The opening of the 2022 Winter Olympics was a splendid spectacle and an impressive display of China’s global soft power. While China and the IOC insist it is a global…
Korea’s remaining comfort women continue the world’s longest-running protest against their enslavement as sex workers during World War II. Japan has refused to apologize officially for these war crimes. Protests…
The MicroURANUS Project headed by Professor Il Soon Hwang of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in Ulsan, Republic of Korea has developed a new small modular reactor which…
On the 31st of October, the Japanese voted for stability. The long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party managed to keep its majority in the House of Representatives, the more powerful of the…
In a move that infuriated both France and China, Australia reneged on a submarine deal with France and entered a groundbreaking security agreement with the U.S. and the U.K. in…
Taiwan has become a global leader in combating Covid and disinformation. Its innovative use of the internet and online civic engagement has strengthened democracy and increased trust in the government.…
Dr. Frances Mautner Markhof, Executive Director of the Austrian Center for International Studies (ACIS), discusses how the OSCE could serve as a model to facilitate dialogue and resolution of issues…
Disapproving of Japanese commercial whaling on environmental and ethical grounds is an opinion, but whaling is economically unsustainable – that’s a fact. Allison Westervelt, 13 November 2021Chinese version | German…
In April and May of 2021, India underwent one of the world’s worst second waves of COVID-19. While new cases have sharply decreased, and Indonesia has become the new epicenter…
It is the second time Olympic Games are held in Tokyo. While 1964 was crowned with success, this year's Olympics are facing multiple challenges: travel restrictions, a slow Japanese vaccination…