The Diplomat

The US-China Summit from a Japanese Perspective

Japan and South Korea: Friends, With Limits

Pyongyang Recalibrates: North Korea Between Russia, the United States, and Japan

Japan Doubles Down on Maritime Security Cooperation

How K-Pop and AI Are Reshaping the Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute

Japan’s Frigate Diplomacy — and What It Could Mean for Taiwan

‘Entry Into the Kyrgyz Republic Is Closed’: US Professor Denied Entry to Kyrgyzstan

How Kazakhstan’s Super-Apps Outpace the Law 

Reweaving the Ruins of the American Secret War

South Korea’s Nuclear Submarine Push Is a Test of Non-nuclear Deterrence

Lesson From the May 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis: No Space for Limited War

Why North Korea Hasn’t Had Its Own ‘Reform and Opening’

A Fully Closed-off China Requires a New US Policy Response

India Will Not Become Another China

The New Narco-Sea Routes: How IUU Fishing Networks Are Fueling Drug Trafficking Across the Indo-Pacific

Taiwan’s Democratic Blind Spot: Statelessness and Legal Exclusion

Japanese Court Rules North Korea Owes Compensation Over Its Past Repatriation Push 

India, China, and Claims over Tawang: Views From a Field Visit to Arunachal Pradesh

Why Pakistan’s Economic Resilience Demands Deep Structural Reform

Andhra Pradesh Is Poised to Emerge as a Strong Indian Defense Hub

Kerala’s Climate Plan Speaks the Language of Justice — But Erases Caste

US, Philippines on Cusp of Deal on Economic Security Zone, US Official Says

Divide and Conquer? Ladakh’s Latest Reorganization 

Malaysia Puts TikTok on Notice Over ‘Offensive’ Posts About Country’s King

When Internships Enable Child Labor in China

The Putin-Xi Meeting Made the Trump-Xi Summit Look Hollow

India’s Multialignment Test: Everything, Everywhere All at Once

South Korea’s Conservatives Are Running Out of Time

How Mizo Rebels Hoodwinked Indian and Pakistani Intelligence Agencies

Why Rafale ICD Access Is Critical for India’s Defense Ambitions

Chinese Experts Read the Trump-Xi Summit as a Power-Shift Moment

An Old Turn in Kazakhstan’s Newest Party?

Myanmar’s National Unity Government: Winning the Moral Argument, but Running Out of Time

BJP Victory in West Bengal Intensifies ‘Push-in’ Anxieties in Bangladesh

What the Indonesia Investment Authority Did in 2025

Is 2026 the Year of Booming Central Asia-Africa Relations?

What Actually Caused the Latest Submarine Cut Near Taiwan?

Philippine Supreme Court Rejects Fugitive Senator’s Challenge to ICC Arrest Warrant

Indonesian President Announces Plan to Centralize Control of Key Commodity Exports

Kazakhstan’s Turkic Relations Between Trade, Culture, and Defense

The Duet of Command: Key Operational Issues for OPCON Transfer

India Just Signed Its Most Consequential Chip Deal. The Hard Part Starts Now.

India’s GDP Revisions Explained: What Changed and Why it Matters

Operationalizing Indo-Pacific Defense and Deterrence

Australia’s Submarine Problems

How China Built a Closure That Cannot Leak

How South Asia’s Uprisings Are Reshaping Party Politics — And What Bangladesh Gets Wrong

ADB’s Commitment to Zero Tolerance on Reprisals Meets Uzbekistan’s Reality of Fear and Silence

The Price of Collusion: Why Sri Lanka Needs a New Approach to Debt Governance

1 Year Later, Deported Bhutanese Refugees Feel the Psychological Toll of Statelessness

The Geopolitical Circumstances of Japan-South Korea Rapprochement

What Does a ‘Constructive’ China-US Relationship Mean for India?

Tibet’s Erasure From the Trump-Xi Summit Is a Huge Win for China

The US Is Quietly Torpedoing Its Relationship With Pacific Island Partners

China’s Plan for Winning the AI Race Hinges on the Token Economy, Not Chips

Why Kazakhstan Wants the Turkic World to Be a Tech Hub, Not a Military Bloc

India Is Hosting the 4th India-Africa Forum Summit: Why Now and What to Expect?

The Indonesian Air Force’s Turkish Turn

The Real Key Moment for Taiwan Comes After the Trump-Xi Summit

The Middle Corridor’s Energy Dimension: A New Phase in Turkiye-Kazakhstan Ties

Trump’s Trip to Beijing: When Style Became Substance

Asian Banks Hide Behind a Coal Funding Smokescreen 

Farmers Endure Militarization in the Philippines’ ‘Massacre Capital’

With an ‘Obstacle’ Gone, Will the Indian Government Finally Seal the Teesta Deal With Bangladesh?

Indonesian Rupiah Falls to New Low as Global Oil Prices Surge

How Malaysia’s Semiconductor Industry Can Thrive in an Era of Strategic Competition

Philippine Senate Kicks Off Impeachment Trial of Vice President Sara Duterte

Southeast Asia’s Mandalas of Multialignment

Why Did Trump Visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing?

What’s on the Agenda for the 3rd Lee-Takaichi Summit? 

The Trump-Xi Summit’s Nuclear Shadow Over Asia 

Taiwan’s Special Defense Budget Cut Will Cost Its Drone Capabilities 

At SCO Security Heads Meeting, Russia Stakes Out ‘Full-fledged Partnership’ With Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Kim Jong Un Convenes a Military-Wide Commander Meeting

Mongolia’s Long Struggle to Ensure Accountability in Governance

Trump’s China Opening and Japan’s Taiwan Anxiety

Bridging Geopolitical Divides: Tokayev’s Message at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum

Duterte vs Marcos: The Political Feud Tearing Apart the Philippines

Sri Lanka’s Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport Refuses to Disappear

Trump and Xi: The Impact on Southeast Asia

Philippine Government Urges Supreme Court to Reject Fugitive Senator’s ICC Appeal

Malaysian Ex-Ministers Resign From PM’s Party, Vacate Parliamentary Seats

What’s Next After the Senate Coup in the Philippines?

Family Business: Dynastic Politics in the Philippines

The Fall of Victory Day in Kazakhstan

Pakistan and the Trump-Xi Summit in Beijing

Southeast Asia’s Counter-drone Efforts 

What Takaichi’s Hanoi Visit Reveals About Vietnam’s Critical Minerals Strategy

How China’s Population Stopped Noticing Their Country Had Been Sealed

India and the Netherlands: From Quiet Cooperation to Strategic Partnership? 

Poll: How the US Lost the ‘Hearts and Minds’ of People Worldwide

After Trump-Xi Summit, Taiwan Breathes a Sigh of Relief

What Kim Jong Un Really Fears: Outside Information

Why Did West Bengal Decline, and Can the BJP Revive It?

Myanmar’s Junta Cries Foul as Kim Aris Pleads For Proof His Mother Is Alive

AUKUS and North Korea in the Indo-Pacific: 5 Years On

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