All posts by "YoungDiplomats Editorial Team"

Ernest W. Adams  suggested political independence; while political institutions matter, independence per se doesn’t lead to growth. An independent China regressed in the mid-20th century while Hong Kong, a British ...

What happened in Orlando? Fifty people have been killed and another 53 injured after a gun attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida around 2am on Sunday. It is the ...

Low oil prices and a weak global economy have thrown a wrench in many countries’ plans to develop and exploit their untouched energy resources. But for Mozambique, those plans may ...

Analysis A coordinated attack is believed to be underway in Indonesia’s capital city, Jakarta. At least seven explosions were reported in the downtown area along with multiple exchanges of fire. ...

A growing culture of drug trafficking and use needs strong action. Along its western front, Pakistan shares a 2250 km long border with the war-torn country of Afghanistan. The fact ...

New found freedoms and old restraints still control clash in modern China.  My fascination with China began in 1989. I was 14 then and the image of the man who ...

2015 was the year authoritarian governments struck back against democratic pressures. The story of 2015 in Southeast Asia was Myanmar’s November election. In giving the National League for Democracy and ...

As I entered the villager’s house in coastal Papua and removed my shoes, I was told to bring them in inside – otherwise the Orang Wamena (mountain clan) would steal ...

As Ban Ki-moon’s current tenure comes to a close in 2016, January sees the start of the marathon campaign for the selection of a new UN Secretary-General. After months of ...

The year 2015 may have marked the end of an era in Chinese journalism. Until recently, liberal, commercial print media engaged in aggressive and influential reporting that also formed part ...