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In many Asian countries, letting an AI-generated error slip through could mean not only reputational harm but legal and political persecution
The Kuril Islands dispute is not just a territorial dispute between Russia and Japan but reflects the larger complexity of geopolitical dynamics in...
Thousands of miles from Afghanistan, prescriptions are being written by Afghans for the country’s future – a future without Taliban rule.
After roughly 10 months in power, the differences between Takaichi and Abe are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
Does receiving a Chinese education sway Asia’s leaders and, by extension, foreign policy?
In criticizing Kazakhstan's Latinization effort, Russian media is not defending the Russian language or the Cyrillic alphabet, but the symbolic,...
The planned Indian deployment of the BrahMos missile on all of its naval warships has destabilizing implications for the region.
The new presidential administration law grants its head – Saida Mirziyoyeva – sweeping new powers, and immunity.
Cook’s leadership perfected Apple’s production – but Chinese workers paid the price.
Mongolia wanted to see “a shift from talk to action” at COP17. The results were mixed.
Climate change and the Iran war are driving many European consumers to Chinese-made electric vehicles despite EU tariffs.
China is poised to become a global powerhouse as both a source and destination for international tourism.
As Bangladesh’s tribunal for 1971 atrocities is being used to prosecute journalists, the line between accountability and revenge is being tested.
From being mocked for being inexperienced and incompetent, he is now emerging a sought-after leader of India’s youth.
Melting ice, unstable terrain, landslides, river blockages, sudden lake releases, and extreme weather can all combine in unpredictable ways.
The catastrophic flood this week proves that Tibet needs to be at the center of international climate security discussions.
How are Southeast Asia's governments facing up to the challenges of AI?
In an international system increasingly characterized by strategic distrust, contested borders, fragmented and overlapping alignments, the capacity to...
Nine years on, Rohingya refugees still wait for justice and home. But they haven't given up hope.
The flood, centered on Nepal's Rasuwa District and China's Gyirong County, killed at least 160 people, with 900 still missing.
Three F-2A fighters will fly to India via Okinawa and Thailand for Veer Guardian 26, with the U.S. Air Force providing support including aerial...
Central Asian aims to benefit from Iranian ports and railroads have been disrupted by the ongoing conflict.
Insights from Su Mon and Tomas Buenaventura.
It has also reignited debates around the role of the liberal media when the accused is one of their own.
Economic ties are increasingly important, but Singapore cannot, and will not, become a defender of Taiwan's international status.
China-linked influence operators are increasingly using AI to craft more effective disinformation campaigns.
A “sham” election sparked popular outrage in nominally autonomous Pakistan-administered Kashmir – and a corresponding security crackdown.
Even the historic Yongsan Park isn’t safe from the government’s desire for more housing.
Recent developments indicate that domestic mechanisms can confront civil war-era crimes when there is a government serious about the rule of law and...
Uzbekistan’s “Thousand Books for Youth” project hopes to promote a reading culture by making renowned books accessible in Uzbek.
A suite of laws to counter foreign sanctions, intervention, and long-arm jurisdiction is impacting both cross-border business and geopolitical...
It operationalizes structural changes that have been unfolding within the armed forces over the past year.
China wants more influence in Indonesia’s defense sector. Jakarta should make sure that also suits its national interests.
India's Gen Z protest undeniably reopened democratic spaces that had shrunk over the past decade.
EU-Taiwan relations increasingly resemble a form of functional strategic partnership, despite the lack of formal diplomatic recognition.
Incumbent Governor Denny Tamaki is known for his staunch anti-U.S. base sentiment. His re-election bid will ripple through the alliance and beyond.
If Albanese is serious about a Pacific COP, he must heed the region’s call on oceans.
China defines space superiority as achieving space logistics and infrastructure, and then using them for the kind of war it might fight.
Beijing is building its own corporate responsibility and supply chain standards – and promoting these standards abroad.
There are few concrete details available about the joint defense agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye.
A relationship with real potential faces a major potential stumbling block.
His statement that Jammu and Kashmir is an “important part of India” has drawn a cautious response in New Delhi and ire in Islamabad.
The claims of Hindu groups that the Taj Mahal was originally a Hindu temple are “high on prejudice and assumptions, low on evidence.”
Lawmakers and contractors used the climate crisis to push forward flood-control projects. But those have turned out to be defective and in some cases...
A recent Pew survey found that 45 percent of respondents in 36 countries held a favorable view of India, while another 41 percent held a negative...
The international community keeps treating the symptoms without touching the underlying cause: our political exclusion within Myanmar.
Adilet, as expected, secured a majority of the vote – 71 percent according to official preliminary data.
With the Iran war stalled and Seoul slow to deliver on a $350 billion pledge, the U.S. president is dangling a one-on-one summit that could sideline...
The military’s intensification of aerial bombing is aimed at defending key townships in the region.