Brunei Darussalam is one of the oldest kingdoms in South…

I was 13 years old when I first heard of the Sultan of Brunei. The absolute ruler of a tiny, oil-rich kingdom in Southeast…

— Mehdi Hasan

I don't care if your dad is the Sultan of Brunei. You happened to be born into a privileged family. What you do with…

— Nicholas Sparks

At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above…

— John Hersey

If you take the long view, Australia has never been able to sit on the fence when there was a threat in East Asia.

— John Mearsheimer

There are many in East Asia who simply judge students on the basis of national tests. The top universities in the United States do…

— Henry Rosovsky

John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to…

— Norodom Sihanouk

Taiwan matters because of its vital role in spreading democracy in East Asia. Taiwan matters because of its strategic importance to promote peace in…

— Annette Lu

(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia.

— Gautama Buddha

There are times when the gospel just seems to be powerfully at work in a nation, and thousands upon thousands are converted. If you…

— Mark Dever

When we talk about Orientalist painting, we're talking about painting generally from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century, and some would say even into…

— Kehinde Wiley

Latin America has much richer resources. You'd expect it to be far more advanced than East Asia, but it had the disadvantage of being…

— Noam Chomsky

Americans have no idea why they have been at war in the Middle East, Asia and Africa for a decade. They don't realize that…

— Paul Craig Roberts

A hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance, this new version is the past and no different past can…

— George Orwell

Countries will cooperate with each other, and are more likely to cooperate with each other when they share a common culture, as is most…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity…

— Michael Mandelbaum