Asia | IPS Journal

Header

Reuters

Future of social democracy

The reality behind Squid Game

The TV show portrayed the stark inequality and brutal competition in today’s South Korea. Their origins lie in the developmentalist model of the 1970s

By Jin-Wook Shin

Reuters

Future of social democracy

How Shinzo Abe still rules Japan

In this weekend's election in Japan, the ruling LDP will most likely hold on to power — with its former leader Shinzo Abe still pulling the strings

By Sven Saaler

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

What is behind the growing Iran-Azerbaijan tension?

The war in Nagorno-Karabakh has seen regional power dynamics shift to Iran’s detriment — in particular because of Azerbaijan-Israel relations

By Rovshan Mammadli

Reuters

Economy and ecology

Can China defeat three stubborn modern inequalities?

‘Socialism with Chinese characteristics’ is replicating US inequalities. There are three types — and some are more difficult to tackle than others

By Branko Milanović

Reuters

Economy and ecology

What Evergrande signals about China's economic future

Under Xi Jinping's new economic agenda 'common prosperity', China is cracking down on indebted real estate developers like Evergrande

By Alicia Herrero

Reuters

Democracy and society

South Korea's women fire back

A strong movement of feminism is sweeping South Korea. While women feel empowered to stand their ground, the men are retaliating

By Hawon Jung Jung

Reuters

Interviews

'There will soon be normal relations with the Taliban'

Journalist Emran Feroz on corruption in the former Afghan administration, the moral failure of the West, and normalising relations with the Taliban

Reuters

Democracy and society

All eyes on Central Asia

The political and human catastrophe in Afghanistan is threatening to boost autocratic tendencies in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

By Erica Marat

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Afghanistan is drifting into an uncertain future

After the NATO withdrawal, the Taliban are creating facts on the ground — and seek international support for a future return to power

By Magdalena Kirchner

Reuters

Democracy and society

No Olympic Gold in inclusivity for Tokyo 2020

The Olympic Games in Tokyo have demonstrated that sexism and racism in sport are far from being yesterday's news

By Sarah Duffy, Michelle O'Shea