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United States, World

Biden makes most profound statement of US campaign

by Edward R Dougherty August 22, 2019February 18, 2020

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan

Remarkable history of Taiwan’s Seediq people

by Abhinash Das July 22, 2019February 18, 2020

Iraq, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

Looted antiquities should be sent home

by Jonathan Gornall July 20, 2019February 18, 2020

Egypt, Middle East, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

We must put women back in our history books

by Rym Tina Ghazal July 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Iran sanctions.Photo: iStock

Iran, Middle East, United States, World

The empire’s creative destruction

by Vijay Prashad March 6, 2019February 18, 2020

World

Get over it: Asia rules

by Pepe Escobar February 6, 2019February 18, 2020

China

Bone analysis uncovers more about ancient Mongolians

by Asia Times staff January 16, 2019February 18, 2020

Then Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro smokes a cigar during interviews with the press during a visit of US Senator Charles McGovern in Havana in May 1975. Photo: Reuters/Prensa Latina

Bangladesh, Egypt, European Union, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

The Cuban Revolution, 60 years on

by Vijay Prashad January 6, 2019

The Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial is covered with floral wreaths in Dhaka on August 15, 2010. Bangladesh's founding father was killed along with many family members in a military coup on August 15, 1975 by a group of disgruntled army officers. Photo: AFP / Munir uz Zaman

Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Lessons unlearned from the East Pakistan debacle

by Imad Zafar December 17, 2018

Kerch Harbor in the Russian controlled Sea of Azoz. Photo: Asia Times

AT Finance, China, European Union, Germany, India, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

An historical journey into Crimea

by Pepe Escobar December 15, 2018February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the 2018 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 11, 2018. Photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office / Anadolu Agency

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Five academics who unleashed the ‘demon’ of geopolitical power

by Alfred McCoy December 6, 2018

Hoa Haka Nana'ia is one of the star exhibits in London's British Museum. Photo: Flickr / B Rosen)

Egypt, European Union, France, Iraq, Middle East, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

A new model for how museums should collect, exhibit artifacts

by Alexa Mena December 2, 2018

Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, World

Tribute to Anson Burlingame, ambassador to and from China

by George Koo November 26, 2018December 5, 2018

The US and Pakistani flags. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

The waxing and waning of US-Pakistan relations

by Manoj Kumar Mishra November 21, 2018

Lee Choon-shik (C), a victim of forced labor by Japan during its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945, is surrounded by supporters and relatives outside the supreme court in Seoul on October 30, 2018. Photo: AFP/Ed Jones

AT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

History war between Japan and South Korea heats up

by Andrew Salmon October 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Gyanraj Rai (left), an activist for the rights of Gurkhas Photo: Facebook

Nepal, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Gurkhas’ latest battle is a fight for equal rights

by Tim I Gurung August 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Subedar Gambhirshing Gurung and his fellow officers in 1911. Photo: The family of Subedar Gambhirsing Gurung

India, Nepal, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

History: Britain, Nepal and some questionable treaties

by Tim I Gurung July 12, 2018February 18, 2020

A handout photo taken in 1955 shows former leader of the banned Communist Party of Malaya, Chin Peng (L), during negotiations between the communists and then British colonial government. Photo: AFP/National Archives of Malaysia

AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

70 years later, Malayan Emergency’s legacy lives on

by Nile Bowie July 8, 2018February 18, 2020

The Pentagon. Photo: Flickr Commons

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

How the last superpower was unchained

by Tom Engelhardt June 17, 2018

Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, is a key BJP leader. Photo: AFP/ Sanjay Kanojia

India, Pakistan, South Asia

Adityanath stirs the religious pot with new attack on Akbar

by Asia Times staff June 15, 2018February 18, 2020

China's route through Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. Source: AFP

China, European Union, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

On 67th anniversary, Pakistan-China relations entering new era

by Zamir Awan May 22, 2018

Iranian youths sit under a large picture of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (left), and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a park in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Raheb Homavandi

European Union, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Iran vs Israel: the allies who became enemies

by Nicos Panayiotides May 21, 2018

One of the balangay, Sultan Sin Sulu, at sea. Photo: Philippine Balangay Expedition Team

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam

Historic Philippine sailing vessels dock in Hong Kong

by Grace Dandan May 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Karl Marx Monument in Moscow, inscribed with the words "Workers of the World Unite!" Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, European Union, Middle East, Vietnam, World

1968: The legacy of Marx, Mao, Marcuse

by Pepe Escobar May 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Gurkha soldiers. Photo: Tim I Gurung

India, Nepal, South Asia

Why the British never colonized Nepal

by Tim I Gurung May 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Sule Pagoda in central Yangon

Beijing, China, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

The secret Asian influence on the West and on Westernization

by Immanuel Fruhmann May 2, 2018May 3, 2018

Hordes of tourists are seen at Maya Bay on Phi Phi Island, which is part of a national park south of Phuket and part of Krabi province. Photo: Phalinn Ooi/Flickr

AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, World

Better knowledge of history could overcome ignorance of East

by Immanuel Fruhmann April 28, 2018

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

The sad history behind the Syria crisis

by Alexander Casella April 25, 2018

Modi has a peculiar habit of mispronouncing the name of the most famous Indian who ever lived. File photo: Reuters / Amit Dave

India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Modi getting a reputation for gaffes and historical errors

by Vishakha Saxena April 20, 2018February 18, 2020

A Chinese J-15 fighter jet lands on the deck of the Liaoning aircraft carrier during military drills. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Bahrain, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

How China, US are spawning a new great-power naval rivalry

by Alfred McCoy April 9, 2018