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Chinese foreign policy
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Silk road across the Indian Ocean

China is building trade-related infrastructure in Africa

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

CUP changes stance and stands by China Quarterly

Cambridge University leaders insist on academic freedom

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Cambridge University Press is sacrificing academic freedom

The quest for truth is more important than the Chinese regime’s wishes

Law of the sea
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Pivoting Philippines

ASEAN leaders have long resisted China’s claims to the South China Sea, but the Philippines’ new president is strangely ambivalent

Authoritarianism
Nora Sausmikat

Populism in the Middle Kingdom

Xi Jinping is centralising government power and reversing progress towards the rule of law in China

Comment
Afshan Subohi

Much needed injection of capital

If the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor works out well, it could jumpstart Pakistan’s economy

Special economic zones
Jong Woo Kang

“Improve people’s lives”

Special economic zones should serve the purpose of smart urbanisations, says ADB economist

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

How Europe can benefit from Asia's rise

EU needs to speak with one voice

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Distorted rhetoric at ADB conference

Why the general public often does not properly understand multilateral affairs

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Dictators are not normally benign

No, China does not prove that authoritarian rule is useful

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The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges