Inheriting Unfinished Revolutions: Biden’s Middle East Challenge
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 […]
Human Rights
Keeping Up With Nagorno-Karabakh
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
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?
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?
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
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
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?
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
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
“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 […]