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Strategic Alliances: The Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Mutual Defense Pact

Under the agreement, the two countries pledged that “any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both.”

24.09.2025 5

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What’s Really Behind Nepal’s Gen Z Revolution?

Nepal is the latest South Asian country to witness large-scale youth-driven protests take down a government.

20.09.2025 3

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What Actually Mattered at China’s Big Military Parade?

It was a big week for China, hosting an SCO Summit in Tianjin and then a massive military parade in Beijing. The world was watching closely.

06.09.2025 7

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South Korea’s Lee Hits the Road to Japan and the United States

What did Lee accomplish in Tokyo and Washington?

28.08.2025 10

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Geopolitical Ripple Effects: US-Russia, China-India, and More

Will Trump’s overtures to Russia yield anything?

23.08.2025 4

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The Geopolitics of the Second China-Central Asia Summit

How are Central Asian states navigating great power dynamics?

23.06.2025 10

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What Does South Korea’s New Progressive Administration Portend for Northeast Asia?

Will Lee Jae-myung succeed in implementing a pragmatic foreign policy?

17.06.2025 10

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The India-Pakistan Clashes of 2025: Why Things Are Different (And More Dangerous) This Time

How bad will things get between India and Pakistan?

10.05.2025 10

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Asia’s New Nuclear Age

Why are nuclear weapons back at the forefront of international politics?

25.04.2025 10

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Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Asian Geopolitics

The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Katie Putz (@LadyPutz) discuss the Trump tariffs and the implications for...

19.04.2025 10

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Trump, Tariffs, and America’s Global Messaging

The Asia Geopolitics podcast discusses the latest developments in Washington and their implications for Asia policy.

19.03.2025 5

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Duterte in The Hague: The Philippines and the Geopolitics of International Law

What does Rodrigo Duterte's arrest mean for the Philippines and international law?

17.03.2025 5

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Is the United States Relitigating Its Grand Strategy?

What can be gleaned from the first month of the second Trump administration about the U.S. approach to world affairs?

28.02.2025 10

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DeepSeek and the AI Competition

What does American anxiety over DeepSeek reveal about the state of US-China competition in AI?

22.02.2025 20

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Trump 2.0 in America: Geopolitical Ripples Across Asia and the World

The second Trump term is nothing like the first. The implications for Asia are massive.

08.02.2025 6

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The Biden Administration’s Asia Legacy

How will the Biden administration's approach to Asia be remembered?

14.01.2025 20

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South Korea’s Martial Law Crisis: Geopolitical Implications and Beyond

The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Katie Putz (@LadyPutz) discuss the implications of South Korea’s...

18.12.2024 7

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America First, Again: Asian Geopolitics and the Second Trump Administration

How will the second Trump administration approach Asia?

13.11.2024 3

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A New China-India Border Deal?

What does the latest India-China deal portend?

28.10.2024 8

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Feminism and Geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific

What are Asia's feminist organizers primarily concerned with in 2024?

26.09.2024 2

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Afghanistan Under the Taliban: 3 Years On

How have states chosen to engage the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan three years later?

26.08.2024 2

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Geopolitics and Political Tumult in Bangladesh

What will become of Bangladesh’s position in Asia following Sheikh Hasina’s ouster?

12.08.2024 2

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