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Archives: Asia
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Plummeting in Polls, will Trump ‘Wag the Dog’ with Iran, N. Korea?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Voice of America reports that on Thursday, Trump met with US military leaders to discuss Iran and North Korea, then staged a…![Can the West Help the Rohingya of Myanmar/ Burma?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/can-the-west-help-the-rohingya-o-187x137.jpg)
Can the West Help the Rohingya of Myanmar/ Burma?
By Ludovica Marchi | (LSE: British Politics and Policy) | - - Violence in Myanmar has resulted in more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims leaving the country and seeking refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh.Ludovica…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/pic2-1-187x137.png)
Colonial Legacy: When Dutch ‘Policing’ Op tried to bring down Indonesian Republic
By Anne-Ruth Wertheim | (Informed Comment) | - - (This essay irst appeared in Dutch in De Groene Amsterdammer) Inexplicable sounds entered our internment camp Seventy years ago this year the Netherlands…![Rohingya Genocide: Why isn’t the World Community Doing Something?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/rohingya-genocide-why-isnt-the-w-187x137.jpg)
Rohingya Genocide: Why isn’t the World Community Doing Something?
By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | - - The Rohingya of Myanmar are probably passing through the darkest time in their history, with the international community standing almost idle. While the…![EV Game-Changer: China dumping Gasoline Cars even Sooner](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/ev-game-changer-china-dumping-ga-187x137.jpg)
EV Game-Changer: China dumping Gasoline Cars even Sooner
By Zoran Radosavljevic | EURACTIV.com China announced on Thursday (28 September) it would start phasing out fossil fuel cars and set a 10% minimum quota of “new energy vehicles” in 2019, in…![Taliban target SecDef Mattis Helicopter in Kabul, hit Airport](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/taliban-target-secdef-mattis-hel-187x137.jpg)
Taliban target SecDef Mattis Helicopter in Kabul, hit Airport
TeleSur | - - U.S. forces responded with an airstrike but one of the missiles went off course in a “malfunction,” causing several casualties. Kabul's airport has been attacked by militants during…![Is Trump setting US course toward War with China?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/is-trump-setting-us-course-towar-187x137.jpg)
Is Trump setting US course toward War with China?
By Alfred W. McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - [This piece has been adapted and expanded from Alfred W. McCoy’s new book, In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise…![Rohingya crisis: this is what genocide looks like](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/rohingya-crisis-this-is-what-gen-187x128.jpg)
Rohingya crisis: this is what genocide looks like
By Alicia de la Cour Venning | (The Conversation) | - - The world is witnessing a state-orchestrated humanitarian catastrophe on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border. The latest UN figures show a staggering 370,000…![As Muslims rally for the Rohingya, what About the Rest of Us?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/as-muslims-rally-for-the-rohingy-187x137.jpg)
As Muslims rally for the Rohingya, what About the Rest of Us?
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | - - If only Muslims reach out to help the Rohingya, the international community will suffer another blow to its reputation.…![How did the Persecution of Burma’s Rohingya Arise?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/how-did-the-persecution-of-burma-187x137.jpg)
How did the Persecution of Burma’s Rohingya Arise?
By Engy Abdelkader, JD, LL.M. | (The Conversation) | - - Some 420,000 Rohingya Muslims, a religious and ethnic minority community in Myanmar, have fled to neighboring Bangladesh since August this year.…![Are US troops in Afghanistan causing Talibanism?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/are-us-troops-in-afghanistan-cau-187x137.jpg)
Are US troops in Afghanistan causing Talibanism?
By Ann Jones | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Here we go again! Years after most Americans forgot about the longest war this country ever fought, American soldiers are again being deployed…![Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: “The Army… burned down my house.”](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/muslim-rohingya-refugees-from-bu-187x137.jpg)
Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: “The Army… burned down my house.”
TeleSur | - - "The army came and burned down my house. I was inside the house at that time," one survivor said. Rohingya refugees arriving at treatment centers in Bangladesh covered…![China to buy $300 mn. in Lab-Grown Meat from Israel](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/china-to-buy-300-mn-in-lab-grown-187x137.jpg)
China to buy $300 mn. in Lab-Grown Meat from Israel
TeleSur | - - China currently imports approximately £10 billion worth of meat annually to help feed its 1.4 billion people. China has signed a multimillion-dollar deal to purchase lab-grown meat from…![Trump as Stephen King’s ‘It’: Lashing out at Clinton, N. Korea](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/trump-as-stephen-kings-it-lashin-187x137.jpg)
Trump as Stephen King’s ‘It’: Lashing out at Clinton, N. Korea
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Beltway Bandits who are always opining about Trump transitioning from campaign mode to presidential stature, and pronouncing after he does something petulant,…![Can Turkey’s Erdogan ride Rohingya Crisis to global Muslim Leadership?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/can-turkeys-erdogan-ride-rohingy-187x137.jpg)
Can Turkey’s Erdogan ride Rohingya Crisis to global Muslim Leadership?
By Simon P. Watmough | The Conversation | - - The emerging humanitarian crisis that has been rocking Myanmar - where an estimated 370,000 Rohingya have been forced out of the country…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/2f4Ga8y-750x449-1-187x137.png)
Floridians with Solar Inverters had Electricity after Irma & other Green energy success stories
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - After Hurricane Irma in Florida, millions have been without electricity. But those Floridians who had solar panels plus an inverter or a Tesla…![Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It’s too Late](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/burma-muslims-dear-peace-nobelis-187x137.jpg)
Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It’s too Late
By Farhana Haque Rahman, Director General, Inter Press Service | (IPS) | - - Rohingya refugees trudge through the rain and mud as they arrive at Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh after days…![UN: Rohingya Crisis ‘Textbook Example’ of Ethnic Cleansing](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/un-rohingya-crisis-textbook-exam-187x137.jpg)
UN: Rohingya Crisis ‘Textbook Example’ of Ethnic Cleansing
TeleSur | - - Top U.N. official Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said the "brutal security operation" against the Rohingya was "clearly disproportionate" response to the attacks led by the insurgent The United…![China studies Banning fossil fuel Car, going 100% Electric](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010210026im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/china-studies-banning-fossil-fue-187x137.jpg)