China may be pivotal to the outcome.
- Emeritus Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University
Seorang negosiator yang terlibat dalam negosiasi awal untuk membebaskan Phillip Mehrtens dari kelompok bersenjata di Papua Barat menjelaskan kebuntuan saat ini dan apa yang terjadi sekarang.
A negotiator in early talks to free Phillip Mehrtens from West Papuan independence rebels explains the current stalemate and what might happen now.
Serangan di Sri Lanka baru-baru ini tampaknya memiliki lebih banyak kemiripan dengan Al-Qaeda daripada kekerasan etnis-agama di masa lalu yang menginginkan perubahan politik tertentu.
By inciting religious hatred, the recent attacks in Sri Lanka appear to have more in common with Al-Qaeda than past ethno-religious violence, which has sought specific political change.
Despite the passionate for which they are usually fought, independence movements are rarely successful and their outcomes less than hoped for.
The massive but largely benign earthquake off the coast of Sumatra on Wednesday left millions in Aceh reliving the nightmare that engulfed them on Boxing Day 2004. On that day, a similarly large earthquake…
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