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Great Barrier Reef Fantasies: The Morrison Government’s Electoral Ploy By , February 08, 2022
Special Privileges: Charlotte Bellis, Fortress New Zealand and the Taliban By , February 02, 2022
Raid Against Sumatran Official Uncovers Use of Slave Labor on Oil Palm Farm By , February 02, 2022
COVID to be Declared Endemic by Year’s End in Thailand By , January 27, 2022
Japan: Pressure from Populist Right to Scrap ‘Peace Constitution’ after 75 Years By , January 27, 2022
US-Funded “NGOs” Panic as Thailand Prepares New NGO Transparency Law By , January 26, 2022
Japan, Korea, and Northeast Asia – The Abe Shinzo Legacy By and , January 25, 2022
Bongbong Marcos in Legal Clear to Take Philippine Presidency By , January 25, 2022
Nostalgia at the AUKMIN Talks: Britain’s Forces Eye Australia By , January 24, 2022
Rapidly Growing Economic Inequalities in India By , January 21, 2022
Farmer’s Movement in India: Looking at the Larger Picture By , January 18, 2022
In Kathmandu, a Struggle for Water Amid Worsening Floods By , January 18, 2022
South Korea Fires Up Its ‘Artificial Sun’ By , January 13, 2022
Pacific May be Most Likely to See ‘Strategic Surprise’, Says U.S. Policymaker Campbell By , January 13, 2022
Anachronistic Frivolity: Australia’s Recent Tank Purchase By , January 12, 2022
India’s Role in the US Proxy War on Myanmar (and on China) By , January 11, 2022
Tennis Player Novak Djokovic Versus the Australian Commonwealth By , January 11, 2022
The Mauling of Tennis Player Novak Djokovic By , January 10, 2022
Okinawan Coral Politics, Henoko Base Construction and a Japanese Political Strategy of Ignorance By , January 07, 2022
Indonesia Export Ban Puts China in a Coal Bind By , January 06, 2022
New US Embargo on Cambodia over Friendship with China By , January 05, 2022
US Plays Tibet Card as India Seeks Modus Vivendi with China By , January 05, 2022
Japan’s New Right Flexes, Snubs US, at Yasukuni Shrine By and , December 15, 2021
India-Bangladesh Ties at Inflection Point By , December 14, 2021
Protesters Say ‘No’ to AUKUS, Nuclear Submarines and War with China By , December 14, 2021
How to Chill Free Speech: Defamation Down Under By , December 13, 2021
Laos’ Railway Opens: The West Kicks and Screams as China and Laos Move Forward Together By , December 10, 2021
Australia Will Not Return to Lockdown in Wake of Omicron Variant: PM By , December 01, 2021
Illegal Mining Threatens Indigenous Land at Foot of Philippines’ Tallest Peak By , December 01, 2021
Political Dynasties Fight to Run the Philippines By , December 01, 2021
Australia Served US Interests as Anti-China Riots Gripped the Solomon Islands By , November 30, 2021
Off to the Solomon Islands: Australia’s Civilizers Get Busy By , November 26, 2021
Confirmed: Reuters Caught Posting Fake Pictures of US-backed Thai Protesters By , November 25, 2021
The Taiwan Foreign Policy Fetish By , November 25, 2021
Why Do Some Maldivians Want the ‘Indian Military Out’? By , November 24, 2021
Agroecology, Nepal’s Answer to Climate Change By , November 24, 2021
Korea, A Unique Colony: Last to be Colonized and First to Revolt By , November 22, 2021
South Korean Seongnamgate: Will There be a Sequel? By , November 19, 2021
Spiraling Prices, Shortages, Foreign Exchange Crisis in Sri Lanka: Opposition Leads Thousands to Protest By , November 18, 2021
COP26: India Ends Up as Fall Guy By , November 17, 2021
The Economic Dimension of China-North Korea Relations By , November 17, 2021
The Forgotten US Forever War in Korea By , November 17, 2021
Struggle Endures for Philippine Community Pitted Against Gold Miner By , November 10, 2021
Japan’s Energy Policy and Its Significance for Russia By , November 10, 2021
Fold, Call or Raise? China’s Potential AUKUS Reactions By , November 04, 2021
The Generals’ Gambit: The Military and Democratic Erosion in Duterte’s Philippines By , October 25, 2021
The Prospect of Political Change in Japan – Elections 2021 By , October 25, 2021
Victoria Police Use of Anti-riot Weapons Condemned By , October 21, 2021
Melbourne: The Longest in Lockdown By , October 21, 2021
US Marines on Taiwan: Major Provocation, but Not News By , October 21, 2021
South Korea Launches First Domestically Made Space Rocket By , October 21, 2021
Narrative Traps in India’s Decision-making By , October 19, 2021
Tony Abbott Goes to Taiwan By , October 19, 2021
Funeral Rites for COVID Zero By , October 15, 2021
RCEP to Boost Trade Flows and Supply Chain Network in Asia-Pacific By , October 14, 2021
Robredo’s China Policy: Recognize Arbitral Ruling on West PH Sea First By , October 14, 2021
Uyghur Tribunal: US Lawfare at Its Lowest By , October 13, 2021
The Biden China Initiative, a Flawed and Dysfunctional Policy By , October 13, 2021
Waking Up to Climate Change Dinosaurs By , October 13, 2021
COVIDSafe: The Failure of an App By , October 12, 2021
Moon Jae-in Suggests Ending the Korean War; Pyongyang Agrees, but Says It’s an Unfavourable Time By , October 07, 2021
AUKUS Inadvertently Opens Diplomatic Opportunities for Russia with France & India By , October 07, 2021
US Stealth Jets Become First Fighters to Fly from Japanese Ship Since WWII By , October 07, 2021
What Does India Get Out of Being Part of ‘The Quad’? By , October 07, 2021
Loss of Oil Palm Permits Leaves Papuan Villages Uncertain and Fearful By , October 06, 2021
Taiwan: Tensions with China Worst in Four Decades By , October 06, 2021
What Biden Told the Indians By , October 05, 2021
Are US War Plans with China Taking Shape? By , October 05, 2021
Nuclear Terrorist Australia, UK & US AUKUS Alliance Threatens Humanity By , October 05, 2021
The Impact of Urban Evacuation in Japan During World War II By , October 04, 2021
Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: U.S. Marines in Okinawa Discharge PFAS into the Sewers By , September 29, 2021
Not Just About Subs, AUKUS Expands US Military Footprint in Australia, Too By , September 29, 2021
Video: The Reality of Human Rights in Australia By , September 29, 2021
Australian Government Shuts Down Melbourne Construction Sites Amid Protests over Vaccine Mandates By , September 24, 2021
AUKUS Sub Deal Splits ASEAN into Pro and Anti Camps By , September 23, 2021
AUKUS vs China: Inching Toward War By , September 22, 2021
Australia’s New Anti-China Alliance By , September 22, 2021
Morrison’s Dangerous Fantasies Represent a Danger to Australia’s Future By , September 22, 2021
The Right to Clean Air in Jakarta By , September 21, 2021
US Encircling China on Multiple New Cold War Fronts By , September 20, 2021