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Inheriting Unfinished Revolutions: Biden’s Middle East Challenge

December 31, 2020 NOVAsia Contributor 0

Vice President Joe Biden meeting Saudi Arabian officials in Riyadh, 2011/ Credit Getty Images.  A Promising Middle East When the Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi […]

Keeping Up With Nagorno-Karabakh

December 8, 2020 NOVAsia Contributor 1

On 10th November 2020, deep in the Caucasus Mountains that lie between Asia and Europe, the guns fell silent. Six weeks of bloody conflict between […]

The Global Political Youth Movement: A Fight for Rights, Justice, and Democracy

November 2, 2020 Matthew F. Fleming 1

Each generation is placed in uncharted waters and at the frontlines of human innovation and progress. Born into and grown under a society created by […]

Racism in India: Why are Northeast Indians Discriminated Against?

October 13, 2020 Cherian Sangma 1

Recently in India, the brutal rape of a Dalit woman in the village of Hathras by some upper caste-men has shaken the whole country and brought […]

K-pop and Black Lives Matter: A Movement by the Fans or the Famous?

October 1, 2020 Leslie Hickman 1

BTS’s chart dominance and various K-pop groups’ increasing visits to American talk shows have raised K-pop’s visibility in US media. Even so, many still see […]

Death of a Terrace House Star: Politics and Free Speech in Japan

June 23, 2020 NOVAsia Contributor 0

The sudden death of Kimura Hana, a professional wrestler, and cast on the popular Japanese reality show Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-20, has thrown light on […]

LGBT+ in Vietnam: Acceptance in Conformity or Furthering Heteronormativity

June 15, 2020 NOVAsia Contributor 0

When The Last Journey of Madam Phung, a critically acclaimed documentary about transvestite troupe singers in Vietnam, came out in 2014, I was deeply moved […]

I’m Asian Australian. Why should I care about Blak Australia or Black America?

June 5, 2020 Simone Liew 0

The first half of 2020 has been wrought by unprecedented global affairs and political tensions. While we were eager to kick off a new decade, […]

Racism, Systematic Oppression and Police Brutality in the 21st Century

June 4, 2020 Suhena Mehra 1

When I participated in the 2019 Seoul Pride Parade, I was shocked by the support participants received from the Korean police. In my country, India […]

Irregular Residents in Japan: Forgotten Tales of Human Suffering

May 13, 2020 NOVAsia Contributor 1

“Not knowing what is happening makes you crazy and terrified because you don’t know what to believe,” said an immigrant detained in Japan’s immigration detention […]

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