More Americans Are Choosing to Die at Home
For the first time since the early 20th century, more Americans are choosing to die at home rather than in a hospital. A report published in the New England Journal of Medicine Wednesday found deaths in nursing homes also have declined. Researchers studied data on...
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2019 in Asian Geopolitics: A Year of Change
Advertisement The Diplomat‘s Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Prashanth Parameswaran (@TheAsianist) reflect on the most significant developments in Asia’s geopolitical environment in 2019.Click the play button to the right to listen. If you’re an iOS or Mac user, you...
read moreUS Sanctions Iranian Arms Transportation Network
The U.S. on Wednesday sanctioned an Iranian commercial shipping network it accused of smuggling lethal aid from Iran to its fighters in Syria and to Houthi rebels in Yemen in their fight to control the impoverished country. The Treasury Department froze any U.S....
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For Thailand’s Progressives, It’s Been a Year of Trials and Tribulations
Advertisement When the Thai Constitutional Court voted in favor of stripping Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit’s legal status as a Member of Parliament (MP) on November 20, 2019, hashtags demonstrating solidarity behind the firebrand billionaire-turned-politician became...
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Aung San Suu Kyi has gone from hero to villain
THE COMMITTEE that awarded the Nobel peace prize to Aung San Suu Kyi in 1991 described her as “an important symbol in the struggle against oppression” and an inspiration to those “striving to attain democracy, human rights and ethnic conciliation by peaceful means”....
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What is climate overshoot and why does it matter?
The earth’s temperature is rising, and for decades scientists have focused on limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C. Many reports warn that exceeding the 1.5°C limit would have irreversible impacts on people, species, and ecosystems. And now it’s now becoming...
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Haitian Slums Descend into Anarchy as Crisis Sparks Worst Violence in Years
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Venite Bernard's feet are bloodied and torn because, she said, she had no time to grab her sandals when she fled her shack with her youngest children as gangsters roamed the Haitian capital's most notorious slum, shooting people in their homes. Now...
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Remembering Nakasone and US Asia Policy in the 1980s
Advertisement When former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone passed away on November 29, the development understandably saw a raft of commentary noting his significance from a range of perspectives. One of the lenses through which his significance can be viewed...
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Trump Denounces FBI Director Wray After Release of Watchdog Report on Russia Probe
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump criticized FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday, one day after the U.S. Justice Department’s independent inspector general said it did not uncover any evidence of political partisanship when the FBI started investigating...
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Russia, Ukraine leaders Agree on Ceasefire Following Four-Way Talks in Paris
PARIS - Russian and Ukrainian leaders agreed to implement a ceasefire and a prisoners' swap by years end, following four-way talks in Paris on Monday that also included France and Germany. The four heads of state said they had made progress and that just talking...
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China’s successful repression in Tibet provides a model for Xinjiang
IN AN ANNUAL ritual, hardy groups of activists gathered outside Chinese embassies around the world to mark International Human Rights Day on December 10th. They protested about many Chinese abuses: the encroachment on the freedoms promised Hong Kong; the persecution...
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Suu Kyi’s Hague Appearance: Minding Myanmar’s Domestic Political Dynamics in the ICJ Genocide Case
Advertisement When Myanmar’s de facto head of state Aung San Suu Kyi defends her country against charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice at the Hague this week, her appearance will constitute just the latest in a series of events that will spotlight...
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