Tag: Asia

Macabe Keliher

The Power of the Party

Founded a century ago, the Chinese Communist Party has repeatedly defied predictions of its demise. Today it retains popular support by selectively repressing and responding to social demands.

Jessie Kindig

The Atlanta shooter comes from a culture that connects Asian women to sex and violence. It has its origins in U.S. wars—particularly the Korean War—and is fueled by our continued military presence in Asia.

Peera Songkünnatham

The Law Ought to Be King

Thailand has been gripped by the largest wave of protest in years, forcing a reckoning between the country’s dual structures of democracy and monarchy.

Milli Lake, Marie E. Berry

When Quotas Come Up Short

Some gender equality initiatives help to reinforce exclusion rather than dismantle it.

Macabe Keliher

Neoliberal Hong Kong Is Our Future, Too

While economists enshrine Hong Kong as the ideal free market, the social consequences of its neoliberal policies have been disastrous.

Ashutosh Varshney

What We Can Learn From India’s Improbable Democracy

Though Modi's government draws concern today, the country's constitutional history suggests a framework for creating democracy in unlikely settings.

Elaine Scarry

The Racist Foundation of Nuclear Architecture

On the seventy-fifth anniversary of Hiroshima, it is increasingly clear that white supremacy sustains the U.S. nuclear arsenal, while the country's approach to nuclear weapons reinforces racism at home.