As Japan pushes for constitutional reform, it must face up to its imperial past
Japan’s politicians are in favour of constitutional reform – but remilitarisation could cause long-standing regional tensions to boil over.
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Propaganda, porn and Cold War politics: How the West destabilised Indonesia
In 1965, the Indonesian Army began an anti-communist purge that would lead to the massacre of at least 500,000 people. Recently declassified documents have revealed that both London and Washington had a guiding hand.
Read moreEthiopia and Eritrea have entered an uncomfortable alliance
The election of Abiy Ahmed and the thawing of relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea sparked hopes for stability in the Horn of Africa. However, the actions of Eritrean forces during the Tigray conflict have called the new relationship into question.
Read moreThe firebombing of North Korea
How United States bombers helped to turn North Korea into the paranoid military dictatorship it is today.
Read moreQuick Read: Why Does Bosnia Exist?
A summary of the uneasy alliance of Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats that makes up the modern state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Read moreWhy are Chinese scrap metal merchants raiding WWII graves?
How a lucrative trade in WWII-era metal is leading to the disturbance of war graves throughout the Pacific.
Read moreReparations for genocide? How Germany made amends with Israel
In 1945, Germany was at the end of a process which caused the death of six million Jews. Just 20 years later, West Germany and Israel established formal diplomatic relations.
How did Germany make up for its crimes, and what did it mean for Israeli society?
Read moreIs Puerto Rico about to become the 51st state?
Trump called it one of the most corrupt places on earth. Could Puerto Rico really join the Union?
Read moreWhat’s the deal with Armenia and Azerbaijan?
Every now and then geopolitics has the tendency to show up uninvited in our every day lives. Whether that’s through South Park commenting on China’s relationship with western culture, or a Dreamworks movie getting pulled from cinemas over a South East Asian territorial dispute, sometimes there just isn’t any avoiding it. This was perhaps most poetically demonstrated earlier this month,
Read moreBritain’s Paedophile Island: Scandal and Survival on Pitcairn
The story of the mutiny aboard William Bligh’s HMS Bounty is perhaps the most documented rebellion in naval history. Far-less known however is the story of what became of Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers. In their bid to evade capture by the Royal Navy, the mutineers stumbled across an isolated island in the expanse of the South Pacific –
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