How India’s System Betrays Rape Victims
Ten years after a high-profile case galvanized protest in India, activists and family members see no improvement in security and justice for victims of rape.
Read Moreby Esha Mitra | Dec 22, 2022 | Asia, What's New, World | 0
Ten years after a high-profile case galvanized protest in India, activists and family members see no improvement in security and justice for victims of rape.
Read More55-minute special: UK political and economic turmoil; China’s “Leader for Life” Xi will talk tough but move carefully; Iran’s protests for rights v. regime
Read Moreby Deepa Parent | Oct 16, 2022 | Asia, World | 0
India’s women look beyond “historic” Supreme Court decision on abortion rights to concerns about class inequality and prejudice maintaining barriers.
Read Moreby Deepa Parent | Oct 4, 2022 | Asia, World | 0
Women protesting the suicide bombing of a school in Afghanistan, which killed 35 young Hazara women and girls, have been beaten and shot at by the Taliban.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Sep 20, 2022 | Asia, Audio, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Media, US, World | 0
China Radio International asks Scott Lucas to chat about the issues of corruption and money in US politics — and censors some answers it didn’t expect.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Sep 16, 2022 | Asia, Audio, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Europe, Media, Russia, World | 1
“China’s priority is not propping up Putin in eastern Europe, but maintaining its interests in Asia — including at the expense of a declining Russia.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Aug 3, 2022 | Asia, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Media, US, Video, World | 2
As US House Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan, analysis of the political dynamics, including the consequences for Asia and for US-China relations
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Aug 2, 2022 | Asia, Audio, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Media, US, Video, World | 0
Analyzing US assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri and its consequences: Al Qa’eda as a “spent force” and the significance for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Aug 2, 2022 | Asia, US, World | 1
US forces have killed Al Qa’eda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike on Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, almost 21 years after the 9/11 attacks.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jun 24, 2022 | Asia, Europe, World | 0
Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, BRICS summit features China’s caution; balancing by Brazil, India, and South Africa; and a bloc lacking coherence.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | May 25, 2022 | Asia, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Media, Video, What's New, World | 0
Analyzing significance of a summit among “The Quad” — Japan, Australia, India, and US — in Tokyo with commitments on economic bloc and maritime security
Read Moreby Talat Farooq | May 24, 2022 | Asia, World | 3
Is Imran Khan the threat to Pakistani democracy and stability? Or are he and his supporters a last chance in a fight v. endemic corruption and manipulation?
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Apr 23, 2022 | Asia, Audio, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Media, UK, World | 0
On Boris Johnson’s diversion: “Hope was to go to India & talk about a Free Trade Area that will somehow happen by October, rather than talk about Partygate”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Apr 15, 2022 | Asia, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Media, Video, World | 0
On human rights in India: “Discrimination, violence, & injustice — wherever it occurs, from Washington to Beijing to Delhi — should not be brushed aside.”
Read Moreby Hasan Patel | Apr 14, 2022 | Asia, World | 4
“With provocations in Muslim areas of India, threats to Muslim women, & bulldozing of Muslim homes, I fear slow walk toward mass killing is now brisk march.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Apr 10, 2022 | Asia, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Media, Video, World | 0
“Prime Minister Imran Khan is taking on the entire Pakistani system — the courts, the legislature, his own military — by using the US as a pretext.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Apr 8, 2022 | Analysis, Asia, Audio, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Europe, World | 0
Analysis, on China State radio, challenging Beijing’s views on NATO/EU and countering Chinese professor’s call to “eliminate moral discussion” of Ukraine
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Mar 23, 2022 | Asia, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Europe, Media, Russia, Video, World | 0
Analyzing India’s “tightrope walk” between economic and military links with Moscow and risk of appearing to support or excuse Vladimir Putin’s invasion
Read Moreby Deepa Parent | Feb 15, 2022 | Asia, Europe, World | 0
India’s students wait with uncertainty in Ukraine amid threat of Russia’s invasion: “Utter panic here. We haven’t been told whether we should stay or leave”
Read Moreby Subhaan Siddiq | Feb 14, 2022 | Asia, World | 1
After decades of war, more than 1/2 of Afghanistan’s 39 million people need urgent assistance amid food insecurity, but politics means they may not get it.
Read Moreby Hasan Patel | Feb 12, 2022 | Asia, World | 0
“Acts of targeted intimidation and threats of violence against a minority community, with extremist rhetoric, are now part of India’s political machinery.”
Read Moreby Deepa Parent | Jan 26, 2022 | Asia, World | 0
An Afghan contractor was left behind by NATO: “I felt abandoned by them and all these years of working for them felt insignificant. Help us & our families.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 20, 2022 | Asia, US, World | 0
Video released of August 29 US drone strikes killing 10 members of family in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, after father was mistaken for ISIS-K “terrorist”.
Read Moreby Pragyaa Chandel | Dec 27, 2021 | Asia, World | 0
Since India’s Narendra Modi took power in 2014, his officials have tried to shut down political satire. Vir Das’s “Two Indias” is the latest case.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 18, 2021 | Asia, World | 0
50-minute discussion of humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, amid the opening of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation conference in Islamabad, Pakistan
Read Moreby Sandra Malone | Dec 13, 2021 | Asia, World | 0
Effort v. climate change still overlooking Afghanistan, where drought is threatening millions of people pursuing “survival and getting through next day”.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 1, 2021 | Asia, World | 0
Kambaiz Rafi and Scott Lucas discuss the Taliban, humanitarian crisis, and politics of Afghanistan: “Afghan people seem to be expendable in this.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 17, 2021 | Asia, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Media, US, Video, World | 2
Analyzing the virtual conversation between US President Joe Biden and China’s leader Xi Jinping, evaluating an advance in contact if not on issues.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 16, 2021 | Asia, US, World | 0
President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have pledged cooperation and “a readiness to build consensus” in a virtual discussion of more than 3 hours.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 14, 2021 | Asia, US, World | 0
The US-China agreement on climate change: what are the provisions, how does it co-exist with US-China confrontation on other issues, and will it matter?
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