The Fall of Zhang Youxia
A septuagenarian loyalist may be facing execution for the crimes of caution and professionalism.
Aaron Sarin
· 8 min read
Asia
A collection of 10 posts
Stranded in History
China’s over-reaction to a measured remark about Taiwan made by the Japanese prime minister is an attempt to move the Overton Window.
Aaron Sarin
· 8 min read
Broken China
The Chinese economy is a picture of mismanagement, wasted opportunities, and decline.
Milton Ezrati
· 5 min read
Dangerous Games
In its quest to exploit Myanmar for diverse ends, the Chinese Communist Party keeps underestimating the state’s volatility.
Aaron Sarin
· 9 min read
A Show of Weakness
China’s military parade was a distraction from the country’s weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
Aaron Sarin
· 9 min read
Thai Colonialism in the Malay World
A spate of deadly shootings in Thailand is just the latest episode in a centuries-long struggle between Thais and Malays.
Imran Said
· 15 min read
The End of NATO, or The Sixth Impossible Thing
The Trump administration has liquidated the postwar international order.
Adam Garfinkle
· 20 min read
A Violent History Obscured
South Korean Nobel laureate Han Kang’s literary experimentation thwarts rather than advances her professed concern for the suffering of everyone, everywhere, all the time.
Brad Strotten
· 8 min read
The Man Who Stood Up to the CCP
Thanks to Shinzo Abe, Xi Jinping now has a clear view of the future.
Aaron Sarin
· 5 min read
Malaysia's Struggle to Preserve Religious Pluralism
Residing in Malaysia in the final years of the Najib administration, one could be forgiven for thinking society had somehow collectively lost its mind.
Imran Said
· 12 min read