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The Diplomatic Envoy

Author: Christian Montanez

November 2024Focus
Christian Montanez

FOCUS on Japanese General Election Results Spell Political Uncertainty

On October 1, Shigeru Ishiba, the former defense minister of long-time Japanese leader Shinzo Abe, was elected by the Japanese parliament to replace Fumio Kishida as the prime minister, states NPR. In the week leading up to Ishiba’s appointment, he was selected as the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which effectively cleared the way for him as the LDP holds the majority in parliament and has ruled Japan almost every year post-World War II.

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2024Analysis
Christian Montanez

Investigating the Paradoxical Development of Southeast Asia: Economies Boom, Human Rights Collapse

Southeast Asia has become a basin full of budding trade markets, manufacturing centers, and foreign investment. When presented with such strong indications of positive change, one would expect Southeast Asia (SEA) to be at the precipice of becoming a major powerhouse on the international stage and the posterchild for successful development; however, human rights protection, a key aspect of development, have been left in the dust.

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2024Focus
Christian Montanez

FOCUS on Tension Between China and Myanmar

Since February 2021, Myanmar has transformed from a young country with hopes of democratic reforms to a nation devastated by ethnopolitical civil war. In the aftermath of the 2020 elections, which saw the National League for Democracy (NLD) win the parliamentary majority over the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), a political party known for supporting the military, or Tatmadaw, a coup ensued.

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April 20242024International News
Christian Montanez

Radio Silence? Burkina Faso Suspends Radio Broadcasts Over Coverage of Army Massacres Christian Montanez

On April 26, the media regulatory body of Burkina Faso, the Conseil Supérieur de la Communication, or CSC, announced that both the BBC and Voice of America (VOA) radio stations would be suspended for two weeks due to their broadcasts which covered reports of mass killings by the nation’s military and warned all media networks to avoid any further coverage of the situation says the Associated Press.

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