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With friction between the White House and the US Congress likely to increase, financial commitments to Islamabad could face greater congressional...
Families are fleeing overcrowding and intimidation at refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Rahmon’s visit to Astana produced 14 agreements, including a fuel supply framework, but Kazakhstan’s deliveries this year show the limits of what...
The way forward lies in a phased approach that combines the interests of all three services and that requires a strong political will.
A bipartisan line toward Pyongyang matters more than matching parties in Seoul and Washington.
Cash transfers might offer immediate support, but lasting economic empowerment depends on women’s access to jobs, assets and productive resources.
There is an unresolved tension between Xi’s growing ability to punish dissent and continued problems of political unreliability.
Although geographically distant, the two countries have more in common than it might seem at first glance.
Turning risk diversification into value creation under the U.S.-China rivalry.
The Mbappe incident stands out because of the entirely apolitical context of his alleged offense and the strikingly disproportionate response from...
Unlike Trump, who has ignored the Modi government’s imperfect democratic record, many Democrats have been vocal in criticizing the erosion of...
The midterm results don’t change the topics that should lead the agenda for the Trump-Xi summit in Shenzhen.
Despite the growing momentum in relations between Poland and India, policy differences exist over Russia.
India’s green hydrogen ambitions are running up against high production costs, infrastructure gaps, and uncertain domestic demand, even as the...
Should Beijing treat Trump as a “lame duck,” or should Xi Jinping continue to invest in cultivating him?
China remains exposed to maritime disruption, but its expanding regional reach is increasing the military and political costs of exploiting that...
China has grown comfortable with Trump’s transactional diplomacy. A Democratic Congress could complicate Beijing’s calculations – and remind the...
As usual, Taiwan’s local elections are about local politics – not independence or unification.
The challenge is not simply how to regulate Chinese platforms, but how to preserve an open and fair market as cross-border commercial networks become...
On Tuesday, authorities announced the arrest of three senior police officers for illegally wiretapping the phones of President Prabowo Subianto and...
The country's economy is growing rapidly, but its “take it slow” approach to LGBTQ rights risks creating a prosperous but intolerant society.
Driven by lessons from the 2025 border clashes, the RTAF is organizing, training, and equipping a more capable and flexible force.
The U.S. Treasury Department says that actors linked to Prince Group targeted victims across with world via "sophisticated cyber-enabled fraud...
Violent clashes between rival parties, within their own ranks, and around elections have persisted through successive governments.
Empty seats and back-row observers at the Communist Party’s latest plenum hint at how Xi will remake the elite in 2027.
Bangladesh has swapped one form of political exclusion for another. Now its garment workers are paying the price.
Emomali is chair of Tajikistan’s National Assembly, the appointed mayor of Dushanbe, and, oh yes, son of President Emomali Rahmon.
Most Chinese analysts don’t expect a sea change in U.S. foreign policy, but there are some implications for China to consider.
Seoul is trying to maintain its support for Ukraine while dealing with a diplomatic dispute with Kyiv. But Newtype Industries, a defense startup in...
While President Trump angles for a meeting, the FBI and State Department signal business as usual.
Tokyo seeks to boost production capacity for military emergencies and expand defense exports amid growing regional threats.
The incidents around the Naf River pose an unforeseen threat to Bangladeshi security, one that can't be solved by introducing more warships.
The Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing annex, currently under negotiation, has profound implications for dependency and health sovereignty in South...
As Belt and Road repayments come due and multilateral lenders step in, Asian borrowers must decide whether the new creditor landscape becomes a source...
Where does North Korea’s involvement in the war stand today – and where might it be headed?
Post Galwan, the Sino-Indian military balance has become more skewed. India’s procurement and defense industrial ecosystem has also led to lags in...
From video game partners to romantic role-playing games, more and more Chinese are paying for the chance to forge real connections.
The resurgence of opium in Afghanistan is more than a statistical reversal.
Pakistan announced that Taiwanese airlines would not be allowed to fly over the country, before abruptly rescinding the change. Is this a new strategy...
Research traces how partisan outlets link climate-delay narratives, fossil-fuel interests, and audiences, reshaping regional energy debates and public...
The Squad should be understood not as a replacement for the Quad but as an expression of the Indo-Pacific’s increasingly layered security...
The question now is whether the two countries can turn their increasingly ambitious partnership into tangible economic and strategic results.
Countries like Russia and Iran can settle transactions using the yuan – but those proceeds remain trapped in China by Beijing's design.
Insights from Eyal Propper.
A deal with China hasn’t been settled yet but still, Astana hopes to complete both its first and second nuclear power plants within a decade.
An individual claiming to be a Diplomat editor filed a copyright complaint with Meta against a Karakalpak activist. They were an imposter. The post...
While fleet size is an important measure of operational capacity, a lot depends on how effectively new platforms are equipped, operated, and...
China’s interests in the Middle East increasingly conflict with Iran’s cooperation with regional proxies and use of coercive threats.
Archbishop Gallagher’s remarks about the “price” of setting up an office in Beijing have struck a nerve in Taiwan. But the two aren’t actually...
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