From cholera to coronavirus Analysis How prisons in contemporary India continue to follow the colonial handbook. By Amanda Lanzillo
A brief history of moments indoors Commentary Marginal notes on a collaborative journal of lockdown By Sunila Galappatti
How Can the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Be More Relevant in Northeast Asia? Commentary 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the landmark United Nations Security Council resolution on Women, Peace and Security. What still needs to evolve in countries in Northeast Asia to realise the resolution’s goals? By Kozue Akibayashi
On the periphery Reportage India’s sex workers were vulnerable even before the pandemic. By Avantika Mehta
From pleasure to protest Commentary On how food helps us connect, exhibit power and protest. By Vidya Balachander
The rise of extremes Podcast Across South Asia, COVID-19 has exacerbated inequality and overshadowed climate change.
On the Anti-Austerity Green New Deal E-paper In response to the climate crisis and the growing inequality and poverty due to neoliberalism, a series of anti-austerity Green New Deal (GND) proposals have been presented in Europe and the United States since 2018. pdf
South Korea’s Reforms Should not be Called a Green New Deal Commentary South Korea has put forth a “Green New Deal”, whose ambiguous targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and failure to propose a just transition to clean energy make the program unworthy of its name. By Lee Yujin
Asia’s Covid-19 Response and the Road to a Green Recovery Analysis The unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic has forced governments around the world to adopt drastic fiscal responses. Moving from relief to stimulus provides an opportunity to avoid carbon-dependent, unjust, and unhealthy investments and to ensure a climate- friendly, and socially and environmentally just recovery. By C.P. Chandrasekhar
Why Japan Needs an Anti-Austerity Green New Deal After Covid-19 Opinion Covid-19 has shown us the limits of our current socio-economic structure and the neoclassical economics upon which it is based. It is time for the progressive left to put forth a Green New Deal for economic recovery and take on the climate crisis, the economic crisis and the inequalities of our time. By Hasegawa Uiko