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The Bondi Attack, the Islamic State, and the Price of Strategic Shortsightedness

Reports that the Bondi shooters travelled to the southern Philippines to receive military-style training was a shocking revelation in the aftermath...

yesterday 20

Haroro J. Ingram And Kiriloi M. Ingram

What is Happening to North Korea’s Jangmadang Free Markets?

For decades, the black market economy has been a lifeline for North Korean citizens. It enabled them to trade goods and services in ways that both...

yesterday 20

Michael Macarthur Bosack

Invoking History: Xi Jinping’s Challenge to Okinawan Sovereignty and the US-Japan Alliance

On June 4, 2023, Xi Jinping visited a national archive in Beijing where he commented on a 16th-century Chinese diplomatic document related to Ryukyu...

yesterday 6

Dylan J. Plung

Aceh’s Bitter Lesson, Relearned

Severe floods and landslides in the provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh in November, which killed more than 1,000 people , carried a...

yesterday 6

Wahyu Wilopo

Thai Prosecutors Urged to Drop Malaysian Defamation Case Against Australian Journalist

A Thai Senate Committee has urged local prosecutors to drop an unprecedented cross-border defamation case against Australian journalist Murray...

yesterday 5

Luke Hunt

2025: The Year Pakistan Stepped Back into the Spotlight

In many ways, 2025 turned out to be a turning point for Pakistan. The country suddenly found itself mattering again in international affairs, even...

yesterday 3

Umair Jamal

Has Nepal’s Second Biggest Party Just Committed Political Harakiri?

Three-time Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been elected the chair of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) for a...

yesterday 4

Biswas Baral

The World Is Failing Cambodia (Again) – and This Time Everyone Is Suffering

For years, it has been fashionable to describe Cambodia as stuck: locked in authoritarian stasis, impervious to pressure, immune to meaningful...

yesterday 3

Jacob Sims

Cambodia Counts the Costs of Its Border Conflict with Thailand

More than two weeks into renewed frontier fighting between Thailand and Cambodia, Thai air sorties and Cambodian BM-21 rockets continue to cross...

yesterday 4

Coby Hobbs

The Return of Factional Conflict in South Korea’s Foreign Policy

At a publicized joint policy briefing by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Unification at the Seoul Government Complex on...

yesterday 4

Yoonki Lee

China-US: A Rivalry Too Entangled to Decouple

The latest U.S. National Security Strategy document released by the Donald Trump administration has attracted the attention of commentators for how...

previous day 40

Manoj Pant And M Rahul

After the Subsidies: EVs and Lessons from China’s Industrial Policy

China has long identified specific sectors as future engines of growth and recipients of expansive state subsidies. Despite charges of economy-wide...

previous day 10

Michael H. Gary

Thailand, Cambodia Agree to Hold Ceasefire Talks on December 24

Defense officials from Thailand and Cambodia agreed to hold ceasefire talks later this week, as Southeast Asian foreign ministers held an emergency...

previous day 10

Sebastian Strangio

James Chin on the Shifting Political Sands in Malaysia’s Sabah State

On November 29, the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah held elections to the state assembly. The poll was dominated by two Sabah-based parties:...

previous day 9

Sebastian Strangio

The Pacific Money Blog: 2025 Year in Review

As 2025 draws to a close, we reflect on some of the biggest economic stories across Southeast Asia this year. The region as a whole saw continued...

previous day 3

James Guild

What Really Happened to Flight MH370?

The seemingly endless search for doomed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is set to resume on December 30, having briefly restarted in March, only to...

previous day 3

Aisyah Llewellyn

What Gulirano Kosimova’s Case Reveals About Accountability in Uzbekistan

In April 2025, Gulirano Kosimova, a school principal from Uzbekistan’s Fergana region, became the victim of one of the country’s most disturbing...

previous day 2

Gulnoz Mamarasulova

South Korea’s Labor Model and Its Strategic Consequences

South Korea’s long working hours are often treated as a cultural cliché, but the numbers show a more structural story — one that continues to shape...

previous day 1

Soeun Jeon

Myanmar’s Military Prepares to Enact Its Election Plan

When Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing first seized power from Myanmar’s civilian government in February 2021, he promised to hold new elections. Nearly...

previous day 1

Andrew Nachemson

Malaysian Court Rejects Former PM Najib’s House Arrest Bid

The Kuala Lumpur High Court has ‍dismissed jailed ‍former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bid to serve the remainder of his sentence for...

previous day 2

Sebastian Strangio

Does Australia Need Additional Hate Speech Laws?

Australia continues to consider how it will respond legislatively to the horrific mass shooting of Jewish-Australians on December 14 at Bondi Beach...

previous day 2

Grant Wyeth

Why is Türkiye Interested in South Asia?

The modern nation-state of Türkiye — and its predecessor, the Ottoman Empire — have long been interested in exerting influence on South Asia. Such...

previous day 10

Akhilesh Pillalamarri

Indian Navy’s Combat Aviation Capability Takes Wing

The Indian Navy’s combat aviation capability is taking wing. A new flotilla of capital warships is being equipped with new multi-role helicopters...

previous day 2

Ajai Shukla

Killing of Tajik Boy in Moscow Sparks Debate About Motive

On the morning of Tuesday, December 16, a ninth grader entered a secondary school in the village of Gorki-2, located outside Moscow, armed with...

previous day 2

Albert Otkjær

US Immigration Policy and the Normalization of Military Rule in Myanmar

On November 24, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it had terminated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Burmese nationals....

previous day 4

Tin Shine Aung

Beyond the Fighting: Leadership and Scams in the Thailand-Cambodia Crisis

The renewed escalation in fighting between Thailand and Cambodia marks the most serious deterioration in their relations for decades. While...

previous day 2

Neil Loughlin

China’s Quiet Stake in Post-Assad Syria

In mid-November 2025, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani arrived in Beijing for his first official visit since the fall of Bashar al-Assad....

previous day 2

Abbas Ismail

International Court of Justice to Hear Rohingya Genocide Case Next Month

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will next month hear a landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against the country’s...

monday 3

Sebastian Strangio

Why Peace Keeps Failing on the Cambodia–Thailand Border

Hostilities between Cambodia and Thailand flared into open conflict in July 2025, as firefights erupted across multiple points of their shared...

monday 30

Jay Sophalkalyan

The Philippines in 2025: Corruption, Accountability, and the Marcos-Duterte Rift

Corruption and accountability dominated the news in the Philippines this year, amid the vicious infighting of the camps of President Ferdinand...

monday 3

Mong Palatino

Sri Lanka Calls for Global Support Following Cyclone Ditwah

Sri Lanka’s Labor Minister and Deputy Finance Minister Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando announced last week that the government would convene an...

monday 2

Rathindra Kuruwita

India Reaches Out to West Asia Ahead of Phase 2 of Gaza Peace Plan Implementation

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar separately visited countries in West Asia and North Africa last...

monday 2

Elizabeth Roche

ASELSAN: Shaping the Future of Global Defense Technology

ASELSAN, Türkiye’s premier defense electronics company, has steadily emerged as a key player in the global security landscape. With its innovative...

monday 2

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Acting Like a State: Sarawak’s Kingmaker Blueprint for a Green Powerhouse

Sarawak, historically viewed as a periphery of Malaysia, is rapidly emerging as a “Green State” spearheading multiple ambitious projects within the...

monday 2

Michio Ueda

How Would the Extradition of Sheikh Hasina from India to Bangladesh Work?

When Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal read out the death sentence verdict against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on November 17 for...

monday 2

Abhinav Mehrotra And Amit Upadhyay

Is the Bangladeshi State Incapable or Unwilling to Control Mobs?

On December 12, Sharif Osman Hadi, a rising independent political leader who participated in the July-August protests that toppled the Sheikh...

monday 2

Siam Sarower Jamil

How Europe’s Preference for Plausible Deniability Shapes China’s Role in North Africa

Over the past decade, China’s increased presence in North Africa has been commonly framed as either European decline and loss of influence, or the...

monday 1

Ethan Woolf Moñino

The Wang Fuk Court Fire and Hong Kong’s Housing Crisis

Weeks after the fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, questions on the path forward loom large. By the time firefighters were able to quell the...

monday 2

Chinon Norteman

Thailand Says It Will Not Be Pressured on Border Conflict Ahead of ASEAN Meeting

Thailand’s government says that it will not be pressured by foreign powers during today’s Special Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)...

monday 10

Sebastian Strangio

Burning Xi Jinping: Is Kazakh Rights Group Facing Its Final Days?

Back in the summer, Guldariya Sherizatkyzy was sitting in the front room of her home outside Almaty, telling any journalist who would listen the...

monday 2

Chris Rickleton

Not China’s H-1B: The Rocky Road Ahead for the K Visa

More than two months have passed since China’s new regulations on the so-called “K visa” formally took effect on October 1 . Yet the frontier...

19.12.2025 20

Yuan Yan

Rohingya Inclusion Is the True Test of Myanmar’s Future Democracy

On December 28, Myanmar will hold the first phase of “national elections” that will be neither truly national nor genuine in any way. Organized by...

19.12.2025 50

Zaw Win

Trump 2.0’s National Security Strategy and the Future of the International Order

As Trump 2.0 approaches its first anniversary, the administration’s vision has come into sharper focus than its predecessor’s on both the domestic...

19.12.2025 10

Sahashi Ryo

The EU’s China Fault Line Runs Through Spain

Europe’s China debate has become a test of how far the Union can turn a broad strategic consensus into coherent action. Since 2019, Brussels has...

19.12.2025 5

María Herrero And Stefan Messingschlager

Cambodia, Thailand Willing to Deescalate Border Conflict, Chinese FM Says

Cambodia and Thailand have expressed a willingness to de-escalate tensions and work towards a ceasefire in their current border conflict, China’s...

19.12.2025 10

Sebastian Strangio

Vietnam’s Tourism Sector Set For Record Year in 2025

Vietnam is on track to receive a record high of 21 million foreign tourists this year, its Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism said earlier...

19.12.2025 2

Sebastian Strangio

Taiwan Is in the Middle of a Constitutional Crisis

Without much warning at all, Taiwan has found itself in the middle of a constitutional crisis. Although the public reaction has been curiously...

19.12.2025 5

Brian Hioe

Despite the Thaw, Anti-Indian Sentiment Is on the Rise in China

After nearly five years of tension, China-India relations have improved, with increased interactions between the two sides in 2025. As a gesture of...

19.12.2025 3

Zhenlin Cui

The Lee Jae-myung Administration’s 2025 in Review

A little more than a year ago, Lee Jae-myung, then the leader of the now ruling Democratic Party, was on former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s list of...

19.12.2025 2

Eunwoo Lee

What Would OPCON Transfer Mean for the UN Command in Korea?

The transition of wartime operational control (OPCON) from the United States to the South Korea (formally the Republic of Korea, or ROK) once again...

19.12.2025 3

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The Bondi Attack, the Islamic State, and the Price of Strategic Shortsightedness

Haroro J. Ingram And Kiriloi M. Ingram

What is Happening to North Korea’s Jangmadang Free Markets?

Michael Macarthur Bosack

Invoking History: Xi Jinping’s Challenge to Okinawan Sovereignty and the US-Japan Alliance

Dylan J. Plung

Aceh’s Bitter Lesson, Relearned

Wahyu Wilopo

Thai Prosecutors Urged to Drop Malaysian Defamation Case Against Australian Journalist

Luke Hunt

2025: The Year Pakistan Stepped Back into the Spotlight

Umair Jamal

Has Nepal’s Second Biggest Party Just Committed Political Harakiri?

Biswas Baral

The World Is Failing Cambodia (Again) – and This Time Everyone Is Suffering

Jacob Sims

Cambodia Counts the Costs of Its Border Conflict with Thailand

Coby Hobbs

The Return of Factional Conflict in South Korea’s Foreign Policy

Yoonki Lee

China-US: A Rivalry Too Entangled to Decouple

Manoj Pant And M Rahul

After the Subsidies: EVs and Lessons from China’s Industrial Policy

Michael H. Gary

Thailand, Cambodia Agree to Hold Ceasefire Talks on December 24

Sebastian Strangio

James Chin on the Shifting Political Sands in Malaysia’s Sabah State

Sebastian Strangio

The Pacific Money Blog: 2025 Year in Review

James Guild

What Really Happened to Flight MH370?

Aisyah Llewellyn

What Gulirano Kosimova’s Case Reveals About Accountability in Uzbekistan

Gulnoz Mamarasulova

South Korea’s Labor Model and Its Strategic Consequences

Soeun Jeon

Myanmar’s Military Prepares to Enact Its Election Plan

Andrew Nachemson

Malaysian Court Rejects Former PM Najib’s House Arrest Bid

Sebastian Strangio

Does Australia Need Additional Hate Speech Laws?

Grant Wyeth

Why is Türkiye Interested in South Asia?

Akhilesh Pillalamarri

Indian Navy’s Combat Aviation Capability Takes Wing

Ajai Shukla

Killing of Tajik Boy in Moscow Sparks Debate About Motive

Albert Otkjær

US Immigration Policy and the Normalization of Military Rule in Myanmar

Tin Shine Aung

Beyond the Fighting: Leadership and Scams in the Thailand-Cambodia Crisis

Neil Loughlin

China’s Quiet Stake in Post-Assad Syria

Abbas Ismail

International Court of Justice to Hear Rohingya Genocide Case Next Month

Sebastian Strangio

Why Peace Keeps Failing on the Cambodia–Thailand Border

Jay Sophalkalyan

The Philippines in 2025: Corruption, Accountability, and the Marcos-Duterte Rift

Mong Palatino

Sri Lanka Calls for Global Support Following Cyclone Ditwah

Rathindra Kuruwita

India Reaches Out to West Asia Ahead of Phase 2 of Gaza Peace Plan Implementation

Elizabeth Roche

ASELSAN: Shaping the Future of Global Defense Technology

Partner Content Written By Pangeaglobe

Acting Like a State: Sarawak’s Kingmaker Blueprint for a Green Powerhouse

Michio Ueda

How Would the Extradition of Sheikh Hasina from India to Bangladesh Work?

Abhinav Mehrotra And Amit Upadhyay

Is the Bangladeshi State Incapable or Unwilling to Control Mobs?

Siam Sarower Jamil

How Europe’s Preference for Plausible Deniability Shapes China’s Role in North Africa

Ethan Woolf Moñino

The Wang Fuk Court Fire and Hong Kong’s Housing Crisis

Chinon Norteman

Thailand Says It Will Not Be Pressured on Border Conflict Ahead of ASEAN Meeting