A collection of 14 posts
In a fascinating new book, historian Anthony Bale vividly reconstructs the brutal, fantastical, and sometimes deeply religious experiences of medieval travellers across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
After all these years, the Communist Party is still handcuffed to its American rival, and it is unable to break free.
The CCP will certainly take advantage should Iran turn into a major distraction for the US.
Operation Epic Fury is not just about Iran.
A septuagenarian loyalist may be facing execution for the crimes of caution and professionalism.
China’s over-reaction to a measured remark about Taiwan made by the Japanese prime minister is an attempt to move the Overton Window.
The Chinese economy is a picture of mismanagement, wasted opportunities, and decline.
In its quest to exploit Myanmar for diverse ends, the Chinese Communist Party keeps underestimating the state’s volatility.
China’s military parade was a distraction from the country’s weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
A spate of deadly shootings in Thailand is just the latest episode in a centuries-long struggle between Thais and Malays.
The Trump administration has liquidated the postwar international order.
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.
Thanks to Shinzo Abe, Xi Jinping now has a clear view of the future.
Residing in Malaysia in the final years of the Najib administration, one could be forgiven for thinking society had somehow collectively lost its mind.