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The Illusion of Scholarship: A Critical Look at the Philippine Education System By , July 15, 2025

The Philippines is a country where education is highly valued, at least in theory. Across the archipelago, educational attainment is considered a source of pride, a pathway to success, and a mark of prestige. On paper, the nation appears to …

China Strikes Diabetes By , July 10, 2025
Chinese scientists have discovered a method to reverse both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes using stem cell therapy based on induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology.
Defeat for Israel Lobby in Australia By , July 10, 2025

A judge in a federal court in Sydney, Australia has ruled against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for wrongly dismissing a radio presenter after she shared an instagram post from Human Rights Watch that accused Israel of using starvation as …

Rebuilding Democracy from the Classroom: Education, Elections, and Accountability in the Philippines By , July 09, 2025
In a democracy, the ballot is both a symbol of freedom and a tool of power. The act of voting allows citizens to shape their nation’s future, choose leaders, and define the country’s moral and political direction.
Labor Must Bring Refugees to Safety from Indonesia, PNG and Nauru By , December 05, 2023
Sovereignty Surrendered: Subordinating Australia’s Defence Industry By , November 30, 2023
To Bury or Not to Bury: Muslim Migrants and the Politics of Funerary Rights in Contemporary Japan By , November 29, 2023
Rot in the Civil Service: Farewelling Mike Pezzullo By , November 27, 2023
Rigging Avian Ballots: New Zealand’s Bird of the Century Competition By , November 20, 2023
The Politics of Indefinite Detention in Australia By , November 16, 2023
Sexual Violence and Gender Inequality in Japan By , November 15, 2023
Australia Is ‘Deeply Complicit’ in Gaza Genocide By , November 15, 2023
Japan-Philippines Moving Toward US-led Trilateral Alliance By , November 09, 2023
Why the West Is Whitewashing Terrorism in Vietnam and Myanmar By , November 03, 2023
Cultural Cover-Up: The Sydney Opera House Turns 50 By , October 24, 2023
Fukushima Up Close, 13 Years Later By , October 17, 2023
Killing by Algorithm: Australia Lacks Adequate Ethical Restraints. Autonomous Weapons Technologies By , October 04, 2023
U.S. Claims to Central Pacific Flout International Law By , September 29, 2023
Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant’s Radioactive Wastewater. ‘Japan is sending its radioactive waste on a trip around the world’ By , September 22, 2023
Modi’s Trip to Jakarta Is a Geopolitical Event By , September 14, 2023
Japanese Communists Reject Growing Militarism, Propose Framework for Peace in East Asia By and , September 08, 2023
Children in Police Watch Houses: A Nasty Queensland Experiment By , September 08, 2023
Lessons from Japan’s 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake: Spread of Misinformation Would Lead to Violence and Unrest By , September 06, 2023
Wheel Has Come Full Circle in Myanmar By , August 16, 2023
Why Does Australia’s Labor Fear Dissent on AUKUS and Palestine? By , August 16, 2023
South Korean Activists Protest Against Radioactive Fukushima Water Discharge By , August 16, 2023
How Pacific Nations Are Playing US-China Rivalry to Their Advantage By , August 11, 2023
New Zealand’s New Prime Minister Is Making Nice with China By , August 09, 2023
Jakarta Is Alert but Not Alarmed Over the US–PNG Defence Agreement By , August 08, 2023
Blinken Meets ASEAN: Turning Southeast Asia Against China By , August 02, 2023
The Philippines: Amid Threat of Regional War, Socialists Oppose US Militarisation and China’s Bullying By and , July 28, 2023
Mongolia-SpaceX Deal Provokes a Security Stir in China By , July 26, 2023
Congressional Concerns: Stalling Nuclear Submarines for Australia By , July 24, 2023
Arming Taiwan Is an Insane Provocation By , July 21, 2023
Singapore Under the Pandemic: The Normalisation of Digital Authoritarianism By , July 14, 2023
Dumping Doubts: Releasing Fukushima’s Waste Water By , July 13, 2023
The Robodebt Rogues Gallery By , July 10, 2023
Despite Warnings, IAEA Approves Japan Release Plan for Contaminated Fukushima Water By , July 06, 2023
US Military Gets ‘Unimpeded Access’ in Papua New Guinea Under New Deal By , June 16, 2023
Philippine Lawmakers Demand US Pays for Bases to Fund Cash-strapped Military Pension Scheme By , June 16, 2023
Questioning the Quad’s Rhetoric By , June 16, 2023
Asia-Pacific Is Where China-Russia “No Limits” Partnership Will be Put to Test By , June 16, 2023
Japan’s Drive for Military Greatness in the Lengthening Shadow of US-China Confrontation By , June 14, 2023
Queensland Labor Delegates Vote Against AUKUS By , June 08, 2023
Labor Rushes Through a Bill to Exempt AUKUS Nuclear Submarines from Environmental Protections By , May 24, 2023
NATO Is Creeping Into Asia, Warns North Korea By , May 18, 2023
The Kerala Story: When Cinema Becomes the Tool to Spread Hate By , May 05, 2023
Ten Strategies to Stop a War in the Asia-Pacific By , May 05, 2023
How the New Zealand Cabinet Learned to Stop Worrying About the Bomb and Love NATO By , April 26, 2023
China’s Exports Shifting From West to Global South By , April 26, 2023
Politicians and the Anzac Tradition: A Story of Manipulation and Mythology By , April 26, 2023
The Death of Over a Thousand Garment Workers in Bangladesh By , April 24, 2023
Japan Signals an Attitude Shift to the Growing Power of the Global South By , April 19, 2023
China’s Nuclear Supercarrier Vision Coming Into View By , April 18, 2023
‘A War Crime’: Myanmar Airstrikes on Junta Opponents Kill at Least 30 Children By , April 12, 2023
The Philippines as Springboard for US War on China By , April 07, 2023
Taiwan Leader Set to Meet US House Speaker Despite China Warning By , April 06, 2023
Philippines Announces Locations of Four New US Bases By , April 04, 2023
Punjab: Democracy Under Siege? By , March 29, 2023
Build the Movement to Oppose AUKUS Nuclear Submarines By , March 29, 2023
Video: Strength of New Multipolar World Alliances. Future of Taiwan & NATO Mission in Asia By and , March 29, 2023
As Crop-raiding Animals Reach an All-time High, Food-crisis Hit Sri Lanka Looks for Solutions By , March 22, 2023
Imperial Visits: US Emissaries in the Pacific By , March 22, 2023
Japan Plans $75B Investment Across Indo-Pacific to Counter China By and , March 21, 2023
AUKUS a Hard Nuke Sale in Next Door Southeast Asia By , March 21, 2023
In Silicon Valley Bank Collapse, Asia Sees 1997 All Over Again By , March 16, 2023
The Dilemma of Opening Indonesia-Israel Diplomatic Relations By , March 15, 2023
What’s on the Table for the Kishida-Yoon Summit? By , March 15, 2023
With AUKUS, Australia Has Wedded Itself to a Risky US Policy on China – And Turned a Deaf Ear to the Region By , March 14, 2023
Branding the Acceptable: Battling Cancel Culture at Adelaide Writers’ Week By , March 13, 2023
Fiji’s Pacific Ways: Troubles in Paradise By , March 09, 2023
Public Statement by Indian People’s Movements, Trade Unions and Other Civil Society Groups on G20 By , March 07, 2023
Murdoch Propaganda Pushes Australia to Double Its Military Budget for War with China By , February 21, 2023
How China Is Helping the Solomon Islands Fight Against US Encroachment By , February 21, 2023
Four-day Music Festival in Sri Lanka Elephant Territory Set to Continue Despite Protests By , February 21, 2023
Everything Japan Vowed to Give Marcos Jr. By , February 16, 2023
ICC Resumes Full-blown Investigation Into Duterte Administration’s Drug War By , February 15, 2023
Sri Lanka: Talk of ‘Prosperity’ a Smokescreen for People’s Ongoing Suffering and State Violence By and , February 15, 2023
Number of Pentagon Bases in the Philippines Increased Under Outcry Against US Push to War By , February 09, 2023
Vietnam Sees a Shared Future with China By , February 08, 2023
Stand Against GM Mustard By , February 08, 2023
Jose Maria Sison, Revolutionary Internationalist and Founder of ILPS By , January 16, 2023
Taiwan Defense Ministry Reveals Rare Cooperation with NATO By , January 13, 2023
Geopolitical Games in the Asia-Pacific Will Not be Allowed, Warns China By , January 11, 2023