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Europe is seeking to distance itself from China, continuing its quest for economic and industrial autonomy that has been underway for several...
On March 13, China, Iran, and Russia concluded the Security Belt 2025 joint maritime exercise near Iran’s strategically important Chabahar Port,...
One of the few areas of agreement between the Trump and Biden administrations has been the so-called India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor...
On March 21, 2025, Pakistan granted a temporary No Objection Certificate (NOC) to Starlink, the satellite internet service developed by Elon Musk’s...
Powerful earthquakes struck mainland Southeast Asia on Friday with a soaring death toll feared as buildings collapsed near its epicenter in Myanmar...
Early on the morning of March 28 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid a visit to the governor-general, asking her to dissolve Parliament...
The Indian government’s efforts to normalize the situation in conflict-ridden Manipur has met with limited success, revealing the deep and multi-...
On the night of March 20, 2025 , the skies over Odesa, Ukraine, erupted in chaos. Wave after wave of Russian drones descended on the port city,...
The visit of Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, to China from March 26 to 29 is more than a regular...
The U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Annual Threat Assessment report, published on March 25, is sobering. Despite a change in...
The ownership of two key ports along the Panama Canal has become a major flashpoint between the United States and China. At the heart of the...
A fortnight after the Indian and Australian cricket teams battled each other on the cricket pitch, the sports rivalry receded into the background...
After weeks of speculation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today called the 2025 federal election for May 3. This will be an election for all 150...
On the outskirts of Lanzhou, a city in western China, a large banner plastered over an unfinished residential complex celebrated not the Lunar New...
Thailand’s cabinet has approved the second draft of a law that would legalize casino gambling, with the aim of building a world-class gaming...
The head of Myanmar’s military junta yesterday vowed to hold a long-planned election in December, urging the regime’s opponents to put down their...
Vietnam this week made a number of preemptive bilateral trade concessions to the United States in a bid to avoid the imposition of tariffs by the...
Candidates aligned with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. are set to sweep the Senate elections in May, according to a new public opinion...
The Trump administration is terminating almost all foreign assistance grants to Central Asian countries, according to a document reportedly sent to...
Last month’s U.N. General Assembly 11th emergency special session – dedicated to the resolution of the war in Ukraine – illuminated a shift in...
The year 2000 marked an inflection point for many Western countries, including Australia, in their outlook toward the world. The focus began to...
Since February, fragments of at least four suspected unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also called drones, have been found in the West Kazakhstan...
U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who happened to be a former actor, once said that it was unthinkable for a president not to be an actor. The intent...
It was a quick and productive deal. On March 20, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Response Adam Boehler and former U.S. Ambassador to...
On March 25, the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh’s interim government Mohammad Yunus announced that a commercial deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX-owned...
At the recent Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, Philippines’ Armed Forces Chief General Romeo S. Brawner revealed ongoing discussions to expand the...
Each year during Ramadan in Indonesia, the communal breaking of the fast serves not only as a religious observance but also as a platform for...
On March 31, the first trilateral summit between the leaders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan will take place in Khujand, Tajikistan. The...
In 2020, North Korean authorities reportedly executed a fishing boat captain by firing squad in front of 100 of his colleagues. His crime: secretly...
Immigration has been a pawn for political dog-whistling and misinformation for decades — and the 2025 election campaign promises more of the same....
Seated in a cramped room in Kathmandu, 33-year-old Rekha* recounted her life of struggle as the sole provider of herself and her three children. ...
The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has reportedly rescinded its March 15 letters terminating its grants for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty...
Anti-corruption is undoubtedly one of Xi Jinping’s most significant political legacies since he came to power in 2012. It began with the purge of...
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has survived a parliamentary vote of no-confidence filed by opposition lawmakers who accuse her of...
The Indonesian rupiah yesterday fell to its lowest level since the Asian financial crisis of 1998, reflecting concerns about the government’s...
A recent report, “ Rethinking Affirmative Action for Muslims in Contemporary India,” provides insights into the continued social, educational, and...
The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their...
This is the era of artificial intelligence (AI). AI has been making waves across the world because of its potential to revolutionize all aspects of...
While the impeachment ruling for South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol remains delayed, on March 24 the Constitutional Court made a decision to...
India’s adoption of the Indo-Pacific as a strategic framework has gained prominence over the past decade. The concept is often portrayed as the...
On March 11, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested under a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). He faces...
Afghan-Uzbek relations are expected to reach to a new high in 2025. Last year, the two countries stated aims to increase bilateral trade turnover to...
Over the past decade, Taiwan has lost its diplomatic partners at an alarming rate – 11 countries have switched recognition to the Peoples Republic...
The recent circumnavigation of Australia by People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) warships suggests the PLAN is getting closer to operationalizing...
India’s announcement of its 2070 net-zero emissions goal in 2021 has led to a substantial uptick in the development of policies and tools to assess...
In recent months, Mongolia has tapped into its financial market, aiming to boost investor confidence and attract funding from diverse sources....
On March 25, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) held a launch event for its annual report. The event, held in a Senate...
“This is our problem now, not China’s,” an Indonesian interlocutor noted amid a lengthy delay late last year on board Southeast Asia’s first high-...
Malaysia’s government says that it will tighten its regulations on semiconductors after coming under pressure from the U.S. to prevent the country...
I recently wrote about the de-listing of Malaysia Airports from the Malaysian stock exchange. It was taken over by a consortium of investors led by...