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Alfred McCoy
Apr 09,2018, 12:58
How China, US are spawning a new great-power naval rivalry
By Alfred McCoy
Nicos Panayiotides
Apr 05,2018, 12:57
The geopolitics beyond the Skripal case
By Nicos Panayiotides
A bust of Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh at the Independence Palace museum. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Apr 01,2018, 11:23
Palace intrigue: Vietnam revitalizes iconic wartime site
By Ma Nguyen
This picture taken on February 1, 2017 shows statues symbolizing so-called "comfort women" in a park in Shanghai. Photo: AFP / Johannes Eisele
Mar 24,2018
How Beijing weaponizes ‘comfort women’ as propaganda tool
By Jason Morgan
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a group looking at rewriting India's history. File Photo: Reuters / Amit Dave
Mar 07,2018, 6:38
PM Modi’s secret committee set to revise India’s history
By Asia Times and Reuters
Indonesian soldiers from the Paskhas corps shout slogans during a rehearsal for a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the military in Cilegon, Banten province, in October 2015. Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta
Mar 04,2018, 3:46
Indonesia blocks access to its military past
By Olivia Tasevski
Reuven Brenner
Mar 03,2018, 3:25
Asian countries could learn from others’ solutions to democratic deficits
By Reuven Brenner
Jan Krikke
Feb 21,2018, 11:41
Lawrence Taub, the first feminist futurist (1936-2018)
By Jan Krikke
Taehwa Hong
Feb 21,2018, 12:46
South Korea: Standing on the shoulders of giants
By Taehwa Hong
M Shamsur Rabb Khan
Jan 29,2018, 3:25
Saudi-Iran relations: story behind a clash of regional leadership
By M Shamsur Rabb Khan
In search of answers, the writer looked back in time and set off to the Forum in a walking conversation with the ruins of Rome. Photo: iStock
Jan 27,2018
Rome and the decline of the West: rich assortment of ills
By Pepe Escobar
Mohan Guruswamy
Jan 25,2018, 3:52
History remains elusive as India battles violence over fictional movie
By Mohan Guruswamy
Khalid Ibn Muneer
Jan 22,2018, 3:11
Russia faces complex choices on how to play the Kurdish card
By Khalid Ibn Muneer
John J. Metzler
Jan 22,2018, 12:23
Korean Olympics: deja vu all over again
By John J. Metzler
Donald Nichols loved dogs. In Korea, he had a snarling pack of mutts for protection from North Korean assassins. At his spy base outside Seoul, his dogs sometimes ate with him in the officers' mess and occasionally bit other Air Force officers. Photo courtesy of Lindsay Morgan
Jan 20,2018, 10:32
The bloody rise and shocking fall of a US spymaster in Cold War Korea
By Andrew Salmon
Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970). Photo: AFP
Jan 14,2018, 3:02
Nasser at 100: how to remember the ‘godfather’ of Arab Nationalism?
By Sami Moubayed
Nicos Panayiotides
Jan 12,2018, 12:11
The history and politics behind Trump’s Jerusalem decision
By Nicos Panayiotides
The Lin Heung Tea House. Photo: Google Maps
Dec 27,2017, 5:45
Hong Kong’s oldest dim sum restaurant may have to close
By Ben Kwok
Saif Ahmad Khan
Dec 27,2017, 2:16
The ugliness behind long-standing anti-Muslim bias in India
By Saif Ahmad Khan
On parade with the Gurkhas. Photo: Tim I Gurung
Dec 24,2017, 12:25
70th anniversary of Malayan Emergency: a moment for reflection
By Tim I Gurung
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