Asia Pacific

Vietnam: The War That Never Ends for the U.S. Military High Command

Maj. Danny Sjursen / TomDispatch Jan 30, 2018 The vast majority of senior American military officers are refighting the Vietnam War through the books they read, the scholarship they publish and the policies they continue to pursue in the Greater Middle East. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Water Scarcity Threatens India and South Africa

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Jan 23, 2018 More than a third of India’s electricity supply is at risk from water scarcity, which also threatens urban life in parts of South Africa. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Never Forget Nagasaki

Rory Fanning / Jacobin Jan 20, 2018 Two U.S. military veterans go to Japan to discuss the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the urgent need for nuclear disarmament. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Rival Koreas to Form First Unified Olympic Team

HYUNG-JIN KIM / The Associated Press Jan 17, 2018 The agreements still require approval from the International Olympic Committee, but they are prominent steps toward rapprochement. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Pakistanis Draw a Line Against Guns: We Will Not Dance to War Drums

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig Jan 4, 2018 A small but persistent group in Pakistan—fed up with firearm violence among the populace—challenges a deeply ingrained gun culture. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Shedding Light on Trump in China

Sam Husseini Nov 11, 2017 Reflections by Henry Rosemont, the late author and scholar of Chinese philosophy, help in trying to understand the president. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Talking Tough on Trade, Trump Pushes ‘America First’ in Asia

Jill Colvin and Jonathan Lemire / AP Nov 10, 2017 "We are not going to let the United States be taken advantage of anymore," Trump tells CEOs on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

In Seoul, Trump Calls for North Korea to ‘Make a Deal’

Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin Nov 7, 2017 On his first day on the peninsula, the president again pushed Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons but sounded optimistic, saying “ultimately, it’ll all work out.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Best We Could Do

Janice G. Raymond / Truthdig Apr 8, 2017 I thought graphic novels were kid stuff -- and there is no better book to prove me wrong than this turbulent memoir of a Vietnamese family. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Edward Snowden: New Russian ‘Big Brother’ Law Would Savage Privacy and Personal Freedoms

Staff / Truthdig Jun 27, 2016 The NSA whistleblower called the law moving through Russia's Legislature an “unworkable, unjustifiable violation of rights” that would “take money and liberty from every Russian without improving safety.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The ‘Grown-Up’ in the GOP Race: John Kasich Is Far From a Kindly Father Figure to the Palestinians

Sandy Tolan / Truthdig Apr 16, 2016 His ideas for “solving problems” in the Holy Land are stale, predictable and stamped with the Israel lobby’s seal of approval. Other than that, though, they’re great. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Kiss Was Just A Kiss: Hillary Clinton’s March to the Radical Right on Israel

Sandy Tolan / Truthdig Mar 31, 2016 Back in 1999, she air-kissed Yasser Arafat's wife and dared to utter the word "Palestine." Today, she is being embraced by billionaires and neoconservatives who help bankroll her campaign and believe Israel can do no wrong. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )