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Tokayev is committed to making Kazakhstan “fully digital within the next three years,” but what exactly does that mean, and are the government and...
South Asia’s strategic location, fragmented politics, and regional rivalries make it an ideal testing ground for the GSI’s flexible, norm-driven...
Founder and Chairman Mark Jiapeng Wang reflects on how a personal turning point evolved into a global learning community shaping China’s next...
The ongoing protests in Iran have the Taliban in Afghanistan worried. In Iran’s streets, the Taliban see the seeds of their own undoing.
In 2025, India mastered economic stability, but the transition from a $4 trillion to a $5 trillion economy will not be determined by how well risks...
More than a year after his illegitimate declaration of martial law, the former president is now facing a death sentence for insurrection.
A Cambodian scholar offers recommendation on how to build a lasting peace between Cambodia and Thailand.
A Thai scholar offers recommendation on how to build a lasting peace between Cambodia and Thailand.
The Constitutional Democratic Party is seeking moderation to stay alive. But it may be too late.
The European Union now stands as the only major international actor still meaningfully committed to Myanmar’s democratic opposition.
If disaster response is the Indonesian Navy's true priority, expanding and modernizing its existing fleet would deliver far greater returns.
The Rohingya minority of western Myanmar was “targeted for destruction” by the country’s government during a brutal military operation in 2017, The...
Thailand’s opposition People’s Party is in pole position for next month’s general election, with two new opinion surveys showing it leading as the...
Chinese overseas lending is currently undergoing a transition. During the decade from 2010 to 2020, Chinese policy banks – particularly the Export-...
The world is likely to be more chaotic and uncertain in 2026. The strength of U.S. alliances and treaties that helped preserve stability in the...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s use of force to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, his administration’s claim that Washington has right to...
Three months after the South Korea-Japan summit meeting, the leaders met again in Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Central Asian governments’ silence is a strategic calculation driven by economic interests, authoritarian solidarity, and uncertainty about...
Don’t let the quantitative changes mask the qualitative transformation.
The party's appointment of Pisan Manawapat, a career diplomat who defended the military regime installed after the 2014 coup, is a stain on its...
Following the decapitation strike on one of its closest partners, can Beijing still position itself as a credible security actor in the region?
As the international order becomes more volatile and less rule-bound, Tokyo and Seoul must band together.
“Drawing on lived experience from Tiananmen, I have come to believe that 4 concrete conditions determine whether an autocracy like China or Iran has...
On January 10, North Korea released a statement condemning South Korea for launching drones toward its territory. “The Republic of Korea, a group...
The governments of Indonesia and Malaysia have temporarily blocked Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI,...
I could see the smoke coming from Myanmar: a thick dark smoke through which tens of thousands of people were emerging while crossing the border...
The U.S. military operation on January 3, which resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, immediately generated polarized...
The announcement came as Michael DeSombre, the U.S. assistant secretary for East Asia and the Pacific, visited both nations for talks related to...
The alleged online scamming kingpin, now in custody in China, was once feted by Phnom Penh's foreign business elite.
In 2025, Philippine politics was dominated by political feuds and rising public anger at high-level government corruption.
The U.S. military operation against Venezuela seems to have set the tone for world affairs in 2026. The world seems paralyzed as U.S. allies and...
India seems to have been relegated to the status of a second-tier country by the Trump administration. His periodic endorsement of Prime Minister...
Beyond the Indus host Tushar Shetty sits down with Michael Kugelman, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and South Asia analyst, to discuss his...
Of seven high priority uranium legacy sites in Central Asia identified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2017 , remediation works...
Meanwhile, opportunist neighbors seek business ties with junta
The cover page photo of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s (USCC) 2025 Executive Summary shows a picture of Chinese leader Xi...
In what has become a geo-technological rat race where every country with skilled human capital and resources is seeking to expand its technological...
India’s Supreme Court last week denied bail to two student activists, Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, accused in the alleged “larger conspiracy”...
Tajikistan’s total external debt stood at $3.037 billion as of January 1, 2026, down $151 million, or 4.7 percent, from a year earlier. The decline...
Malaysian prosecutors have officially ended their corruption case against Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, an important member of the...
Laos’ communist party yesterday reappointed Thongloun Sisoulith for a second term as party chief, as it closed its five-yearly conclave in the...
The recent news that Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul had dissolved parliament and called a snap election came as no surprise. It was...
It has long been routine for China’s foreign minister to make his first overseas visit to between four and five African countries. The Chinese...
The capture and extraction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro together with his wife, Cilia Flores, as part of a shocking special military...
Meta’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of Butterfly Effect , the Chinese-founded AI startup behind Manus, has been interpreted by some as evidence...
Tashkent’s progress with the WTO accelerated in 2023 and the finish line is in sight.
China has prohibited dual-use goods, including some rare earth elements, from being exported to Japan.
TSMC’s two recent trade theft cases against its former employees, implicating U.S. chipmaker Intel and Japanese semiconductor equipment supplier...
Once proud of its reputation as Central Asia’s democratic outlier, Kyrgyzstan now looks like a typical resident of the neighborhood: centralized...
The success of Sanseito, an avowedly anti-immigrant party that won 14 seats in Japan’s upper house election in July 2025, reflects the growing...
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