December 2019 - Asian Affairs

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Editorial

Editorial

By Asian Affairs | December, 2019December, 2019

Letters

Letters

By Asian Affairs | December, 2019December, 2019

East Asian economy

THE ROAD MORE TRAVELLED: Tokyo’s famous Shibuya ‘Scramble’ Crossing

Lessons from East Asia’s bubbles

By Duncan Bartlett | December, 2019December, 2019

US foreign policy

ONE ACCORD: President Tayyip Erdogan (l) and President Vladimir Putin shake hands following talks in Sochi on Oct. 22, 2019

Exit wounds

By Lawrence Sellin | December, 2019December, 2019

Counter-terrorism

DEATH OF A MONSTER: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died in a US Special Operations raid on Oct. 26

Fall of a brutal leader

By Sam Kessler | December, 2019December, 2019

Siachen Glacier

SNOW PATROL: Indian soldiers at the Siachen Glacier, which is opening to tourists

Cold calculation

By Dr Sudha Ramachandran | December, 2019December, 2019

Environmental issues

POLLUTED CITY: A traffic policeman in protective mask, New Delhi

Smog clouds over Delhi – again

By Nicholas Nugent | December, 2019December, 2019

Pakistan

UNDER PRESSURE: Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan

Keeping the wolves from the door

By Rahimullah Yusufzai | December, 2019December, 2019

Japan & South Korea

POSTIVE PRESS: K Pop stars Twice are hugely popular in Japan

Headaches and headlines

By Duncan Bartlett | December, 2019December, 2019

National security

COPS & LAWYERS: The Nov. 2 clash in New Delhi

Why India needs a robust criminal justice system

By Jitendra Kumar Ojha | December, 2019December, 2019

Sri Lanka

POLL POSITION: Voters in Colombo queue to cast their votes during Sri Lanka’s Nov. 16 presidential election

Rajapaksas back in the saddle

By Neville de Silva | December, 2019December, 2019

Southeast Asia

WHITE ELEPHANT: Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port

China’s long shadow

By G. Parthasarathy | December, 2019December, 2019

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