The Dalai Lama and the Struggle for Tibetan Autonomy
On Sunday, March 20, 2011 the 14th Dalai Lama delivered a speech in the hilly northern Indian town of Dharamsala, announcing his retirement from political leadership. In his place, he hopes that an...
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Even before the approval of the EU bailout package, representatives from the European Union and heads of state were aggressively courting investments from China. China’s involvement in the EU bailout...
View ArticleFeigning Reform: How to Promote Real Change in Myanmar
Hidden amidst the vast sprawl of Jakarta, Indonesia, the Thai politician Surin Pitsuwan conducts discussions with other delegates from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to consider...
View ArticleContaining China: Escalating Tensions in the South China Sea
As China’s economic and military capabilities continue to develop rapidly, Southeast Asia has emerged as a strategic region and an area of potential conflict between China and the United States....
View ArticleWhat is to be done? Understanding the Russian Protests
The recent post-election protests in Russia have the markings of something unprecedented. Not only do these protests dwarf all the largely futile protest campaigns that the liberal extra-parliamentary...
View ArticleFathers and Sons: Kim Jong Eun’s Efforts to Emulate the Past
“No one mourns the wicked,” a recurring quote from the musical “Wicked” by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, expresses the jubilation following the Wicked Witch of the West’s demise. The citizens of...
View ArticleA Series of Unfortunate Events: Indian Perspective on U.S.-Pakistani Relations
From the perspective of U.S. foreign policy, the most dangerous country in the world is not China, North Korea, Iran, Russia, Venezuela, or any of our current enemies or potential rivals. Instead, the...
View ArticlePrinceton Perspectives: An Interview with Keith Bradsher GS ’89
Keith Bradsher GS ’89, the Hong Kong bureau chief of The New York Times, has covered the business, economic, and political affairs of China for the last decade and has been a staff writer for the...
View ArticleFree Speech and Blasphemy: Religious Defamation adn the United Nations
In July 2011, 52-year-old Sam Bacile of Cerritos, California, posted a casting call on Craigslist for a low-budget action film titled Desert Warrior. Unbeknownst to the actors who applied, the...
View ArticleA Craggy Road to Peace: The Case for Invading North Korea
It seems counterintuitive and nearly Orwellian to consider waging war as a means of peace, yet history has shown countless examples in which the two were hardly distinguishable. The Mahabarata first...
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