For #Kosovar war victims, restitution is a long time coming Two decades on from the Kosovar war, women who were subject to rape and sexual violence during the conflict are finally receiving redress. After years of ignoring the sexual offences

Tick Tock Goes the Doomsday Clock Craig Morgan July 27, 2017 With North Korea, the doomsday clock inches ever closer to midnight. On July 22, General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, publicly announced that

Activism is on the rise in Vietnam, but no surprise govt isn’t impressed Alistair Denness August 2, 2017 IN VIETNAM’s Ha Nam province, human rights defender Tran Thi Nga was this week sentenced to nine years in prison and five years’ probation

ASEAN’s fatal blind spot: human rights Jon Connars August 15, 2017 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is known for promising shocking solutions in his war on drugs, and the recent announcement to offer “dead or alive” bounties for each policeman accused of helping

Asia Needs Its Own North Korea Strategy Rachael Willis August 16, 2017 As US-North Korea relations ebb to their lowest point in years, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has added his voice to the jingoistic rhetoric, confirming that Donald Trump will

Will Trump Act Alone on North Korea? Robert Caskey August 16, 2017 As North Korea continues to push the world closer to the nuclear abyss, U.S. secretary of defense James Mattis and U.S. secretary of state Rex Tillerson recently defined the United States’

Seoul’s Final Countdown on North Korea Eliza King August 26, 2017 Faced with the escalating threat of imminent attack from an increasingly unstable and war-obsessed North Korea, Japan last week asked Washington for help in deploying the U.S. Aegis Ashore land-based missile

South Korea's War Crimes Still Haunt Vietnam William Duong September 1, 2017 The fact that South Korean exports to Vietnam increased by nearly 50% over the first seven months of this year, superficially suggests a further thawing of the two countries' historically

The long road to gender equality in southeast Asia Amanda Clarkson September 1, 2017 About the author Amanda Clarkson holds an MA in Global Development from the University of Leeds and has worked in West Africa as a development consultant

The invisible struggle of the refugees [Translated] Helena Escudero September 11, 2017 One of the main issues on the international agenda is the refugee crisis . In recent years, the European Union experienced the largest displacement of people since the Second World War after more than