On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princeps, a Bosnian-Serb radical, shot and killed Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. Princeps did not act alone. He was one of at least six principals in an organization called Young Bosnia, and his group and others were seeking independence from the Austro-Hungarian empire. He … Read more
Two months into US President Donald Trump’s second term, the liberal international order is on life support. Alliances and multilateral institutions are now seen by the United States as burdens. Europe and NATO are framed as bad business, “ripping off” the US. On his so-called “Liberation Day”, Trump also imposed 20% tariffs on all European … Read more
Myanmar has struggled with civil war, military rule and widespread poverty for much of the past seven decades. But the country’s youth have never faced threats to their survival and future as severe as today. The military coup of February 2021 shattered the hopes of many young people in Myanmar who had envisioned a better … Read more
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the US should “take over” Gaza, displace its current population and turn the enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East” is unsettling – in both a literal and, to Palestinians, a very personal sense. The remarks, which followed earlier comments in which the president expressed a desire to “clean … Read more
India and Indonesia are apparently near a deal that will see the former to supply the latter with the BrahMos supersonic missile, a potential game-changer for security dynamics vis-à-vis-China in the southern reaches of the South China Sea. A BrahMos missile deal was reportedly discussed during Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s recent visit to India as … Read more
Since the late 2010s, China has shown increasing sensitivity to the environmental and socio-economic impacts of its distant-water fishing (DWF) growth, as well as the reputational harm partly inflicted by international environmental advocacy. DWF describes countries that fish outside their own territories and extend their range of activity to the other countries’ economic exclusive zones … Read more