South-East Asia
Pita Limjaroenrat is a member of the Move Forward Party in Thailand's House of Representatives and was the highest vote-getter in the 2023 national elections.
Asia
"Chemyeon (체면) is characterized as an individual’s social face and represents the “external expression of one’s inner nature;” the notion of “saving face” signifies presenting a face that maintains social acceptability."
Energy & Environment
"Recognition in the international community is a critical step to attaining the full development potential of both the region itself and the global community."
China
Whether it be the genetic modification of human organs in of itself, developing techniques to revive previously damaged organ donations, and more–the most plaguing method would be xenotransplantation. Among those countries dominating the field of transplantation is China.
Asia
The Philippines' leisure capital, Baguio, reminds us that imperialism and all it requires—racial hierarchy, brutality, and paternalism—reproduced itself through the architecture of a seemingly innocuous summer destination.
Asia
Japan has long been considered Asia's underperformer. However, with the right changes, it is possible that an aging Japan may be as or even more influential in some aspects as compared to the Japan of the last two decades.
China
"This rapid progress in AI technology has sparked concerns about the world’s readiness to handle its development and use in safe and ethical ways...the possibility of dangerous applications in authoritarian settings, most relevantly China, and the uncertain risks posed by future AI technologies."
Asia
"India no longer needs to conform to norms established by other countries. Colloquially referred to as the “Jaishankar Doctrine,” this set of 21st-century foreign policy principles is enabling India to project its influence in a way it has never done so before."
Asia
Extreme weather conditions in South Asia are progressively becoming common and, due to global warming, more extreme than ever before.
Human Rights
"Australia is not just a mere victim of the British Empire, but instead steadily follows in its colonial footsteps. These footsteps land directly on one of the poorest countries in the world, and Australia’s own island neighbor: Timor-Leste."
Asia
"China’s 11th five-year plan (2006-2010) allocated one trillion yuan to the development of water infrastructure. Today, in China’s push for regional hegemony, water is crucial to its expansionist aims."
Asia
"Given the changes that have occurred with climate change, astonishing economic growth in China and East Asia, and increased logistical progress on the Russian coastline, one might ask: Why is the Northern Sea Route seeing no traffic in 2022?"