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June 10, 2022

Global
The World Next Week: What to Read and Listen to This Summer

The annual summer entertainment recommendations from The World Next Week podcast.

Three books next to each other on a light blue background. From left to right: Putin's People, by Catherine Belton; Say Nothing, by Patrick Radden Keefe; and The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy, by Michael Mandelbaum.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

February 22, 2022

Myanmar
Review: "The Wa of Myanmar and China's Quest for Global Dominance," by Bertil Lintner

A review of the latest book by journalist and Asia expert Bertil Lintner.

Soldiers, wearing green fatigues and United Wa State Army insignia, march in Myanmar.
Blog Post by Hunter Marston Asia Unbound

June 28, 2021

Afghanistan
What’s Next for Afghan Women: An Interview with Judge Najla Ayoubi

This post is part of the Council on Foreign Relations' blog series on women's leadership in peacebuilding and non-violent movements, in which CFR fellows, scholars, and practitioners highlight new se…

A young shoe polisher waits for customers beneath a mural in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

April 12, 2021

Southeast Asia
Myanmar Moves Toward Civil War, Failed State

In the initial days after the Myanmar armed forces launched a coup on February 1, deposing an elected government, the military may have hoped it would be able to pull off the putsch with minimal bloo…

A fire burns on the street during a protest against the military coup, in Mandalay, Myanmar on April 1, 2021.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

March 29, 2021

Southeast Asia
The Myanmar Massacre and Insight Into the Myanmar Military

The past weekend was extremely bloody in Myanmar, where the Civil Disobedience Movement faces off against the military, and has so, for roughly two months now. On Armed Forces day last Saturday, mili…

Demonstrators hide behind a barricade during protests against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 28, 2021, in this screen grab taken from a social media video obtained by Reuters.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound