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The tangible outcomes will be modest, but the stakes are high.
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.
A combination of media misunderstandings, Chinese distortions, and Dutch mistakes raise the risk that Europeans draw the wrong conclusions about...
Even as investment tops 327 billion rupees, firms at Allama Iqbal Industrial City report inadequate wastewater infrastructure, unreliable utilities,...
The Chinese narrative attempts to erase the independent agency Tibet exercised before 1951, framing Shipki La as a historical link between China and...
The motivations of individual women who join militant organizations cannot be reduced to a single explanation. The organizational incentives are...
From church vandalism to grave desecration, assaults against Christian minorities are increasing in the large state of West Bengal since the BJP, an...
EOS-05 is a single satellite that is part of a broader imitative of India to strengthen its ISR capabilities.
Commissioned on August 31, INS Nipun significantly augments the Navy’s specialist diving, underwater intervention, salvage, and submarine rescue...
What are the political implications of Martin Romualdez’s arrest, Rodrigo Duterte’s ICC appearance, and the new criminal case against Vice...
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...
Here’s what satellite imagery and the IAEA are telling us.
China is pushing patrols into new waters near Taiwan, regularizing its presence, and deploying research vessels that can conduct military...
South Korea is betting big on universal AI access, using state activism and corporate collaboration to strengthen its position in the global AI race.
Central Asian states should jointly develop drone capabilities to prepare for current and future security needs.
It’s the relationships, stupid.
The physical state of the 81-year-old raised questions about his fitness to participate in what is likely to be a protracted trial.
Despite being wanted on various criminal charges in India, the Islamic preacher has become hugely popular since arriving in Malaysia in 2016.
One year after the South African national Benjamin Mauerberger and his network were first exposed, not one intermediary has been charged.
Some lawmakers say that the current administration should have the right to a 3 percent ceiling in order to support its expansive economic agenda.
Beijing’s real vulnerability is not international action. It’s rising awareness within the Chinese population.
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...
The declaration endorsed most of Iran's main diplomatic concerns without speaking a single word against its drone and missile attacks on its...
When a cultural industry expands overseas, that usually means exporting content. China is increasingly exporting the infrastructure behind...
With the United States announcing that it has deployed “on-orbit space control weapons,” the space arms race now appears to be fully underway.
Both those making pessimistic predictions and those confidently rejecting them often rely on thin evidence.
Ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, it is critical for Japan that the United States stays on the same page regarding the challenge from China.
The country would be the fifth member of ASEAN to roll out of the red carpet for Min Aung Hlaing since his inauguration as president in April.
The problem wasn’t China or a lack of data; it was Nepal’s lack of follow-through.
This is the first time since the May 2025 military clashes that tension between the two sides has erupted into the open.
Xi and Putin in Delhi made the headlines. The declaration tells the real story of India's multi-alignment and why Europe should welcome it.
Hinduism may not be as well-defined and creedal as Christianity or Islam, but it is not a meaningless label either. It refers to a real idea.
Siddhant Kishore joins host Tushar Shetty to examine the BRICS summit in New Delhi and the strategic realignment underway across Asia.
Human rights organizations are speaking out after five Kazakh activists were convicted for an alleged plan to seize the presidential residence in...
Its leaders successfully dismantled an old political order but had little knowledge of how to develop the institutions or governing consensus needed...
However determined Western governments may be to turn Russia and Iran into pariah states, much of the Global South rejects their isolation.
When it comes to Chinese overseas port projects, negative economic externalities may coexist with positive ones.
Taiwan’s Han Kuang exercises are winning public approval, despite the growing impact on civilians. Understanding is another matter.
In the first Central Asia-South Korea leaders summit, energy and critical minerals were top of the agenda.
Southeast Asia might end up hosting substantial computing capacity without developing a correspondingly deep AI economy.
Beijing has opened its enormous market to African exports. Whether that helps the continent move up global value chains is another question.
Insights from Verineia Codrean.
In early September, Kyrgyzstan hosted both the World Nomad Games and the SCO summit in a carefully choreographed spectacle of national power and...
Koja Genta didn't win because of his stance on U.S. bases. He won because of his vision for the economy.
Pillar II’s progress has proven difficult to judge – not due to a lack of activity, but because there’s no agreed metric for what success should...
The Delhi Declaration made no mention of de-dollarization. But it did back trade in national currencies.
The appointment of Suahasil Nazara, who has served as deputy finance minister since 2019, is intended to calm investors worried about Jakarta's fiscal...
As the strategically located Pakistani port’s geopolitical value increases, can its market readiness keep pace?
Oh Ei Sun of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs discusses the outcome of the recent elections in Johor and Negeri Sembilan.
The IMF says Turkmenistan, in failing to provide key economic data, is in breach of its obligations.