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Those who fear the creation of a new international order brought about by a polar shift caused by a decline in American power coupled with Chinese apparent increase in technological and Continue Reading
The last weeks have seen mass protests in Myanmar against a military coup aimed at reestablishing the armed forces’ hegemony over power in the country, which has only enjoyed less Continue Reading
Taiwan has instituted an ostensibly pro-poor housing subsidy system with some very cruel consequences. One of the most glaring aspects is that it leave non-citizens ineligible, in and of itself Continue Reading
Bougainville Island, currently under the sovereignty of Papua New Guinea (PNG), is now nearly a year out from their late 2019 independence referendum in which a staggering 98.31% voted against increased Continue Reading
Apple is constantly portrayed in popular media as a benevolent giant, an occasional victim of a corrupt world supply chain, and pro-consumer firm focused on engineering the best products to Continue Reading
New Caledonia represents one of France’s last holdings in the South Pacific, an island territory whose population is half composed of Melanesians and half of those of European descent with Continue Reading
A response to the recent article in National Interest, The Case for Kissinger by Jacob Heilbrunn, as well as the paper by Waltz, Kenneth N. (2000). Structural Realism after the Cold War. Continue Reading
An analysis of Fong, B. C. H. (2019). Stateless nation within a nationless state: The political past, present, and future of Hongkongers, 1949–2019. Nations and Nationalism. doi:10.1111/nana.12556 In 2019, prior to Continue Reading
Analyzed through the lens of Kydd, A. H. (2008). Methodological individualism and rational choice. In The Oxford Handbook of International Relations. Rational choice theory, the idea that political actors act based Continue Reading
Japan’s first electronic warfare unit is stationed in Hokkaido’s Camp Higashi-Chitose, which gave it a prime position for intercepting Soviet signals. But the East China Sea has emerged as a newer priority Continue Reading