EA on China Radio International: A (Censored) Chat With Beijing About US Democracy
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 More
Asia
EA on Times Radio: China’s Caution Over Putin’s Failing Ukraine Invasion
“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 More
EA on International TV and Radio: Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan
As US House Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan, analysis of the political dynamics, including the consequences for Asia and for US-China relations
Read More
EA on RTE and BBC: The US Assassination of Al Qa’eda Leader Al-Zawahiri
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 More
US Kills Al Qa’eda Leader Al-Zawahiri
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 More
EA on Pakistan’s PTV World: How Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Unsettled China and the BRICS Summit
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 More
EA on TRT World and CNN 18: Biden, Taiwan-China, and The Quad Summit
Analyzing significance of a summit among “The Quad” — Japan, Australia, India, and US — in Tokyo with commitments on economic bloc and maritime security
Read More
Imran Khan Is Not The Threat to Pakistan’s System — But What is the Solution?
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 More
EA on talkRADIO and CNN 18: Mr Johnson’s Diversions in India
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 More
EA on CNN 18: Honesty About Human Rights in India
On human rights in India: “Discrimination, violence, & injustice — wherever it occurs, from Washington to Beijing to Delhi — should not be brushed aside.”
Read More
The Walk Towards India’s Mass Killings Is No Longer Slow
“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 More
EA on WION News and CNN 18: Imran Khan v. the Pakistan System
“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 More
EA on China Radio International: Addressing China’s Views on Ukraine War, NATO, and EU
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 More
EA on CNN 18: India’s Tightrope Walk Over Russian War on Ukraine
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 More
UPDATE: “We Feel Stranded” — India’s Students in Ukraine
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 More
UPDATE: A Country of Starvation — Is There A Will to Save Millions in Afghanistan?
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 More
India Slow-Walks Towards Mass Killing
“Acts of targeted intimidation and threats of violence against a minority community, with extremist rhetoric, are now part of India’s political machinery.”
Read More
“I Had No Hope Left”: How An Ex-NATO Contractor Finally Escaped Afghanistan
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 More
New Footage of US Drone Strike That Killed 10 Family Members in Afghanistan
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 More
Why India’s Modi Government Is Trying to Shut Down Political Comedy
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 More
EA on Pakistan’s PTV World: The Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan — What Is to Be Done?
50-minute discussion of humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, amid the opening of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation conference in Islamabad, Pakistan
Read More
Want to Deal With Climate Change? Then You Have to Deal With Afghanistan.
Effort v. climate change still overlooking Afghanistan, where drought is threatening millions of people pursuing “survival and getting through next day”.
Read More
Hunger, Rights, and Politics: Assessing the Crisis in Afghanistan
Kambaiz Rafi and Scott Lucas discuss the Taliban, humanitarian crisis, and politics of Afghanistan: “Afghan people seem to be expendable in this.”
Read More
EA on EuroNews: The Biden-Xi Virtual Summit
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 More
Biden and Xi Pledge Cooperation…But Xi Issues “Playing With Fire” Warning on Taiwan
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 More
EA on BBC: The US-China Agreement Over Climate Change
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?
Read More
EA on ANews: France’s Macron v. Australia’s Morrison over the Nuclear Submarine Deal
Essential context latest flare-up between French President Macron and Australian Prime Minister Morrison over Australia-UK-US nuclear submarines deal
Read More
EA on Radio FM4: Missing the Point Over Biden, Taiwan, and China
Misreading Joe Biden’s latest statement, as US seeks containment of China and Beijing looks for primacy in an alternative economic and political system
Read More
Kunduz to Kandahar: Two Explosions Damage Afghanistan’s Hazara Community
Bombing of an Afghanistan community: “We’re living in fear. After Kandahar, it is evident that the Hazaras and Shias are an easy target for the terrorists.”
Read More
Iran and Azerbaijan Renew Verbal Clashes
Verbal clashes between Iran and Azerbaijan resume, only 3 days after Foreign Ministers’ call supposedly eased tensions, with allegations of drug trafficking.
Read More
