War in the East China Sea could happen by accident
Wars have a nasty habit of starting unintentionally. In this particular year, it’s as well to remember Sarajevo. And by the way, what happened to China's "peaceful rise"?
- 6 January 2014South Korea to block North's new online propaganda platform
South Korean authorities are set to request the blocking of recent North Korea propaganda efforts on Facebook
- 7 June 2013North Korea blocks Kaesong access again
For the second day running, North Korea has blocked South Korea's access to the Kaesong Industrial Complex, raising fears of an attack
- 4 April 2013The Political Pubcast: North Korea, Free Speech and Welfare Reform
The all new pubcast returns (Huh?) with Alex Wickham and Charlotte Henry discussing the hot topics of the week with host Raheem Kassam
- 4 April 2013Access to "critical" Kaesong industrial complex delayed for South Koreans
One of the crucial signs of North and South Korean dialogue is being threatened as South Koreans are denied access to the Kaesong industrial complex
- 3 April 2013Heavens on Earth: Exploiting human ingenuity
Thanks to free market capitalism more people are living better than ever before. Sadly, this lesson still needs reaffirming
- 2 April 201356 days and 90,000 troops: The US plan to confront North Korea
A recent war game showed that the United States would require 56 days and over 90,000 troops to sufficiently counter a failed nuclear state such as North Korea
- 1 April 2013North Korea's posturing is simple fiscal extortion
The tensions that started in December over the successful rocket and satellite launch by North Korea have dragged on into this month
- 30 March 2013North Korea declares "state of war" with South Korea
North Korea has announced that it is entering a "state of war" with South Korea, but some say critical signs of war are not yet there
- 30 March 2013No contest: Capitalism vs socialism
We should celebrate how capitalism has made the poor substantially richer. And we must hope that it is not a lesson our political class forgets entirely
- 19 March 2013Converting economic supremacy into cultural dominance
With Asian economies on the verge of accounting for the majority of the world's output, it may be a matter of time before economic dominance is converted into cultural dominance
- 28 December 2012What is happening in Egypt to the Copts is the Kristallnacht of our times.
Whatever the origins of the West's unwillingness to recognise the existence of religion as a causal agent of conflict, this is a naivety which we can no longer afford to possess.
- 11 October 2011