By Meghna Prasannan Ponganam – *Please note: This is a sensitive issue. If you are not comfortable, please do not read on. Despite the introduction of tougher laws, violent crimes against women have been steadily rising in India. A recent Thomson Reuter Foundation Poll even … Continue readingGROWING VIOLENCE IN INDIA
The Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation is not known for producing controversy. Former Australia Senator Gareth Evans neatly captured many people’s view of the multilateral forum in 1993 when he described APEC as ‘four adjectives in search of a noun.’ But as the sun set on this … Continue readingAPEC 2018: GREAT POWERS TRADE BLOWS AS EYES TURN TO G-20
By Anonymous – Just like any relationship, China’s relationship with Australia has always been a curious one. The push and pull dynamics of their economic and security relationship has stumped many International Relations scholars (including my tutors) and it comes to the grand question of: … Continue readingTHE RISE OF CHINA: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE CHINESE?
By Hamah Hosen – Over a year since the mass influx of Rohingyas fleeing to Bangladesh, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided to conduct a preliminary investigation into Myanmar’s actions against the Rohingyas. While this can be seen as a step to opening up … Continue readingUNLOCKING THE DOOR TO ADDRESS THE ROHINGYA REFUGEE CRISIS
Varying degrees of animosity have characterised the relationship between Taiwan and China. However, Taiwan (officially the Republic of China) has in recent decades become confronted with a particularly outwardly aggressive push toward unification. However, it too is pushing against the tide that China is riding. … Continue readingROUGH SEAS AHEAD: TAIWAN STRAIT CRISIS
The British Raj – Jewel of the Empire, was given independence on August 15th 1947. This included the divisive partition of the subcontinent into the Hindu-majority India and the Muslim-majority West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 71-years on from this split, the ramifications are … Continue readingINDIA & PAKISTAN – PARTITION AND ITS PROLONGED EFFECT
Researching people’s conditions, improving people’s lives and winning people’s hearts.’ Or Fanghuiju for short. But the jovial slogan loses its ring once it’s unveiled what it truly masks. A regime that is racist, callous and totalitarian. A full-fledged police state. A state that is committing the most … Continue readingXI JINPING IS WATCHING YOU: FANGHUIJU AND CHINA’S SURVEILLANCE OF UIGHURS
By Santino Raftellis – “I’m living a dream, I never want to wake up from” Cristiano Ronaldo Pre-Game ‘With kick-off about to take place in fifteen minutes, there is a palpable sense of excitement building amongst the supporters in the ground. We welcome you to … Continue readingFROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE: 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ‘WORLD GAME’
“Anyone can make war but only the most courageous can make peace” Donald J. Trump North Korean-United States summit, June 12th 2018 The summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Singapore brought together two polarising and unpredictable figures. When Kim Jong-il died in 2011, … Continue readingDON’T BE BLINDED BY OPTIMISM: THE SINGAPORE SUMMIT AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS
China – the country supposedly going to replace the United States as the global hegemon. The country whose ‘rise’ has been named the top news story of the twenty-first century by the Global Language Monitor. The country that is generally thought to be the superpower … Continue readingCHINA: THE PAPER TIGER