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Asia-Pacific

Embattled and Emboldened: The Many Fronts of India’s Grand Strategy

Anish BeeramJanuary 25, 2024February 25, 2024

Since the early 2000s, buttressed by the weight of its technological advancement and marshaled by burgeoning ideological schisms, India has forged an increasingly complex net of strategic relations. Accordingly, the landscape of Indian international affairs, divided between India, America, and…

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A Divine Absence: Three Decades after the kidnapping of the Panchen Lama

Adnan BseisuMay 3, 2023May 4, 2023

On an otherwise sedate afternoon in May 1995, residents of a remote village in Lhari, Northern Tibet, watched in stunned silence as armed men stormed into one of the town’s homes, snatched a family of herders, and fled as quickly…

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Understanding China’s Current Real Estate Crisis

David TsaiDecember 26, 2022December 26, 2022

Over the past year, news agencies alleged that Chinese real estate developers operate as Ponzi schemes and are on the brink of collapse. This assertion demands sufficient evidence as such behavior may harbor financial crimes that, if exposed, could damage…

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Chinese Public Opinion and the Ukraine War

Elyne WuJune 19, 2022June 21, 2022

A common view of Russia in China is that of the “Warrior Nation,” strewn in daily conversation and in hashtags on social media. This portrayal has only intensified with the Russo-Ukrainian war: when the warrior nation indeed waged war, new…

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Rising US-Chinese Tensions Chill Academic Collaboration at Yale and Beyond

Aiwen DesaiApril 20, 2022

There is no doubt that deep ties exist between Yale and its Chinese students, alumni, and peer institutions. But these bonds exist in a world of geopolitical maneuvering.

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Great Green Wall: Lessons from China’s Afforestation Campaign

Kyra McCreeryDecember 9, 2021

Any comprehensive climate defense strategy must feature a plan to combat desertification. And interestingly, China has emerged as a global leader in rehabilitating the planet’s dwindling forest supply.

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Shifting Landscapes: Artificial Intelligence Regulation in the U.S. and China

Axel de VernouDecember 9, 2021

These earthquakes will be integral to the shape of international trade between nations.

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A Matter of Time: Faced with a Crackdown, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protestors Hold Onto Hope

Sarah CookDecember 9, 2021

“I couldn’t see anything. My eyeball was covered with blood. And then I was on the floor. There was a moment I asked myself whether this is the end of my life, and then everything turned into silence.”

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