Asia and Oceania

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Peaceful Olympics amid Thawing Tensions

On 9 February the Pyeongchang Olympics will be opened. This means that South Korea will be the first country examined …

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Analysis

Money Can’t Buy You Love – but Influence, Apparently

Analysis

Time to Listen to Severely Threatened Islands

Analysis

Why Optimism is Fading in Pakistan

Interview

“Islamic Values Are Compatible with Democratic Values”

Interview

“I Enjoy Sitting down with Common People”

Analysis

Revitalizing Democracy in Asia

Analysis

The End of Malaysia’s Multi-Ethnic Coalition?

Moon Jae-in at a rally in Seoul, by Jee Su Na, via flickr.com, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Analysis

Is South Korea’s New President up to the Job?

President Rodrigo R. Duterte delivers a speech during the turnover rites of the Armed Forces of the Philippines

Analysis

Duterte’s Plan to Revive Philippine Democracy

Opinion

Is Cambodia Becoming the Sick Man of Southeast Asia?

Construction workers at project construction site

Analysis

Investing in Democracy

Many colourful figures of Hindu gods are shown

Opinion

Is religious dogma taking hold of democracy in India?

Taipei Skyline

Analysis

And the winner is … Taiwan

President of South Africa Jacob Zuma and President of China Xi Jinping at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sandton, Johannesburg

Opinion

Buyer Beware: China’s Risky Commodity Investments

Afghans who were repatriated are arriving to Afghanistan in a truck with an Afghan flag on it

Analysis

Pakistan’s Uneasy Relation with Afghan Refugees

Aung San Suu Kyi

Analysis

Myanmar: Into Unchartered Waters

Interview

“Discrimination in Nepal Continues under New Constitution”

Construction workers in Dagachhu Hydropower Development in Bhutan.

Analysis

Is Bhutan on the Cusp of a Revolution in Private Sector Growth?

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