China’s latest Five-Year Plan—the state’s primary policy blueprint—cements the country’s transition toward economic growth centered on productivity and social development. To achieve the latter, the central government has increasingly rewar...
Community-driven conservation initiatives approach environmental conservation through local participation, decentralized management, and the integration of community and Indigenous knowledge into conservation practices. These models have gained incre...
The 1946 Tokyo War Crimes Trials, carried out by the Allied powers during postwar occupation, marked one of the first attempts to reckon with the atrocities committed by the Japanese Army during the Second World War. 28 men, many of whom were archite...
It was a little over five years ago that Shinzo Abe, Japan’s 90th Prime Minister, unceremoniously resigned his post amidst government scandal. He had been at the helm of Japan’s government only a year, and, at the time of his resignation, enjoyed...
It was a little over five years ago that Shinzo Abe, Japan’s 90th Prime Minister, unceremoniously resigned his post amidst government scandal. He had been at the helm of Japan’s government only a year, and, at the time of his resignation, enjoyed...
I lived in India for all of my life and I still don’t understand the political climate of my country. Sure it’s a democracy–but how is it still a democracy? Democratic Theory states that poverty, widespread illiteracy, and a deeply hierarch...
I lived in India for all of my life and I still don’t understand the political climate of my country. Sure it’s a democracy–but how is it still a democracy? Democratic Theory states that poverty, widespread illiteracy, and a deeply hierarch...