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A Debate Is Raging in China Over English Education

Rising youth unemployment, the advent of AI translation, and growing anger against everything foreign are fueling public anger against English...

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Hemant Adlakha

3 Ts Will Dominate the Trump-Xi Summit

Expect little movement on trade, less on Taiwan, and who knows on tech.

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Rana Mitter

POGOs and Online Scams, From the Philippines to Myanmar

A conversation with award-winning Filipina journalist Eunice Barbara Novio.

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Luke Hunt

How India’s Geopolitical Position Would Improve With Better China Ties

The United States’ declining interest in India need not be a great setback, as it could open up space for Delhi to resolve most of its core...

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Akhilesh Pillalamarri

Cambodia’s Online Scamming Crackdown Stops at the Top

This week's international anti-scam conference is an attempt to distract global attention from Phnom Penh's abetment of criminality on an industrial...

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Jacob Sims

Hindutva Is Slowly Seeping Into Nepal

The number of Hindu-Muslim clashes is growing as India’s brand of Hindu majoritarianism gains ground in Nepal.

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Biswas Baral

The Battle for Taiwan’s East: Taipei’s Western Pacific Strategy

The PLA has stepped up both the scale and intensity of its activities in the airspace and waters east of Taiwan. How can Taipei respond?

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Ying Yu Lin

BRICS 2026 Reveals Ambition, Contradictions, and Uncertain Futures

BRICS’ New Delhi Summit expanded the grouping’s ambitions, but geopolitical divisions and weak institutional clarity continue to challenge its future.

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Reed Chervin

Why South Korea Has Little Room to Send Troops to Hormuz

Seoul has previously sent troops to support U.S. military operations in the Middle East. Today, both the external and domestic environments make that...

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Daeyeon Lee

The Transitions Shaping Australia’s Future

In its latest Intergenerational Report, the Australian Treasury lays out five transitions shaping the coming decades.

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Grant Wyeth

SCO, BRICS, Trump-Xi: What Does the Spate of Summits Mean for India?

This year’s summit season reveals conflicting visions of global order (and India’s place in it).

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Chietigj Bajpaee

America’s AI Safety Dilemma and at the Trump-Xi Summit

Washington will not slow its own AI labs. Slowing China’s instead would look like safety policy, but it could cost the United States the one AI deal...

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James Wang

Cambodian Government Grants Journalists Access to Giant Former Scamming Compound

Despite touting its anti-scam credentials, it is unclear whether Phnom Penh will investigate prominent individuals who allegedly enabled and profited...

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Sebastian Strangio

Breaking Down the Philippines’ 2027 Budget

The budget, which anticipates a return to strong growth next year, is based on some optimistic assumptions about the direction of the global economy.

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James Guild

Reciprocal Trade Deal With the US Close to Completion, Vietnamese Media Reports

Hanoi's top leader To Lam met yesterday with U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer in New York, where he is set to attend the U.N....

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Sebastian Strangio

Why Bangladesh Skipped the Delhi BRICS Summit

What the decision means (and doesn't mean) for Bangladesh-India relations.

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Md Faruk Hassain

Why Indonesians Feel Increasingly Bitter Today

Indonesia’s rising public anger reflects deeper structural pressures – from elite impunity to digital manipulation – eroding trust in democratic...

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Juneman Abraham

When Xi Visits Washington, Trump Must Raise China’s ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law

Trump should raise the ethnic unity law directly with Xi and make clear that attempts to enforce it against people in the United States will not be...

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Omer Kanat

Civil Society Groups File Lawsuit Against Indonesian Government Over Kalimantan Wildfires

The suit accuses President Prabowo Subianto and other senior officials of deliberate negligence for failing to prevent and properly handle the ongoing...

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Sebastian Strangio

Chinese Data Centers Will Shape ASEAN’s AI Norms

Southeast Asian governments' reliance on foreign capital, expertise, and capacity could leave them vulnerable over the longer term.

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Hadley Spadaccini

Why Sri Lanka’s Ruling NPP Has Not Abolished the Executive Presidency Yet

It is prioritizing economic recovery and establishing accountability of powerful people for past crimes to build the mass support needed to pursue...

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Rathindra Kuruwita

Why Is Lee Jae-myung’s Approval Rating Dropping?

Four developments, from the fading Yoon effect to failed nominations, help explain a slide to 37 percent that the South Korean president attributes to...

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Mitch Shin

Tajikistan Eyes ICC Exit

The move comes a year after Tajikistan’s refusal to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin brought a formal rebuke from The Hague.

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Kulobiddin Norov

Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit, North Korea Launches More Missiles

On September 20, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles, its second launch in a little over a week.

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Mitch Shin

Why Egypt Is Looking Beyond Its Trade Deficit With China

Trade access matters, but investment can also change what Africa produces, where it produces it, and which markets it can serve.

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Huiyi Chen And Karani Muthamia

Busting the Myths of the US Military’s Presence in Hawai‘i

As land leases come up for renewal, a new report reveals the facts about the U.S. Armed Forces’ impacts in the Pacific Islands.

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David Vine

Malaysian King Approves Imprisoned Former PM Najib’s House Arrest Bid

The royal pardon is likely to empower the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and widen the rifts within Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's...

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Sebastian Strangio

What Can Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman Gain From His Upcoming US Visit?

In Beijing, he met President Xi. Without a meeting with Trump or clear economic gains, the U.S. visit could fall short of Dhaka's expectations.

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Saqlain Rizve

4 Fault Lines that Could Shape the Trump-Xi Summit

The tangible outcomes will be modest, but the stakes are high.

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Pulkit Buttan

Making the Most Out of Growing US-Uzbekistan Trade and Investment

Uzbekistan aims to attract greater U.S. investment, and is making its own investments in the United States. But it can’t forget the people.

18.09.2026 3

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Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

The Nexperia Case Was Actually a Success. Does Europe Know That?

A combination of media misunderstandings, Chinese distortions, and Dutch mistakes raise the risk that Europeans draw the wrong conclusions about...

18.09.2026 9

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Sense Hofstede

Infrastructure Gaps Test Pakistan’s Flagship CPEC Industrial Zone, Field Survey Finds

Even as investment tops 327 billion rupees, firms at Allama Iqbal Industrial City report inadequate wastewater infrastructure, unreliable utilities,...

18.09.2026 8

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Mujtaba Arshad

Shipki La and the Battle Over the History of China-India Trade

The Chinese narrative attempts to erase the independent agency Tibet exercised before 1951, framing Shipki La as a historical link between China and...

18.09.2026 4

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Akansh Khandelwal

From Symbolism to Strategy: The Expanding Operational Role of Women in Baloch Militancy

The motivations of individual women who join militant organizations cannot be reduced to a single explanation. The organizational incentives are...

18.09.2026 4

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Natasha Matloob And Yummna Hina Khan

Abroad, India’s RSS Speaks of ‘Love.’ At Home, Its Affiliates Attack Christians.

From church vandalism to grave desecration, assaults against Christian minorities are increasing in the large state of West Bengal since the BJP, an...

18.09.2026 6

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Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

India’s New Eye in the Sky: EOS-05 Satellite and What It Means for South Asia

EOS-05 is a single satellite that is part of a broader imitative of India to strengthen its ISR capabilities.

18.09.2026 10

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Abdul Moiz Khan And Sher Ali Kakar

Indian Navy Augments Its Submarine Rescue Capability

Commissioned on August 31, INS Nipun significantly augments the Navy’s specialist diving, underwater intervention, salvage, and submarine rescue...

18.09.2026 3

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Dinakar Peri

Arrests and Court Appearances Heighten Political Tensions in the Philippines

What are the political implications of Martin Romualdez’s arrest, Rodrigo Duterte’s ICC appearance, and the new criminal case against Vice...

18.09.2026 10

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Mong Palatino

How Looming US Sanctions Test India

The passage of the Lindsey Graham Act in the House and Senate allows President Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on exports from India to...

18.09.2026 8

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Rushali Saha

Where Does North Korea’s Nuclear Program Stand in 2026?

Here’s what satellite imagery and the IAEA are telling us.

18.09.2026 9

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Piergiorgio Pescali

China Is Moving Toward a New Form of Coercion at Sea

China is pushing patrols into new waters near Taiwan, regularizing its presence, and deploying research vessels that can conduct military...

18.09.2026 7

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Allen Zhang

To Succeed in AI, South Korea Is Reinventing Its Developmental State Model

South Korea is betting big on universal AI access, using state activism and corporate collaboration to strengthen its position in the global AI race.

18.09.2026 6

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Rajiv Kumar

Drones Offer Central Asian an Escape From Foreign Dependency

Central Asian states should jointly develop drone capabilities to prepare for current and future security needs.

18.09.2026 4

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Michael S. Coffey

What’s Wrong With US Pacific Islands Policy?

It’s the relationships, stupid.

18.09.2026 20

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Cleo Paskal

Former Philippine President Duterte Makes First In-person Appearance at ICC

The physical state of the 81-year-old raised questions about his fitness to participate in what is likely to be a protracted trial.

18.09.2026 10

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Sebastian Strangio

Why Malaysia Won’t Extradite Dr. Zakir Naik to India

Despite being wanted on various criminal charges in India, the Islamic preacher has become hugely popular since arriving in Malaysia in 2016.

18.09.2026 10

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Asif Ullah Khan

Why Is Thailand Not Prosecuting Members of the Mauerberger Network?

One year after the South African national Benjamin Mauerberger and his network were first exposed, not one intermediary has been charged.

18.09.2026 10

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Sarinee Achavanuntakul

Indonesian Parliamentary Committee Debates Changes to Fiscal Deficit Limit

Some lawmakers say that the current administration should have the right to a 3 percent ceiling in order to support its expansive economic agenda.

18.09.2026 10

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Sebastian Strangio

After a Self-Immolation at the UN, Rethinking What Beijing Fears on Tibet

Beijing’s real vulnerability is not international action. It’s rising awareness within the Chinese population.

17.09.2026 5

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Ginger Duan

US Congressmen Call for Tougher Actions Against Key Southeast Asian Scam Enablers

Brian Mast (R-FL) and John Moolenaar (R-MI) have requested probes into 28 people and entities allegedly connected to scam gangs in Cambodia, Laos, and...

17.09.2026 4

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Sebastian Strangio