In 1884 an obscure British soldier, having finished his tour of duty in India, decided to make a detour on his trip home in order to spend three months crossing Persia unaccompanied except for the local muleteers. Among his accoutrements he packed a small leather-bound sketchbook in which he not only wrote a journal but in which he also added accomplished and charming water-colour illustrations. The authors' introduction contextualises this trip made in 1884 against the background of Persiana...

Since time immemorial China regarded its culture and statecraft superior to other nations, but in the ‘Age of Humiliation’ (1839-1949), it was reduced to a semi-colony. The old empire has now regained its strength, but what drives its domestic and foreign policy?

China calls itself a ‘Socialist’ country, but the appellation of philosopher Tu Weiming is more adequate: A battlefield of Socialism, Liberalism and Confucianism.

The outcome of this struggle will have profound repercussion...

Genocide, etnische zuivering, volkerenmoord, massamoord, uitroeiing - welke term van toepassing is, mogen de juristen van het Internationaal Strafhof uitmaken. Zeker is dat de Rohingya, een van de vele etnische minderheden woonachtig op het grondgebied van Myanmar, de slachtoffers zijn. Een van de belangrijkste actoren bij de tragedie rond de Rohingya is Aung San Suu Kyi, de vrouw aan wie 25 jaar geleden de Nobelprijs voor de Vrede werd toegekend. In zijn eerdere boek over Myanmar ('De Boeddh...