Targeting international students won’t save Britain’s crumbling university system
Students and their families queue at the UK Visa Application Centre in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on September 4, 2017.…
Asian economic heft keeps Russia’s economy afloat
Author: Nicholas Mulder, Cornell University Thirty-seven countries have imposed economic sanctions on Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in February…
The false logic of sanctions as deterrents
Author: Tom Westland, Wageningen University In February 2022, a war began between Russia and Ukraine. On paper, the odds were…
Reaching Japan’s resourceful solar and wind energy future
Author: Andrew Blakers, ANU To achieve its 2050 carbon neutrality commitment, Japan must eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels,…
Japan’s foreign worker program is ripe for reform
Author: Yuri Okina, Japan Research Institute In an interim report released in May 2023, the Japanese government’s expert panel on…
Indonesia’s ‘Amish of Asia’ Indigenous group wants internet blackout
An Indigenous Baduy tribeswoman. The Baduy, a community of 26,000 people in Banten province on Java island, divide themselves into…
Bangladesh’s strategic pivot to the Indo-Pacific
Author: Rubiat Saimum, BSMR Maritime University In April 2023, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released its inaugural official document on…
Japan passes controversial ‘life and death’ bill to revise immigration law for refugees
Under the amended law, the government will aim to reduce long-term detention in immigration facilities and encourage the expulsion of…
Blocking Google? Hong Kong internet providers express concerns over enforcing possible protest song ban
The government said it aimed to target anyone who intended to incite others to separate Hong Kong from the country,…
South Korea aims to ‘RISE’ through the ranks in global higher education
Author: Kyuseok Kim (Mick), Korea University South Korean higher education is in a state of flux in 2023. The administration…