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Welcome to Cryptostan: Kyrgyzstan and the Emerging Crypto Corridor

Will the BJP Gain a Foothold in Key Indian States in Upcoming Assembly Elections?

The EU is Forging a ‘Hedging Alliance’ With Indo-Pacific Middle Powers

What the Deaths of Indonesia’s Peacekeepers Mean for Its Foreign Policy

Vietnam Communist Party Chief To Lam Appointed as State President

Rights Groups File Genocide Complaint Against Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing

Beijing’s Foreign Influence Tactics, Hidden in Plain Sight 

Pakistan’s Search for Diplomatic Relevance Amid the Iran War

Why Cheng Li-wun’s Visit to China Matters

Taiwan and the Formosa Disaster in Vietnam: The Sound of Silence  

Japan Must Stand Up for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament

Vietnam War Redux?

India’s 59-Year Maoist Insurgency Collapses

How the India-Myanmar Border in the Northeast is Being Misread

Remembering Vietnam’s Worst Environmental Disaster – and the Ongoing Cover-up

Revisiting Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un’s Last Meeting

TSMC’s Kumamoto Fab Upgrade: A Security-Driven Reconfiguration of Indo-Pacific Chip Competition

When Feminist Speech Disappears Online, Chinese Women Find New Ways to Speak

Why Australia Should Not Participate in a Trump-Led Invasion of Iran

Beijing Is Racing to Get Concessions From Taiwan’s KMT

Australia’s EU Critical Minerals Deal Is No Quick Fix for Its China Dependence

The Notion of the Chinese Nation: How Beijing’s New Ethnic Law Pushes Taiwan Further Away

Why the Aral Sea’s Restoration Matters Beyond Central Asia

Why India Should Leverage BRICS to Call for Ceasefire in West Asia

Ten Years After the ADHOC 5, Cambodia’s Human Rights Defenders Are Still Paying the Price

Forgotten Faces in the Contested South China Sea

China and African Sovereignty: Beyond the Digital Silk Road Narrative

Tajikistan’s Households Spend More Than They Earn

The Iran War Mediation and Pakistan’s ‘Reverse Bismarck’

Amid Iran War Energy Crunch, Taiwan Turns Back Toward Nuclear Energy

Why China’s ‘Rare Earth Card’ Is Unlikely to Become a Lasting Geopolitical Lever

Mongolia’s Schools Have a Violence Problem That Goes Far Deeper Than Viral Videos

Nepal’s Gen Z Uprising Probe: Shoddy Report, Hasty Action

South Korea’s Moment to Lead on Crimes Against Humanity

Japan, France Elevate Economic Security Amid Energy Shock

The China-Pakistan Iran Peace Plan: All Words, No Commitment

How an Indonesian Crewman Escaped the Death Penalty After the Country’s Largest Ever Drug Bust

Southeast Asia Feels the Squeeze from Middle East War

Philippines Holds Talks With Iran on Safe Passage Through Strait of Hormuz

Malaysia to Introduce Work From Home For Government Workers From April 15

When Trump Goes to China: It’s the Strategy That Matters

Pakistan’s Economic Stabilization Efforts Face Their Biggest Challenge With Iran War

The Kyrgyzneftegaz Case: Shairbek Tashiev Arrested

The Graveyard of Rohingya Diplomacy: Is Bangladesh Stuck in an ‘Exhaustion Trap’?

Cobalt, Congo, and China: Battery Power as Political Power

How Will South Korea Respond to the Iran-US Conflict?

Iran War Opens New Markets for Kazakhstan

Between Cooperation and Control: China’s Expanding Role in Central America

Aijan Sharshenova on the Japarov-Tashiev Political Divorce in Kyrgyzstan

Indonesia’s UNIFIL Dilemma: Don’t Hand the US and Israel a Victory by Proxy

China, the Philippines, and the Real Lesson of Second Thomas Shoal

Will Conflict in the Middle East Boost China’s Renewable Energy Sector? 

Why Laos’ Communist Party Chose Continuity

Thailand’s Brittle Defense Against Oil Shocks

Ko Wen-je’s Downfall Strengthens the KMT’s Position Ahead of Key Elections

Where Do Kazakhs Get Their News?

Japan and South Korea’s Energy Hedge

China’s Economy Feels the Iran War Shock

How Donald Trump Doubled Down on the Rhetorical Presidency in His Handling of China

Breaking Down the Belarus-North Korea Summit

Iran-Israel-US War’s Quiet Shock on India’s Fertilizer Imports

Indian Army is Short of Artillery, the Modern Battlefield’s Most Lethal Killer

How the Iran War Is Disrupting Balochistan’s Economy

The Iran War Is Threatening Another Economic Crisis in Laos

Myanmar Junta Chief Resigns as Head of Armed Forces, Prepares to Take Presidency

In the Philippines, Technology-facilitated Violence Is Depriving Girls of an Education

The Rise of Chinese Organized Crime in Chile 

Are India-US Ties Really Back on Track?

Calls for Deeper Investigations Grow in Kyrgyzstan

The Unruly Few: Mongolia Faces Another Government Change 

South Korean Unification Minister Uses North Korea’s Formal Name

How the Iran War Is Reshaping Kazakhstan’s Role in Eurasia

Alatau, Kazakhstan’s Futuristic Crypto City, Faces Ground-Level Realities

A Coordinated Trans-Eurasian Threat: The Deepening China-Russia Strategic Partnership

CANZUK: A Fringe Idea Whose Time Has Come?

Is South Korea About to Finally Get Full Control of Its Own Military?

Despite Growing Crackdown, Independent Religious Groups Defy China’s Communist Party

NCP Leader Nasiruddin Patwary on Electoral Engineering and Constitutional Reform in Bangladesh

New Governments in Bangladesh and Nepal Open Window for India to Recast Ties with Neighbors

The Rise and Fall of the Persianate World in Central and South Asia

In Photos: Life along Myanmar’s Border

What the Energy Emergency Means for Philippine Politics

ASEAN Summit to Proceed in May, but Preparatory Meetings Will Be Shifted Online

Thailand Brokers Deal With Iran Allowing Vessels to Pass Strait of Hormuz

An Upgraded ATIGA and the Impact of the Collapse of Thailand Plus One

Parks and Recreation: Tokyo’s Lack of Third Places

Testing the Japan-South Korea-US Techno-Alliance

The Iran War: Is Southeast Asia Heading Into Its Next Crisis? 

Has the Iran War Revealed a Shift in India’s Grand Strategy?

Australia, International Broadcasting, and the Maintenance of Regional Trust

What the West Misses About China’s Nuclear Build-up

The Global Implications of China’s 5-Year Plan AI Ambitions

Despite a Supposedly Defensive Policy, China’s Military Budget Rises Fast

Europe’s China Confusion: From Global Trade to Russia

Australia, New Zealand Set Ambitious Course for Deeper Defense Cooperation

How an Indonesian Pulp Giant Built a Carbon Project to Save a Forest From Itself

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