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The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their...
International trade and investment drive economic growth and remain critical for the least developed countries (LDCs) to attain the Sustainable...
This is the third entry in John D. Van Fleet’s Shanghai Lockdown Diary in The Diplomat. Read the first two here and here . Xujiahui, Shanghai, May...
The election victory of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in this month’s Philippine presidential election reflected the continuing dominance of political...
Days after the spectacular implosion of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Coalition government and the swearing-in of his successor Anthony...
President Joe Biden launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations Monday aimed at strengthening their economies as he warned Americans...
Back in 2018, I spoke in front of big group of teachers from schools across the country about the challenges of Social Studies education. One of...
In the desolate and seldom visited region of northern Nepal, not far from the Tibetan Plateau, lies the once forbidden kingdom of Mustang. For...
The Australian people resoundingly rejected the Coalition government that had been in power nine years. In registering their electoral voices in...
A reformist former transport minister will be the next leader of Thailand’s capital after a resounding victory in this weekend’s Bangkok...
U.S. President Joe Biden visited South Korea from May 20 to May 22 and held a summit meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on May 21....
Over the last few weeks, the streets in several parts of India’s capital, New Delhi, have been overrun by bulldozers, compelling Delhi Chief...
Security laws imposed around the world to curb the spread of COVID-19 enabled the authorities to crackdown on militancy, which resulted in a brief...
After nine long years in the political wilderness, the Australian Labor Party won office in Australia’s May 21 national election. What should...
Chen Yuying remembers the freezing afternoon last December, when she was sitting in the back of the classroom watching other students writing....
In Gwadar, a coastal city in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, seasonal downpours usually arrive in winter. The intense rain does not stay for long...
The “Space-Ground Integrated Information Network” (tiandi yitihua xinxiwangluo, SGIIN) is a “mega engineering project” approved by China...
The Philippines has established three coast guard outposts on three islands in the disputed South China Sea to monitor ship movements and promote...
Almost 30 years after Hindutva activists destroyed the 16th century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, they...
Twenty-four years ago this month, India and Pakistan declared their nuclear weapons capability to the world. Remarkably, in 1999, less than a year...
On March 11, 2011, a powerful 9.0 magnitude earthquake triggered a deadly tsunami that struck Japan’s northeastern region of Tohoku. The tsunami...
While a vast part of India continues to sizzle under excessive heat, the country’s northeast has been devastated by floods and landslides again,...
Former Timor-Leste independence fighter and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was sworn in as president of Asia’s youngest country late...
This month’s presidential elections in the Philippines fell far short of “free and fair” due to rampant vote-buying, politically-motivated...
Indonesia said yesterday that it will lift a ban on palm oil exports that has played havoc with global edible oil markets, citing improvements in...
New variables both within and outside of China in 2022 have placed the country’s economy under new pressure. In the first quarter, its economic...
The first major territorial war of the 21st century will ultimately produce geopolitical winners and losers. Nevertheless, the remaking of...
Faced with rising violence, Pakistan is taking a tougher line to pressure Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to crack down on militants hiding on their...
Now that Pyongyang has officially confirmed arrival of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, it is time to consider the implications. Where might...
Thailand and Japan have enjoyed over 600 years of friendly exchanges. Following the establishment of formal diplomatic relations in 1887, Thailand...
In 2021, Mongolia implemented its first-ever e-government services, known as E-Mongolia. Early implementation of E-Mongolia coincided with the...
Latin America has gone through numerous stages of engagement with external actors during its independent history. For much of the 19th and 20th...
The United States should ban Chinese and Russian state media companies from large social media platforms. If Congress fails to act, U.S. social...
Pakistan’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in New York on Wednesday. During...
After a landslide electoral victory on May 9, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will become the 17th president of the Philippines. During...
On Tuesday, hundreds of independent Indonesian farmers held protests across the nation to demand that the country end its strict ban on the export...
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., only son of the late dictator, is set to be proclaimed as the next president of the Philippines this month after...
When President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family stormed to power in Colombo in 2019, Beijing had much cause to celebrate. Only years earlier, the...
China’s economic downturn in recent weeks has been worse than expected, owing largely to a fresh flare-up of COVID-19 and the country’s tough...
Sri Lankan protesters lit flames and offered prayers Wednesday remembering thousands — including ethnic Tamil civilians — killed in the final...
Australia’s opposition leader Anthony Albanese said Wednesday that he will begin rebuilding trust in his nation if he wins weekend elections and...
The Japanese government is considering choosing British aerospace and defense contractor BAE Systems to support prime contractor Mitsubishi Heavy...
Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden hailed the dawn of a “new era” in relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The...
The Gwanju Uprising of May 18-27, 1980, was a pivotal step in South Korea’s march toward democratization. After protesting students were brutally...
Australia has chosen to downgrade its diplomatic presence in Myanmar so as not to legitimize the country’s military junta, deepening the...
Efforts by Taiwan to seek admittance to the World Health Organization (WHO)’s governing body, the World Health Assembly (WHA), have continued...
The remains of an American airman who went missing in action in World War II may finally be on their way home, thanks to a chance discovery of...
Advertisement Podcast hosts Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Katie Putz (@LadyPutz) discuss the drivers and consequences of China’s new security pact...
Less than two weeks after Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s resounding win in the Philippines presidential election, human rights activists have asked the...