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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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February 16, 2017
China
The Death of Kim Jong Nam
The death in Malaysia of Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of former North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, was shocking on its surface. Reports indicate that two women may have poisoned him at Kuala Lumpur I…
February 17, 2017
Russia
India’s Space Program, Kim Jong-nam’s Assassination, Jakarta’s Elections, and More
Rachel Brown, Sherry Cho, Larry Hong, Gabriella Meltzer, and Gabriel Walker look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. India’s space program shoots for the stars. This Wednesday, the Indian Space …
January 18, 2012
North Korea
Kim Jong-nam and the Question of North Korea’s Leadership Stability
North Korea’s leadership succession from Kim Jong-il to Kim Jong-un has gone according to script. The Korean Worker’s Party and the Korean People’s Army are supporting Kim Jong-un as North Korea’s ne…
March 15, 2017
North Korea
Will the North Korea-Malaysia Crisis Cause a Shift in Southeast Asian States’ Relationships with Pyongyang?
As I noted in a piece I co-authored with Scott Snyder shortly after the apparent assassination of Kim Jong Nam, Malaysia is but one of many Southeast Asian nations that have relatively robust diploma…
September 6, 2022
Russia
Mikhail Gorbachev on the Streets of Accra
The aftershock of the collapse of the Soviet empire reverberated from Cape Town to Cairo.
