Explosive Remnants of War in the Pacific
Palm trees shade the white-sand beaches fringing the shimmering water. It’s a picture of paradise. Beneath the surface, however, this paradise bears the scars of a turbulent past; under the sand, below...
View ArticleUttarakhand Tragedy: Religious Tourism and Overdevelopment
Seventy-nine-year-old Abha Sharma perks up the moment you step into her room and asks after her two grandchildren. Have Shweta and Aveek come back? On hearing an answer in the negative, she sinks into...
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Karakoram Highway: China’s Treacherous Pakistan Corridor
When a Chinese company took control of Pakistan’s deep-sea Gwadar Port in February, much of the commentary focused on whether or not it heralded a Chinese military vanguard in the region. Though...
View ArticleAsia Eyes The Arctic
In May this year, Japan, China, India, South Korea, Singapore and Italy were admitted as permanent observers to the Arctic Council—a forum bringing together the eight Arctic member states (United...
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The Deep Sea Resources Rush
Insatiable demand for minerals and rare earth elements, coupled with dwindling resources on land have stakeholders across the world looking to a new frontier: the deep sea. Advancing mining...
View ArticleMongolia Joins Shale Revolution, But at What Cost?
This spring, Genie Energy signed an agreement with the government of Mongolia, under which its subsidiary will explore oil shale over a five year period. Statements to the press have spun the agreement...
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Mahendraparvata: Cambodia’s Archaeological Rebirth
In the popular imagination, Cambodia calls to mind two polarizing images: Angkor Wat and the nation’s bloody recent history under the iron-fisted rule of dictator Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. As the...
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Shark Finning: Appetite for Extinction?
A trip to the fishing docks of Kesennuma City, Japan, is not for the squeamish. With assembly line efficiency, men clad in industrial overalls oversee a process that begins with an early morning mass...
View ArticleThe Rise of Chinese Space Junk
In one of this fall’s most anticipated blockbusters, Gravity, an astronaut duo played by George Clooney and Sandra Bullock are left adrift in space after their shuttle is destroyed. The culprit is...
View ArticleCambodian Flood Victims Drowning in Debt
With tears streaming down her face, 36-year-old El Sarifat describes how she is “terrified” of losing the modest wooden two-tier home she shares with 13 relatives. She returned to the house that...
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