From a book review of Jeffrey Tayler’s Murderers in Masoleums published in the Washington Post. Despite enormous variations in their traditions and beliefs, all the Eurasians he encounters seem uniformly disgusted with their governments. At ...
The civic act of non-violent demonstration and public assembly, taken for granted as a constitutional right even in less-than-free countries (China experienced record levels of “civil disturbances” in 2008), has been legislated to the ...
Remember back when the Iranians happily announced that Russia would soon begin delivering a supply of the S-300 Missile System, only to find out that later the same day Russian officials denied the reports, saying that no such shipments were plann...
The case of Dr. Chee Soon Juan, the beleaguered Singaporeon opposition leader who government officials have sought to shut down with repeated phony lawsuits and charges, has taken a turn for the worse as a new trumped up charge has essentially mad...
The death of long-time conservative scholar Samuel Huntington has kicked off a lively discussion in various quarters on his legacy, his ideas, and his enduring argument – made much more popular after 9/11 – that the fundamental source ...
At least one person out there doesn’t seem to think that the low oil prices and economic difficulties is going to derail Russia’s agenda to seize back control of its periphery … but then again, this is Fox News. It seems od...
In relation to my earlier posting of Garry Rodan’s article, below is an extract of a book review of Beyond Suspicion? The Singapore Judiciary by Francis T. Seow, written by Australian academic Michael D. Barr. I don’t think that ...
Earlier this month Garry Rodan had a great article in the Far Eastern Economic Review about Dr. Chee Soon Juan, the Singapore opposition leader facing a long campaign of savage repression by the local authorities. I assist in Dr. Chee’...
Meet Gao Xiqing – the man who runs the $200 billion China Investment Corporation. The Atlantic Monthly has a very interesting profile of him this week. Gao dressed and acted like a Silicon Valley moneyman rather than one from Wall Stre...
This has nothing directly to do with Russia, but the news clip below contains a short discussion on this week’s 30th anniversary of China’s economic political reform – a time for us to take a look at what has changed (and what ha...
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