Abe's assassination is an entirely unprecedented event has led the Kishida administration to face an epistemological insecurity which could well shake Japan and its very post-war identity as a democratic state to the very core
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Luke Austin August 19, 2022 Asia and Pacific, Counter-Extremism, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
Abe's assassination is an entirely unprecedented event has led the Kishida administration to face an epistemological insecurity which could well shake Japan and its very post-war identity as a democratic state to the very core
Read More »Nawal Abdisamad July 3, 2022 Asia and Pacific, Global Governance and Human Rights
States and international organisations need to do more than they currently are, or else these echoes of 20th century history will continue.
Read More »Luke Austin July 1, 2022 Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles
One key U.S. ally enjoys unexpectedly calm bilateral relations with Iran: Japan. This is especially the case in terms of bilateral trade relations.
Read More »Sam Biden May 22, 2022 Asia and Pacific, Global Governance and Human Rights, International Law, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
Since early April 2022, a new wave of protests have emerged to combat increasing economic instability as well as fuel shortages and consistent power cuts.
Read More »Sam Biden May 20, 2022 Asia and Pacific, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit, Uncategorized
Despite guidance, the Singaporean government failed to accede to several international and domestic provisions that place significant restrictions on the ability to execute disabled people.
Read More »Sam Biden April 3, 2022 Asia and Pacific, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
Allegations from migrant workers hailing from Bangladesh and Nepal have been made against Dyson concerning poor labour standards at a division of ATA IMS, known as ATA Industrial.
Read More »Sam Biden March 11, 2022 Asia and Pacific, Global Governance and Human Rights, International Law, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
The new military government under the control of Min Aung Hlaing has committed widespread atrocities against those who protested against the takeover, including the use of water cannons, live gunfire and rubber bullets
Read More »Oliver Hegglin February 8, 2022 Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
In October 2007, the CSTO agreed to create a ‘Peacekeeping Force’ that could deploy under a United Nations (UN) mandate, or, within one of its member states without a UN mandate. And in January 2022, the CSTO would, for the first time, deploy collective military forces in the form of ‘peacekeepers’, when violent protests sparked a domestic crisis in Kazakhstan.
Read More »Luke Austin January 17, 2022 Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, The Policy Unit, Uncategorized
How long Kishida remains in office depends on the potentially uncomfortable choices he will have to make: as the moderate leader of a conservative-dominated party, either his old dovishness will alienate the LDP right or his new hawkishness will alienate the Japanese public.
Read More »Jessica Honan November 21, 2021 Asia and Pacific, Cultural Heritage under Threat, Global Governance and Human Rights, International Law, Uncategorized
West Papua has been a territory of Indonesia since it was annexed by the Southeast Asian country in 1962. Before then, it was a Dutch colony and has been a UN Trust territory. However, West Papuans have continuously agitated for independence on the basis of their distinct ethnic, cultural and religious diversity to the majority of Indonesia.
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