Aug 3, 2020 | Politics & Society
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of people all over the world. The sense of powerlessness and the fear of infection has alienated people regardless of political situations. But in areas of conflict or military and political occupation, populations are even...
Jun 23, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Max Pendleton This is an ideological conflict between authoritarianism and democracy. Both protestors and China are trying to achieve some kind of outcome to secure the legitimacy of a post-2047 future. As New Zealand and the world begins to tentatively recover...
Jun 22, 2020 | Politics & Society
Earlier this month, India reported that twenty members of its armed forces were killed in fighting with Chinese forces along a disputed border in the Himalayas. Tension is, therefore, growing between the two most populous nations. and emotions are running high. Doug...
Apr 30, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Jinee Lokaneeta The police have claimed that lie detectors, brain scans, and narcoanalysis (the use of “truth serum,” Sodium Pentothal) represent a paradigm shift away from physical torture. A major feature of the Weberian, rational bureaucratic state...
Mar 11, 2019 | Politics & Society
By Wang Chenjun & Richard McGregor China remains North Korea’s closest ally, but why do they continue to support the regime in Pyongyang? Of all the countries on the sidelines of the Hanoi summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un, few were watching more...
Sep 4, 2018 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Guechbouy OEUNG (Min) Guechbouy OEUNG (Min) looks at whether a reunified Korea would alter Sino-North Korean relations. The meeting between North Korean and South Korean leaders during the Inter-Korean Summit on 27th April 2018, to end the Korean War is a major...
Aug 1, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Parveen Akhtar From the cricket pitch to politics, Pakistan’s next prime minister has played the long game, as Parveen Akhtar explains. Being cavalier about death is a prerequisite in Pakistani politics. The country’s first prime minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, was...
May 3, 2018 | Politics & Society
Stephen Noakes from the School of Science at the University of Auckland talks about his big question, “why is China the way it is politically?” Noakes is currently engaged in a pair of book projects. The first is a cross-national comparative study of China’s...
Apr 10, 2018 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Lucy Austin Lucy Austin explores whether governance styles are changing in China in light of the introduction of presidential term limits. On the 11 March 2018, the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China voted to remove presidential term limits. The unusually...