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The Evolution of Pan-Asianism, Pt. III: China
International Relations
October 31, 2015

The Evolution of Pan-Asianism, Pt. III: China

A four-part series where we examine ideas of Asia, past and present.

The Evolution of Pan-Asianism, Pt. I: Japan
International Relations
October 28, 2015

The Evolution of Pan-Asianism, Pt. I: Japan

A four-part series where we examine ideas of Asia, past and present.

The Rise and Fall of the Technorati
International Relations
October 10, 2015

The Rise and Fall of the Technorati

Plotting the trajectory of the knowledge elites from another era.

The Other Manchurian Incident
International Relations
October 6, 2015

The Other Manchurian Incident

The worst catastrophe you’ve never heard of.

Pondering the Haze
International Relations
September 26, 2015

Pondering the Haze

How does a single nation handle a transnational problem?

Behind the Pax Sinica
International Relations
September 3, 2015

Behind the Pax Sinica

China’s trying to build a new international order, but it may not be what you think.

Sail On, Black Ships
International Relations
August 10, 2015

Sail On, Black Ships

You know that old chestnut about how Japan is so weirdly wonderful because of its several hundred years of self-imposed isolation? Not so true after all.

India is no more a Hindu nation than China is a porcelain print dress. 
International Relations
August 7, 2015

India is no more a Hindu nation than China is a porcelain print dress. 

India is no more a Hindu country than China is a porcelain print dress. Some realities are so complex, they don’t lend themselves to oversimplification.

Janice Nimura on the Importance of Being Amphibious
International Relations
June 17, 2015

Janice Nimura on the Importance of Being Amphibious

Janice Nimura on her book, “Daughters of the Samurai,” a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, and on living a three-dimensional life.

The Dilemma of an American Education
International Relations
June 10, 2015

The Dilemma of an American Education

The year was 1871. Japan was modernising, and the country needed to educate its daughters. But what to teach them? The old Confucian ways no…

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