Asia
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Peng Shuai’s situation attracted global attention — but what about the others who ‘disappear’ in China?
Better known by his pen name Guo Feixiong, he vanished in early December after writing a public letter asking to…
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The structures of the Turkish Cypriot Community – From Minority to Community
According to the 1881 census, the inhabitants of Cyprus were 186 thousands. Dr Stephanos Constantinides * Of those, 137,631…
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Do Uyghur Lives Matter to Americans?
In 2024, you can appoint any American citizen to one term as president, so long as your choice has…
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The Iran Nuclear Deal at Six: Now or Never
The parties must not squander what is likely their last chance to save the accord. ICG What’s new? The U.S.…
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Denmark joins boycott of Winter Olympics in China over human rights concerns
Denmark, like a number of other countries, will not send official representatives to the Winter Olympics in China next month…
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If America really is ‘back’, it needs to set an example on human rights and charity in Afghanistan
Now with sanctions and boycotts it is inflicting even more suffering. Alison Broinowski Pearls and Irritations Yet it continues to…
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India’s surge in COVID infections affecting young children
Doctors in several cities report an increasing number of COVID infections among children, with many of those infected by the…
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Behind the Unrest in Kazakhstan
In this Q&A, Crisis Group explains that demonstrators’ varied demands reflected discontent with worsening inequalities and calcified leadership and discusses…
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Boycotts are an essential and necessary part of public life
On this particular estate, negotiations over rent had turned sour and 11 of the farmers were threatened with eviction. Osman…
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Turkey-Armenia Talks Hold Promise of Opening Long-Shut Border
Crisis Group experts Olesya Vartanyan, Nigar Göksel and Zaur Shiriyev unpack how the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh war in 2020…
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North Korea Plots a Course of “Heavy Agony” for 2022
With the pandemic not yet tamed and other uncertainty on the international scene, Pyongyang may continue refraining from major provocations…
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Basmah bint Saud: Saudi princess released from jail after almost three years
Princess Basma bint Saud was detained in March 2019 as she prepared to fly to Switzerland for medical treatment. BBC…
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What’s Really Behind the Unrest in Kazakhstan?
Mass protests erupted earlier this week in the western Kazakh town of Zhanaozen, ostensibly triggered by sharp increases in fuel…
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Two Turkey-origin women to serve in new Dutch government
Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, a 44-year-old politician of the right-wing People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been a member…
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Qandi’s father sold her for $1300 to feed the family. Her mother is fighting to buy her back
Aziz Gul’s husband sold the 10-year-old girl into marriage without telling his wife, taking a down-payment so he could feed…
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Tasoula Hadjitofi Interview | Culturescope
Tasoula Hadjitofi, “The Icon Hunter,” is renowned worldwide for her work combatting art trafficking. She claims that each of us…
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