In a sudden breakthrough in the Syrian civil war, rebel groups rolled into Damascus on Sunday and overthrew President Bashar al-Assad, putting an end to decades of his family’s dictatorial rule. There has been much commentary...
Political turmoil in Bangladesh reached a climax this month as a student-led protest movement ousted Sheikh Hasina from her 15-year tenure as prime minister. The movement began with peaceful protests against a quota system for...
More than three years after the military’s coup d’état, Myanmar remains engulfed in instability and civil war. China has more leverage in Myanmar than any other foreign power, and the ongoing crisis along the China-Myanmar...
When Lieutenant-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya staged a military coup and detained Guinean President Alpha Condé on September 5, officials in Beijing were not pleased. The small West African country plays a crucial role in China’s...
Disinformation linking Myanmar’s recent coup d’état to Chinese influence has inspired anti-China protests in the capital, Yangon. Protesters’ suspicions were inflamed by a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and...
At South China Morning Post, Jun Mai reports that the director of the General Office of the...
After the violent crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi by Egypt’s...
Foreign Policy’s Passport blog surveys the wealth of rumors that have emerged about a coup in Beijing orchestrated by allies of the recently-deposed Bo Xilai: Western media has extensively covered the political turmoil:...
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