Koike, the most powerful woman in Japan?
Tokyo's ambitious governor, whose supporters wave broccoli in honour of her green slogan.
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Donald Trump’s nuclear rhetoric is like his masculinity – self-destructive
The first nuclear bombs were called Little Boy and Fat Man. We are now at the whims of such a…
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How worried should we be about a nuclear war with North Korea?
History is littered with near misses, but the latest tensions between the US and North Korea offer their own special…
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Donald Trump’s careless rhetoric risks a nuclear miscalculation
Having missed opportunities to resolve the crisis, the US is now pushing itself and North Korea into a corner.
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