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OBITUARY: Arief Budiman (3 January 1941-23 April 2020)

  • Professor Vedi Hadiz,

The passing of Arief Budiman marks the end of an era.

Women leaders in the Asia-Pacific have more to offer in fighting COVID-19

  • Mohammad Naciri ,

For women and girls in conflict settings the added vulnerabilities due to COVID-19 are especially shocking.

American Bioweapon or the ‘China Virus’? The War of Words over COVID-19

  • Melissa Conley Tyler, Tiffany Liu ,

The United States and China have been using increasingly strong rhetoric around COVID-19.

What war-related sexual violence against Japanese women in Manchuria tells us about democracy in contemporary Japan

  • Dr Mayuko Itoh,

At the end of WWII, numerous Japanese women who resided in colonised areas of Imperial Japan were subject to sexual violence.

The shrinking democratic space in India: uncivil society and an illiberal state

  • Associate Professor Sarbeswar Sahoo,

There’s been a severe crackdown on the civic space in India under PM Nahrendra Modi, which has accelerated previous trends.

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