Whether you’re looking for a sunny beach accompanied with cocktail bars or are seeking out Asian temples and heritage sites, Singapore has got you covered.
The 52-year-old city state is... Читать далее
If capitalism is a state in which trade and industry are controlled by private owners, then China is a hybrid. Certainly up until the death of Mao, China was pretty much 100 percent... Читать далее
Pakistan is not an Islamist theocracy like Iran. It is ultimately a democracy where governments are elected. It of course has a long history of military rule, but I would separate... Читать далее
Author of South China Sea: The Struggle For Power In Asia (Yale 2014), Vietnam: Rising Dragon (Yale 2010), TV journalist, Associate Fellow of @CHAsiaProg @bill_hayton
Is Donald Trump likely to clash with China over the South China Sea?
It could go either way. I think we may well see some kind of Chinese provocation in the first few weeks or months after Trump is inaugurated. They’ll just try test him in order to see... Читать далее
Author of South China Sea: The Struggle For Power In Asia (Yale 2014), Vietnam: Rising Dragon (Yale 2010), TV journalist, Associate Fellow of @CHAsiaProg @bill_hayton
Has Vietnam recovered from the effects of the war?
It probably hasn’t recovered fully. The effects are still very visible, from the physical shape of many members of the population: so many Vietnamese suffered stunting because of... Читать далее
John Everard, former UK ambassador to Belarus, Uruguay and North Korea, former member of the UN Security Council’s Panel of Experts on sanctions against North Korea. Author of Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat In North Korea.
Yes, we should be worried. We should be very worried. Although North Korea doesn’t present scenes of violence such as we see in Syria or Yemen at the moment, it does have the potential to... Читать далее
The hostility exists for the same reasons that caused Pakistan be created and carved out of India. With the British leaving after several hundred years of colonisation and occupation... Читать далее
The West – by which I mean the US – used Pakistan to a very successful degree in the campaign against the Soviets in Afghanistan. They used jihadists to fight against the Soviets in... Читать далее