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Taiwan could end 2026 without awarding a single new large-scale contract for domestically produced combat drones.
The U.S. is threatening to pull a $2 billion infrastructure project in Yap. It's second time recently there have been major problems in U.S. defense...
Dhaka wants the post-2024 political order to be viewed not only as a domestic transition but also as the basis of a more assertive foreign policy...
Largely construed as routine modernization efforts, the KNB’s new responsibilities may not have not attracted much scrutiny but they could have...
The cause of the crisis can be attributed to both external and internal factors, highlighting Mongolia's energy insecurity. The cure might be a path...
Electric vehicles can reduce pollution and emissions. But underlying issues of preserving car dependence, displacing environmental harm, and workers...
July was Balochistan’s most violent month this year. It also overtook Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to emerge as Pakistan’s most volatile province.
Government actions that could once be described as regional campaigns are now embedded in national legislation. Restrictions will become easier to...
The memorial will be built at an existing cemetery that commemorates 14 North Korean fighter pilots shot down while battling the U.S. Air Force in...
Long-range surface-to-surface and ground-based anti-ship missiles will help defend the country on both land and sea.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government has announced plans to repatriate around 5,000 Rohingya with Myanmar's assent.
Just how powerful is India? CNP may present a better picture than GDP.
On the 81st anniversary of the bombing of Japan, the hibakusha are disappearing just as fast as the world is becoming numb to their cause
The author of “Witness to North Korea” reflects on which lessons from his time in the country are still relevant today.
Rather than signaling the abandonment of non-alignment, the same principles are increasingly pursued through a different set of institutions.
Two laborers from central India were shot dead at a brick kiln in Kulgam in the Kashmir valley on July 31.
The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader said Japan’s preemptive attack capability is entering the “stage of the actual act.”
Insights from Gloria Chen.
In China, India, much of Southeast Asia, and elsewhere in Asia, the net benefits of AI are perceived by populations to be greater than their...
Parents are paying institutions to coerce adults whose life choices conflict with family expectations.
While China and India compete for influence through Buddhism, smaller states such as Bhutan and Singapore are showing how Buddhist values, networks,...
South Korea's army thought they were locked on to a North Korean UAV. It actually belonged to the U.S. Marine Corps.
In East Asia’s graying societies, police are becoming the “catch-all” agency for managing aging, like dementia-related wandering.
Germany stepped up its deportations of Afghan nationals even as critics take aim at its interactions with the Taliban regime.
Moscow is naming one of the disputed islands after a Soviet spy who operated in Imperial Japan.
As more countries consider acquiring nuclear weapons, the EAS should take the lead in addressing the growing challenges of proliferation.
This year’s white paper places particular emphasis on Beijing’s growing ability to project military power beyond the First Island Chain.
Up to six proposals – ranging from nuclear power to absentee voting – will be put to voters in the November polls, but without the usual round of...
Most climate finance goes where it is easiest to lend. Embankments, water systems, shade, and shelters that save lives and livelihoods in villages...
Aside from making sympathetic noises about living standards, Xi offered no new wisdom or solutions.
The Cockroach Janta Party reflects every hallmark of modern decentralized leadership theories, but is set to leave a lasting imprint on Indian...
The move is intended to weaken ASEAN's determination to hold Myanmar to the Five-Point Consensus and widen the divisions between the bloc's member...
The capricious treatment of partners and allies threatens to do long-term damage to Washington's standing in the region.
His rhetoric was familiar, but carried additional weight in light of recent clashes between Chinese and Philippine vessels in the South China Sea.
The Red Sea corridor Asian trade depends on has another volatile shore, and almost nobody is watching it.
The announcement follows the Pakatan Harapan coalition's bruising defeat in the Negeri Sembilan state election on Saturday.
A cross-border energy project deals with the impact of two conflicts.
The program, which launched as a pilot in August 2025, is now permanent and at present affects the citizens of 50 countries.
Last week, Pakistani Defense Minister Khwaja Asif described protesters “as enemies like India."
Officials say that the first small modular reactor of Uzbekistan’s nuclear power plant project is to be commissioned in 2029.
The new generation of Japanese policymakers is far less willing to accommodate China than its predecessors.
Xi’s speech addressed the attendees at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, but his real audience was the international community, and of...
In Negeri Sembilan, the Pakatan Harapan coalition was washed away by a wave of Malay unity that could determine the outcome of the next general...
Marking his 100th day as president, Min Aung Hlaing told parliament that his administration would pursue its own “solution” to the country’s conflict.
Imran Khan is undoubtedly popular. But building a protest movement that revolves around Khan and his freedom immediately excludes half the population.
As the Takaichi administration strives to strengthen Japan’s intelligence capabilities, it’s important to build up counterintelligence...
How transactional is the massive shift in their relations and how sensitive is it to the Ukraine war?
A rumor with one traceable source drew an official rebuttal in Dushanbe that buried its documented enforcement.
The Arakan Army’s quest for international recognition should be tied to Rohingya rights and accountability.