It was supposed to be a groundbreaking achievement of modern technology. Instead, it has become a geopolitical battleground, caught between a global mining giant and […]
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Flicking Bones on the Steppe: Mongolia’s Ancient Game of Strategy
I have to tell you about the bone-flicking game I’ll never forget. It’s called Shagai Shüürekh, and the goal is deceptively simple: catapult a tiny […]
Tariff Payouts: Spectacle Over Strategy
When a government imposes sweeping tariffs and then proposes cash “dividends” from those tariffs, what looks like a populist windfall can hide serious structural hazards. […]
Nigeria’s Hidden War: Ethnic, Religious, or Resource-Driven?
From Insurgency to Systemic Violence In the West, politicians, activists, and media outlets often describe the violence in northern and central Nigeria as a genocide […]
Stopping the Murderous Khmer Rouge: How Vietnam Confronted Asia’s Forgotten Holocaust
In Cambodia, beauty and intellect became crimes: the beautiful were forced to marry the ugly, the educated to wed the illiterate. Cities, hospitals, and schools […]
This is no longer a border dispute, this is Thai nationalism
What began as a minor border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia has escalated into something far more dangerous. The rhetoric out of Bangkok has shifted […]
ASEAN reaction to Cambodia invasion shows it has no teeth
The Cambodian-Thai border crisis has exposed a stark truth about the Association of Southeast Asian Nations: despite decades of diplomatic posturing, grand summits, and declarations […]
2025 SEA Games in Thailand marked by failure
The 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Thailand were supposed to be a celebration of sport, regional unity, and ASEAN cooperation. Instead, the event descended into […]