Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by Focus on the Global South
As 2020 draws to a close, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from abating. Infections have spiked again in numerous countries, and the emergence of a new, more contagious strain of the SARS-COV-2 virus is causing renewed stress among over-stretched exhausted doctors, nurses and health-care providers (...)
, by CHIA Jasmine, SINGER Scott
The Milk Tea Alliance has made waves, even in the physical world. But its impact will be capped by authoritarian governments across the region.
When Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pled guilty to his charges on 23 November, there was an outburst of support among Thai netizens. The (...)
As states continue to fail in reaching out to the neediest sectors of society amid the Covid-19 pandemic, civil society and mass-based organizations in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Philippines have urged their governments to guarantee the right to food and nutrition of (...)
Trade Justice Pilipinas statement on the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, posted by Focus on the Global South :
In the midst of a global pandemic and despite strong peoples’ opposition, governments are set to sign today the Regional Comprehensive (...)
, by NASIR Abbas
The leaders of Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan have decided to set up an English TV channel in order to ’remove misgivings’ about Islam and project the ’correct’ religious values. What better moment to ask ourselves exactly what misgivings, and what values we are talking about here...
“President Erdogan, PM Mahatir [sic] and myself had a meeting today [Wednesday] in which we decided our 3 countries would jointly start an English language channel dedicated to confronting the challenges posed by (...)
, by BELLO Walden
Over the last two years, the Obama administration has executed what the president has termed the “Pivot to Asia” strategy, whereby the United States’ global military force posture is being reconfigured to focus on the Asia-Pacific region as Washington’s central front.
Movement has been rapid, with (...)
, by VANAIK Achin
Review of Bill Emmott, Rivals: How the Power Struggle between China, India and Japan will Shape Our Next Decade, Allen Lane: London 2008, £20, hardback 314 pp, 978 1 846 14009 9.
The mass of recent literature on the ‘rise of Asia’ largely focuses on the implications of this development for the (...)
, by Correspondent(s)
Asian values apparently don’t protecting individuals from exploitation
Asian governments variously proclaim commitment to Asian values, Confucian, Islamic or Marxist principles or the rule of statute law. Or all of them. But when it comes to human rights, to enforcing laws intended to protect (...)
, by AFP
WASHINGTON - US SECRETARY of State Hillary Clinton left for Asia on Sunday for her maiden mission as the chief US diplomat after pledging to strengthen US ties with the region.
High among her priorities are finding ways to tackle the global economic crisis and climate change as well as prevent (...)
, by CHENG Eva
While starving Australia’s public education and health services of funding, the Coalition government is planning to spend well over $200 million on the annual talk shop dressed up as a “leaders’ summit” of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) scheduled for Sydney this September.
Is the (...)
, by BIDWAI Praful
The Asia-Pacific region has not only emerged as one of the main engines of the world economy, it has also taken the global centre-stage in developments pertaining to nuclear weapons, in efforts to acquire a capability to make them, and in nuclear conflicts among regional powers as well as with (...)
, by Asien Haus, German Asia Foundation
Self-presentation of the Asienhaus and the German Asia Foundation taken from their website October 4, 2005.
Asia House - General Information For a Better Understanding of the Asian Region
The largest part of humanity lives in Asia. East and Southeast Asia are currently experiencing (...)
1. The Socialist International Asia-Pacific Committee reaffirms its commitment to working toward a form of globalisation that benefits and promotes the well-being of all the people of this critical region of the world.
This means deepening the work of establishing and strengthening (...)
, by CALKINS Laura M.
Paul Greenough and Ann Lowenhaupt Tsing (Eds.). Nature in the Global South: Environmental Projects in South and Southwest Asia. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003. 428 pp. ISBN 0-8223-3150-0 (cloth); 0-8223-3149-7 (paper). US$89.95 cloth; US$24.95 paper. Acid-free paper.
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