The Diplomat

A New Japanese Drydock and the Limits of Allied Cooperation

Can Bangladesh Engage the Arakan Army Without Compromising Rohingya Rights?

How Mongolia Is Diversifying Its Defense Sector

China’s Own Version of Ambiguity in the Taiwan Strait

Australia and Thailand Deepen Ties to Hedge Against Global Uncertainty

How an Academic Became Collateral Damage to China’s Interests in Myanmar

Is Pakistan’s Province Debate a Political Gimmick?

Nepal’s Tibet Conference Controversy Is About More Than Chinese Pressure

Singapore Needs a Broader Conversation About How to Measure Economic Progress

The Last Breath of Rayong

What Asia’s Industrialization Lessons Can Teach Fragmented States

Vietnam Proposes Ending Death Penalty For 6 More Offenses

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Elected Bangladesh’s New President

Ahead of Xi Visit, US Designates American Held in China as ‘Wrongfully Detained’

China Isn’t Winning the Digital Order – Yet

ROK-US Alliance Management Via Social Media

What Are the Implications of the Mecca Pact for India? 

A 4,000‑yr‑old Rock Painting in Indonesia Offers Clues to One of Humanity’s Greatest Migrations

Why the World’s Hedging Responses to China’s Rare Earth Dominance Have Failed

After 9 Years, China Is Reopening Its Borders To Recycled Plastic

Dhaka’s Balancing Act: Post-election Bangladesh Between India, China, and the US

North Korea Dismisses Trump’s Recent Overtures to Kim Jong Un

Dr. Moses Haregewoyn and the Operational Case for a Different Kind of Global Health Leadership

Can Japan Become Indonesia’s Principal Partner in Asia?

China Praises Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim For Supportive Comments on Taiwan

Myanmar Military Chief Begins Visit to Thailand Aimed at Expanding Security Ties

Kazakh State Tightens Grip Over Critical Minerals Miner ERG

Putin’s Visit to Disputed Island Exacerbates Japan-Russia Tensions

US ICC Sanctions Pose a Test for Japan

Why Has Pakistan’s Jailed Former PM Imran Khan Been Shifted to Hospital Now?

Russia’s Fake Missile Test Warning to New Zealand

Japan’s So-Called ‘Rising Militarism’ and Japan-US Relations

India-Japan Defense Technology Cooperation Hinges on Industrial Endurance

Xi Jinping’s Jiang Zemin: Rewriting the ‘Reform Era’ to Serve the ‘New Era’

Kazakhstan’s Kurultai Election is a Domestic Test for Central Asia’s Regional Ambitions

‘Tortured and Shot’: Survivors Recall Massacre of 70 Men by Myanmar Military in 2024

South Korea’s Nuclear Dilemma

Kyrgyzstan Liquidates More Companies Over Sanctions Risks

Exercise Rotor Clap III and Mission Sudarshan Chakra: Options for Pakistan

6 Reasons Why Kim Jong Un Might Want to Meet With Trump

China’s Male Matchmakers and the End of ‘Marrying Up’

Al-Qaida’s Renewed Confidence in Bangladesh

Cambodia: From Scam Empire to Security State

Daughter of Former Cambodian Opposition Leader Appointed ‘Special Envoy’ to PM

Is Vietnam’s Energy Transition Entering a New Phase?

How Southeast Asia and the Gulf Can Shape the Future of AI

Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing Set For Possible State Visit to Cambodia

Trump’s Exercise Cut Risks Turning South Korea-US Alliance Readiness Into a Bargaining Chip

Taiwan’s Urban Resilience Drills Are Becoming a Core Part of Deterrence

Iran, Tajikistan Finalizing Fuel Export Agreement

Kazakhstan’s Kurultai Election Looms: Is This Old Wine in a New Bottle?

Are Allies’ Military AI Systems Interoperable? 

Beyond Kashmir: South Asia’s Other Territorial Disputes

Kim Min-seok Wins Democratic Party Chair in Ranked-Choice Runoff

India’s Collapsing Roads and Highways Dent Modi Government’s Image

The Dilemma Facing Malaysia’s Democratic Action Party

Extreme Heat Is Hurting South Asia’s Economies. Here’s How Much.

The Thai Government’s Myanmar Gambit Could Backfire on ASEAN

Bou Meng, Survivor of Khmer Rouge Security Prison, Dies Aged 85

Joint Resource Exploration With China a ‘Possibility’ Before 2028, Philippine President Says

How China Is Normalizing Its Presence in the Waters East of Taiwan

Indonesia Is the Latest Country to Validate China’s Claim to Taiwan – Unwittingly or Not

Singapore’s Israel Tightrope

Taiwan Wants to Know Why Indonesia Joined China in a Naval Exercise East of Taiwan

Why India Needs a Comprehensive Polar Strategy

In Interview, Japarov Says He’d Planned for Tashiev to Be Kyrgyz President Next

China Forced Nepal to Cancel an International Conference on Tibetan Studies

In Afghanistan, Growing Resistance Meets Fears of Pakistani Influence

5 Years After the Fall: Why the World Still Misreads the Taliban

Mecca Joint Deterrence Agreement: Implications for India

Afghanistan: 5 Years in the Dark

Restrictions on Foreign Fund Flow to Christian Organizations in India Complicate India-US Ties

The Key Takeaways From the Vietnamese President’s Visit to Australia

Indonesia’s Transgender Community Is Facing Growing Repression

Thailand Denies Reports It Planned to Use Security Cooperation as US Tariff Leverage

Former Myanmar Ambassador to UK Goes on Trial For ‘Trespassing’ in Diplomatic Residence

How Indonesia Can Get Ahead in the Artificial Intelligence Race

How Could the Rise of Progressive Democrats Impact US China Policy?

Why Is Everyone Playing Mahjong? 

Can South Korea’s $880 Billion AI Ambition Help Cement Its Status as a High-Tech Powerhouse? 

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles, Deepening Silence Fuels Analyst Speculation

The US Military Can’t Function Without China

Can Japan’s Defense Industry Meet its Ambitious Goals?

Competing Interests, Common Narrative: How Industry Shapes the AI Race

How the Modi Government is Downgrading India’s National Anthem

Vietnam’s Top Leader Concludes Australia Visit With Trade, Defense in Focus

Vietnam, Rare Earths, and the Evolving China Plus One Strategy

Myanmar’s Resistance Finally Has a Unified Front

Japan’s Underground Lab Wants to Solve the World’s Nuclear Waste Problem

Data of 15 Million Kazakhstanis Allegedly Leaked

‘Silence Is Not an Option’: The Quest to Bear Witness to China’s Uyghur Camps

Takaichi, the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, and a Strained US Nuclear Umbrella

Assessing KMT Leader Cheng Li-Wun’s Political Narrative

Should India Worry About the Mecca Pact?

Is Badakhshan Becoming the Epicenter of Anti-Taliban Resistance?

Japan’s Nuclear Taboo Is Starting to Crack

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