This Week in Asia: July 14, 2023

After 116 Years, Japan Raised Age of Consent for Sex to 16. What Took So Long?

July 07, 2023

After 116 Years, Japan Raised Age of Consent for Sex to 16. What Took So Long?

By Priyanka Borpujari

Even in recent history, courts in Japan often looked at consent through a narrow lens.

What Americans Don’t Understand About the Conflict in Myanmar

July 07, 2023

What Americans Don’t Understand About the Conflict in Myanmar

By Zaw Wai Soe

This struggle is not a civil war. It is a revolutionary struggle to extricate the military from the country’s politics on a permanent basis.

KJ-600: The Eye in the Sky for China’s Future Carriers

July 06, 2023

KJ-600: The Eye in the Sky for China’s Future Carriers

By Rick Joe

Assessing what we know so far about China’s fixed-wing carrier-based airborne early warning and control (AEWC) aircraft. 

China-India Border Escalations: A Triangular Explanation

July 05, 2023

China-India Border Escalations: A Triangular Explanation

By Ghulam Ali

Why have Sino-Indian border tensions exploded? Three factors are at work: the border disputes, the rise of nationalist leaders in both countries, and the impact of geopolitics.

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