Opinion – The Diplomat https://thediplomat.com The Diplomat is a current-affairs magazine for the Asia-Pacific, with news and analysis on politics, security, business, technology and life across the region. Tue, 30 Jan 2024 11:47:38 +0900 en-US How India Betrayed Mahatma Gandhi https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/how-india-betrayed-mahatma-gandhi/ https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/how-india-betrayed-mahatma-gandhi/ Censorship, AI, Disinformation, and Repression Undermine Asia’s Elections https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/censorship-ai-disinformation-and-repression-undermine-asias-elections/ https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/censorship-ai-disinformation-and-repression-undermine-asias-elections/ Engaging With the Taliban Doesn’t Work https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/engaging-with-the-taliban-doesnt-work/ https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/engaging-with-the-taliban-doesnt-work/ What Voice Will We Give to Australia’s Future? https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/what-voice-will-we-give-to-australias-future/ https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/what-voice-will-we-give-to-australias-future/ Mending Pakistan’s Ties With the West – Via the Middle East https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/mending-pakistans-ties-with-the-west-via-the-middle-east/ https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/mending-pakistans-ties-with-the-west-via-the-middle-east/ A First-hand Run-in With Pakistan’s Dangerous Blasphemy Obsession https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/a-first-hand-run-in-with-pakistans-dangerous-blasphemy-obsession/ https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/a-first-hand-run-in-with-pakistans-dangerous-blasphemy-obsession/ Apple Must Clean up Its Polluting Supply Chain – Starting With Foxconn https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/apple-must-clean-up-its-polluting-supply-chain-starting-with-foxconn/ https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/apple-must-clean-up-its-polluting-supply-chain-starting-with-foxconn/ Rip off the Blindfold: Let Taiwanese Civil Society Learn From Ukraine  https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/rip-off-the-blindfold-let-taiwanese-civil-society-learn-from-ukraine/ https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/rip-off-the-blindfold-let-taiwanese-civil-society-learn-from-ukraine/ Why the US Needs to Back Myanmar’s Spring Revolution https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/why-the-us-needs-to-back-myanmars-spring-revolution/ https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/why-the-us-needs-to-back-myanmars-spring-revolution/ The Baloch Protest: Why We March https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/the-baloch-protest-why-we-march/ https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/the-baloch-protest-why-we-march/ The Local and International Dimensions of Aceh’s Rohingya Crisis https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/the-local-and-international-dimensions-of-acehs-rohingya-crisis/ https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/the-local-and-international-dimensions-of-acehs-rohingya-crisis/ Making China-US Ties More Resilient  https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/making-china-us-ties-more-resilient/ https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/making-china-us-ties-more-resilient/ Does Competing with the Chinese Communist Party Mean ‘Kicking It When It’s Down?’ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/does-competing-with-the-chinese-communist-party-mean-kicking-it-when-its-down/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/does-competing-with-the-chinese-communist-party-mean-kicking-it-when-its-down/ How China Games the Universal Periodic Review System https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/how-china-games-the-universal-periodic-review-system/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/how-china-games-the-universal-periodic-review-system/ Bombing Revives Fears of Islamist Militancy in the Philippines https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/bombing-revives-fears-of-islamist-militancy-in-the-philippines/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/bombing-revives-fears-of-islamist-militancy-in-the-philippines/ Hong Kong’s Dismal December https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/hong-kongs-dismal-december/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/hong-kongs-dismal-december/ A Legitimate Election in Bangladesh Depends on a Free Press https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/a-legitimate-election-in-bangladesh-depends-on-a-free-press/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/a-legitimate-election-in-bangladesh-depends-on-a-free-press/ UNESCO Has Failed to Prevent Forced Evictions at Angkor Wat https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/unesco-has-failed-to-prevent-forced-evictions-at-angkor-wat/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/unesco-has-failed-to-prevent-forced-evictions-at-angkor-wat/ A New Era of Japan-ASEAN Relations https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/a-new-era-of-japan-asean-relations/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/a-new-era-of-japan-asean-relations/ Setting the Record Straight: The KMT Defense Blueprint for Taiwan https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/setting-the-record-straight-the-kmt-defense-blueprint-for-taiwan/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/setting-the-record-straight-the-kmt-defense-blueprint-for-taiwan/ How the Global Refugee Forum Can Help End Afghanistan’s Refugee Crisis  https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/how-the-global-refugee-forum-can-help-end-afghanistans-refugee-crisis/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/how-the-global-refugee-forum-can-help-end-afghanistans-refugee-crisis/ Remember the Uyghur Genocide on the 75th Anniversary of the 1948 Genocide Convention https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/remember-the-uyghur-genocide-on-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-1948-genocide-convention/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/remember-the-uyghur-genocide-on-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-1948-genocide-convention/ Centering Human Rights at the Heart of Diplomatic Efforts for Intra-Afghan Dialogue  https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/centering-human-rights-at-the-heart-of-diplomatic-efforts-for-intra-afghan-dialogue/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/centering-human-rights-at-the-heart-of-diplomatic-efforts-for-intra-afghan-dialogue/ A Year Behind Bars: Release Tajikistani Human Rights Defender Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/a-year-behind-bars-release-tajikistani-human-rights-defender-manuchehr-kholiqnazarov/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/a-year-behind-bars-release-tajikistani-human-rights-defender-manuchehr-kholiqnazarov/ Forecasting Democratic Futures in Asia and the Pacific https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/forecasting-democratic-futures-in-asia-and-the-pacific/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/forecasting-democratic-futures-in-asia-and-the-pacific/ Taiwan Strait Tensions: Don’t Blame the Victim https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/taiwan-strait-tensions-dont-blame-the-victim/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/taiwan-strait-tensions-dont-blame-the-victim/ Singapore’s Role as a Neutral Interpreter of China to the West https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/singapores-role-as-a-neutral-interpreter-of-china-to-the-west/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/singapores-role-as-a-neutral-interpreter-of-china-to-the-west/ Some China Contacts With Henry Kissinger https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/some-china-contacts-with-henry-kissinger/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/some-china-contacts-with-henry-kissinger/ Muslim-Majority Countries’ Complicity in the Uyghur Genocide https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/muslim-majority-countries-complicity-in-the-uyghur-genocide/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/muslim-majority-countries-complicity-in-the-uyghur-genocide/ Taiwan’s Election Isn’t About War. It’s About Clarity. https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/taiwans-election-isnt-about-war-its-about-clarity/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/taiwans-election-isnt-about-war-its-about-clarity/ Smackdown on O’Smach: Cambodia’s Path Out of Tier 3? https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/smackdown-on-osmach-cambodias-path-out-of-tier-3/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/smackdown-on-osmach-cambodias-path-out-of-tier-3/ Revisiting China: One Year After the White Paper Movement https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/revisiting-china-one-year-after-the-white-paper-movement/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/revisiting-china-one-year-after-the-white-paper-movement/ Cambodian PM’s First 100 Days Show Real Transfer of Power Yet to Come https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/cambodian-pms-first-100-days-show-real-transfer-of-power-yet-to-come/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/cambodian-pms-first-100-days-show-real-transfer-of-power-yet-to-come/ Want to Reset China-US Relations? Bring Back Fulbright China https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/want-to-reset-china-us-relations-bring-back-fulbright-china/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/want-to-reset-china-us-relations-bring-back-fulbright-china/ G7 President Japan Has a Final Chance for Energy Leadership at COP28 https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/g7-president-japan-has-a-final-chance-for-energy-leadership-at-cop28/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/g7-president-japan-has-a-final-chance-for-energy-leadership-at-cop28/ Indonesia’s Non-aligned Foreign Policy Is Not Neutral   https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/indonesias-non-aligned-foreign-policy-is-not-neutral/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/indonesias-non-aligned-foreign-policy-is-not-neutral/ The World Needs to Capitalize on the Gains of Myanmar’s Operation 1027 https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/the-world-needs-to-capitalize-on-the-gains-of-myanmars-operation-1027/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/the-world-needs-to-capitalize-on-the-gains-of-myanmars-operation-1027/ Taliban Leaders Get Medical Treatment Abroad While Afghan Women and Children Lack Basic Care  https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/taliban-leaders-get-medical-treatment-abroad-while-afghan-women-and-children-lack-basic-care/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/taliban-leaders-get-medical-treatment-abroad-while-afghan-women-and-children-lack-basic-care/ A New Myanmar Needs a New (Crypto) Currency https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/a-new-myanmar-needs-a-new-crypto-currency/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/a-new-myanmar-needs-a-new-crypto-currency/ It’s Time for a New Approach to Peace and Reconciliation in Afghanistan  https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/its-time-for-a-new-international-approach-for-peace-and-reconciliation-in-afghanistan/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/its-time-for-a-new-international-approach-for-peace-and-reconciliation-in-afghanistan/ A Diplomatic Tightrope: Taiwan’s Stance on the Israel-Hamas War https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/a-diplomatic-tightrope-taiwans-stance-on-the-israel-hamas-war/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/a-diplomatic-tightrope-taiwans-stance-on-the-israel-hamas-war/ The Slow, Insidious Attack on Freedom of Religion in Hong Kong https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/the-slow-insidious-attack-on-freedom-of-religion-in-hong-kong/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/the-slow-insidious-attack-on-freedom-of-religion-in-hong-kong/ Why the World Should Support Taiwan’s Participation in Interpol as an Observer https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/why-the-world-should-support-taiwans-participation-in-interpol-as-an-observer/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/why-the-world-should-support-taiwans-participation-in-interpol-as-an-observer/ Cambodia’s Traumatized Generation  https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/cambodias-traumatized-generation/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/cambodias-traumatized-generation/ Xinjiang vs Gaza: The West’s Shifting Definition of ‘Genocide’ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/xinjiang-vs-gaza-the-wests-shifting-definition-of-genocide/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/xinjiang-vs-gaza-the-wests-shifting-definition-of-genocide/ Gaza, Asia, and the Crisis in Global Governance https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/gaza-asia-and-the-crisis-in-global-governance/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/gaza-asia-and-the-crisis-in-global-governance/ Jokowi’s Washington Visit Could Boost Bilateral Ties – or Highlight Problems https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/jokowis-washington-visit-could-boost-bilateral-ties-or-highlight-problems/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/jokowis-washington-visit-could-boost-bilateral-ties-or-highlight-problems/ An Open Letter to Cambodia’s Hun Manet About His PhD Thesis https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/an-open-letter-to-cambodias-hun-manet-about-his-phd-thesis/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/an-open-letter-to-cambodias-hun-manet-about-his-phd-thesis/ Calling for Climate Solutions: A Story of Solidarity Across the Asia Pacific  https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/calling-for-climate-solutions-a-story-of-solidarity-across-the-asia-pacific/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/calling-for-climate-solutions-a-story-of-solidarity-across-the-asia-pacific/ Is China a Friend? Time for Israel to Decide. https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/is-china-a-friend-time-for-israel-to-decide/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/is-china-a-friend-time-for-israel-to-decide/ Indonesia’s Dramatic Turn Toward Semi-Authoritarianism and Dynastic Politics https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/indonesias-dramatic-turn-toward-semi-authoritarianism-and-dynastic-politics/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/indonesias-dramatic-turn-toward-semi-authoritarianism-and-dynastic-politics/ The West Can Support the People of Afghanistan via Central Asia https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/the-west-can-support-the-people-of-afghanistan-via-central-asia/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/the-west-can-support-the-people-of-afghanistan-via-central-asia/ A Turning Point for South Korea’s Weaponization of Defamation Laws? https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/a-turning-point-for-south-koreas-weaponization-of-defamation-laws/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/a-turning-point-for-south-koreas-weaponization-of-defamation-laws/ What the World Can Learn From 2 Taiwanese Activists Jailed in China https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/what-the-world-can-learn-from-2-taiwanese-activists-jailed-in-china/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/what-the-world-can-learn-from-2-taiwanese-activists-jailed-in-china/ International Condemnations of Myanmar’s Junta Must Translate into Actions to End Military Impunity https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/international-condemnations-of-myanmars-junta-must-translate-into-actions-to-end-military-impunity/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/international-condemnations-of-myanmars-junta-must-translate-into-actions-to-end-military-impunity/ Why RCEP Should Think Twice About Admitting Hong Kong https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/why-rcep-should-think-twice-about-admitting-hong-kong/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/why-rcep-should-think-twice-about-admitting-hong-kong/ How China Hinders Venezuelans’ Struggle for Democracy https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/how-china-hinders-venezuelans-struggle-for-democracy/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/how-china-hinders-venezuelans-struggle-for-democracy/ Cambodian Propaganda: Playing the Victim to Get Away With Murder https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/cambodian-propaganda-playing-the-victim-to-get-away-with-murder/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/cambodian-propaganda-playing-the-victim-to-get-away-with-murder/ On LGBTQ+ Issues, India Needs to Look Back to Look Ahead https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/on-lgbtq-issues-india-needs-to-look-back-to-look-ahead/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/on-lgbtq-issues-india-needs-to-look-back-to-look-ahead/ Restoring North Korea’s Childhood Immunization Program https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/restoring-north-koreas-childhood-immunization-program/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/restoring-north-koreas-childhood-immunization-program/ António Guterres Should Act on China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/antonio-guterres-should-act-on-chinas-genocide-of-the-uyghurs/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/antonio-guterres-should-act-on-chinas-genocide-of-the-uyghurs/ Newsom’s Big Test: China, Climate, and Human Rights https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/newsoms-big-test-china-climate-and-human-rights/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/newsoms-big-test-china-climate-and-human-rights/ The Growing Significance of Malaysia and Indonesia’s Non-Recognition of Israel https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/the-growing-significance-of-malaysia-and-indonesias-non-recognition-of-israel/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/the-growing-significance-of-malaysia-and-indonesias-non-recognition-of-israel/ Vietnam Must Do More to Support Women and Other Marginalized Communities https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/vietnam-must-do-more-to-support-women-and-other-marginalized-communities/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/vietnam-must-do-more-to-support-women-and-other-marginalized-communities/ North Korea’s Human Rights Abuses and Weapons of Mass Destruction Are Inextricably Linked https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/north-koreas-human-rights-abuses-and-weapons-of-mass-destruction-are-inextricably-linked/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/north-koreas-human-rights-abuses-and-weapons-of-mass-destruction-are-inextricably-linked/ No Media Lessons Learned From Thailand’s Siam Paragon Tragedy https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/no-media-lessons-learned-from-thailands-siam-paragon-tragedy/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/no-media-lessons-learned-from-thailands-siam-paragon-tragedy/ Canada’s Foreign Interference Inquiries Should Not Be Distracted by Diplomatic Struggles With India https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/canadas-foreign-interference-inquiries-should-not-be-distracted-by-diplomatic-struggles-with-india/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/canadas-foreign-interference-inquiries-should-not-be-distracted-by-diplomatic-struggles-with-india/ Bolivia Lithium Contracts Make It Complicit In China’s Uyghur Abuses https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/bolivia-lithium-contracts-make-it-complicit-in-chinas-uyghur-abuses/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/bolivia-lithium-contracts-make-it-complicit-in-chinas-uyghur-abuses/ 10 Years On: Why Strategic Trust Still Matters https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/10-years-on-why-strategic-trust-still-matters/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/10-years-on-why-strategic-trust-still-matters/ US Senators Need to Raise the Uyghur Genocide on Beijing Visit https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/us-senators-need-to-raise-the-uyghur-genocide-on-beijing-visit/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/us-senators-need-to-raise-the-uyghur-genocide-on-beijing-visit/ An Economist vs. Uzbekistan’s Silk Industry: Whose Facts Matter? https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/an-economist-vs-uzbekistans-silk-industry-whose-facts-matter/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/an-economist-vs-uzbekistans-silk-industry-whose-facts-matter/ The Cambodian Regime Is a Key Element in China’s Regional Expansion Strategy https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/the-cambodian-regime-is-a-key-element-in-chinas-regional-expansion-strategy/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/the-cambodian-regime-is-a-key-element-in-chinas-regional-expansion-strategy/ Time for International Travel Companies to End ‘Genocide Tours’ to the Uyghur Region https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/time-for-international-travel-companies-to-end-genocide-tours-to-the-uyghur-region/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/time-for-international-travel-companies-to-end-genocide-tours-to-the-uyghur-region/ The Case for an Alliance of Semiconductor Producing Nations  https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/the-case-for-an-alliance-of-semiconductor-producing-nations/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/the-case-for-an-alliance-of-semiconductor-producing-nations/ China’s Unjust Life Sentence for Uyghur Scholar Rahile Dawut Is a Tragic Loss for Humanity https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/chinas-unjust-life-sentence-for-uyghur-scholar-rahile-dawut-is-a-tragic-loss-for-humanity/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/chinas-unjust-life-sentence-for-uyghur-scholar-rahile-dawut-is-a-tragic-loss-for-humanity/ UN Human Rights Chief Demands Urgent Action to End ‘Unspeakable Tragedy’ in Myanmar https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/un-human-rights-chief-demands-urgent-action-to-end-unspeakable-tragedy-in-myanmar/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/un-human-rights-chief-demands-urgent-action-to-end-unspeakable-tragedy-in-myanmar/ Hun Manet 1, US State Department 0 https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/hun-manet-1-us-state-department-0/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/hun-manet-1-us-state-department-0/ Why Boris Johnson Is Wrong About the British Indian Ocean Territory https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/why-boris-johnson-is-wrong-about-the-british-indian-ocean-territory/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/why-boris-johnson-is-wrong-about-the-british-indian-ocean-territory/ Myanmar’s Military Junta Is Weaponizing Access to Life-Saving Vaccines https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/myanmars-military-junta-is-weaponizing-access-to-life-saving-vaccines/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/myanmars-military-junta-is-weaponizing-access-to-life-saving-vaccines/ Thailand’s New Government is Failing the LGBTQ Community https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/thailands-new-government-is-failing-the-lgbtq-community/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/thailands-new-government-is-failing-the-lgbtq-community/ Antisemitism Exists in China, Too https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/antisemitism-exists-in-china-too/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/antisemitism-exists-in-china-too/ Is There Any Southeast Asian Autocrat That the US Won’t Do Business With? https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/is-there-any-southeast-asian-autocrat-that-the-us-wont-do-business-with/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/is-there-any-southeast-asian-autocrat-that-the-us-wont-do-business-with/ Fostering Global Collaboration Amid Volatile Geopolitics and Technology Bans https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/fostering-global-collaboration-amid-volatile-geopolitics-and-technology-bans/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/fostering-global-collaboration-amid-volatile-geopolitics-and-technology-bans/ The US-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Is Not All About China https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/the-u-s-vietnam-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-is-not-all-about-china/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/the-u-s-vietnam-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-is-not-all-about-china/ President Biden Should Not Overlook Vietnam’s Rights Crisis https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/president-biden-should-not-overlook-vietnams-rights-crisis/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/president-biden-should-not-overlook-vietnams-rights-crisis/ Betrayal of China’s Muslims Undermines the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Credibility 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