A review of Indonesia Out of Exile: How Pramoedya’s Buru Quartet Killed a Dictatorship by Max Lane.
Imagination and Liberation
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Asia & Pacific
The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change
Developed countries must take responsibility for the climate crisis they initiated by paying reparations for developing countries, including mine.
A Tale of Two Missions
African leaders visited Russia and Ukraine. The U.S. secretary of state visited China. Is detente making a comeback?
Time to Seek Justice, Not Hand Out the Nobel Prize, for Economic Crimes
Neoliberalism has caused the widespread and institutional violation of human rights.
The Mineral Rush
Wealthy countries are angling for access to the resources of poorer countries to power a “clean energy” transition. But this transition is about so much more than that.
China, India, and the Emerging New World Order
A new G-3 is emerging from the wreckage of the war in Ukraine.
China Hangs Washington Out to Dry in the Middle East
America’s divide-and-rule strategy in the Middle East has backfired.
In the Middle East, U.S. Holds China at Risk
U.S. officials believe that China is vulnerable to its dependency on the region’s oil.
The Trouble with Taiwan
Wherever one stands on the independence vs. accommodation spectrum in Taiwan, everyone should agree that a U.S.-China war is in nobody’s interest.
Tectonic Eruptions in Eurasia Erode America’s Global Power
Does the rise of China necessarily mean the fall of America?