Category: Regional Politics in Asia
Sophal Ear on Cambodia’s Political Climate
Sophal Ear, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Diplomacy & World Affairs at Occidental College in Los Angeles where he teaches international political economy, international development, internat... Read More
Dan Slater on Duterte and the Phillippines
Dan Slater specializes in the politics of enduring dictatorships and emerging democracies, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia. He is currently director of the Center for International Social Scie... Read More
Kim Jolliffe on the Myanmar Military
Photo by John Owens of Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh, inhabited by over 30,000 Rohingya refugees following religious persecution in Myanmar. Kim Jolliffe is an independent researcher, writer, ... Read More
Bruce Dickson on Xi Jinping
The above photo is from the 18th Chinese Party Congress in November 2012. Bruce Dickson is professor of political science and international affairs and chair of the political science department at t... Read More
Mike Mochizuki on Japan’s Snap Election
The photo, from July of 2016, shows Yuriko Koike campaigning for Tokyo’s special gubernatorial election. Mike M. Mochizuki holds the Japan-U.S. Relations Chair in Memory of Gaston Sigur at the E... Read More
Jae H. Ku on North Korean defectors
Jae H. Ku is the Director of the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS. Before joining the U.S.-Korea Institute, he was the Director of the Human Rights in North Korea Project at Freedom House. Dr. Ku holds ... Read More
Dr. Sumit Ganguly on the India-China Border Dispute at the Doklam Plateau
Sumit Ganguly is a Professor of Political Science, holds the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations. Professor Ganguly is also a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research In... Read More
Milan Vaishnav on BJP after victory in Uttar Pradesh
Milan Vaishnav is a senior fellow in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His primary research focus is the political economy of India, and he examines issues such... Read More