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Will Recent US Sanctions on Russian Oil Trigger an Oil Crisis in India?

It presents India with a challenge but also an opportunity to diversify its oil imports.

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Rushali Saha

For ‘TikTok Refugees,’ a More Censored Chinese App Won’t Be the Solution

Unlike TikTok, RedNote primarily operates in China. As a result, concerns over content censorship, data privacy, and CCP control are even greater. 

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Chauncey Jung

Carrots and Sticks? Taiwan and Semiconductor Supply Chains Under Trump 2.0

Will Trump scrap the incentives offered to foreign firms like TSMC under the CHIPS Act – while upping the pressure for Taiwan to invest in the...

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Ming-Yen Ho And Chiang Min-Yen

Receding Waters, Rising Challenges: Navigating the Caspian Sea’s Geopolitical Moment

Due to global turmoil, the importance of the Middle Corridor has grown exponentially. However, the Caspian Sea continues to pose a significant...

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Douwe Van Der Meer And Julian Postulart

Why India’s Fence Along its Bangladesh Border Riles Dhaka

Advisers in the interim government argue that four agreements signed by the Hasina government with India are unequal.

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Sudha Ramachandran

Trump’s Russia Gambit Puts Central Asia on Notice

Given Trump’s past approaches, it’s entirely possible that the new U.S. president will demand that Central Asia’s governments “do more” with...

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Catherine Putz

Vietnam’s Reborn Nuclear Energy Ambitions: Challenges and Prospects

In November, Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh proposed to the National Assembly that the Ninh Thuan nuclear power project, which...

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Huynh Tam Sang And Nguyen Quoc Anh

Myanmar’s Resistance Must Be Transparent Regarding ICC Arrest Warrants

On November 27, International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan announced the submission of an arrest warrant application about...

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Tin Shine Aung

Mekong Nations Pledge to Bolster Anti-scam Efforts in 2025

China says it is leading regional efforts to crack down on online scamming operations and other transnational criminal activities.

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Sebastian Strangio

Pakistan’s Human Trafficking Problem 

The recent dismissal of 35 officers from Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for their complicity in a human trafficking case has shone...

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Marcus Andreopoulos

Why India and Maldives Are Reticent Over Alleged RAW Plot

A recent Washington Post report alleged an India-backed plot to impeach Maldives President Dr Mohamed Muizzu. However, the Muizzu government’s...

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Ahmed Naish

US State Legislatures’ Approach to China in 2023-24: The National Context

While many U.S. subnational actors have reciprocated PRC efforts to reconnect, a growing number of governors and state legislators have been...

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Flora Yan

With Trump Back in the White House, the Age of Free Trade Could Be Coming to an End

For a superpower like the United States, free trade is, in practice, an invitation to partake in its wealth. But it also implies an obligation,...

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Sami Bensassi And Agelos Delis

Amid KMT-DPP Clash at Home, Taiwan’s Speaker Han Kuo-yu Attends Trump Inauguration

Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan President Han Kuo-yu’s presence at the second inauguration of Donald Trump earlier this week was an unusual political...

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Brian Hioe

Will Casualties in Ukraine Lead to Change in North Korea?

In early November 2024, rumors of troop deployments to Russia started spreading among the residents of the North Korean city of Hyesan, on the...

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Karl Anthony Borg

Singapore PM Forms Electoral Boundaries Committee, Paving Way For Election

Lawrence Wong is set to lead the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) into an election for the first time since taking office last May.

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Sebastian Strangio

Making the Most of PM Paetongtarn’s Visit to Thailand’s Deep South

Despite its promises, the Pheu Thai government's approach to the southern question has been depressingly familiar.

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Mark S. Cogan

Why Indonesia is Blocking Apple From Selling the iPhone 16

Indonesia and Apple are currently in a bit of a kerfuffle involving market access and investment. Essentially, Indonesian authorities are not...

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James Guild

Malaysia Seeks Gag Order on Ex-PM Najib’s Royal Document Case

Malaysia’s attorney-general has requested a gag order to ban public discussion of former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s judicial review claim that...

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Sebastian Strangio

India Strengthens its Naval Muscle Amid an Uptick in Global Uncertainty, Challenges

Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned three ships — a stealth frigate INS (Indian Naval Ship) Nilgiri, a stealth destroyer INS...

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Elizabeth Roche

2 Recent Moves by the Indian Army Trigger Hinduization Concerns

Two recent moves by the Indian Army have triggered concerns over whether the armed forces, known for their staunch adherence to the principles of...

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Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

South Korean President Attends Impeachment Trial

Yoon Suk-yeol, the impeached president of South Korea, attended trial at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, according to local media. It marked...

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Mitch Shin

The Mauritius-UK Chagos Agreement Is a Good Deal for the US

Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their long-running dispute...

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Peter Harris

India’s New Space-Based Spy Network

Modern warfare requires enhanced space-based sensors capable of monitoring events happening on Earth in real time. To this end, India has recently...

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Usman Haider

Sri Lankan President Seals Several Deals in China

During his visit to China from January 14-17, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake secured several agreements, including a $3.7 billion...

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Rathindra Kuruwita

Mapping India’s Global Interests – and US Significance for New Delhi

A lot of research on international relations revolves around words – declarations of governments, statements by ministers, the sweet talk of envoys....

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Krzysztof Iwanek

Will the Trump Administration Grant the Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Project a Sanctions Waiver?

Pakistan’s Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik announced in December that he planned to request a sanctions waiver for the Pakistan-Iran gas...

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Mariyam Suleman Anees

The Shrinking Caspian Sea: An Environmental and Geopolitical Emergency

Last month, an 18th-century 28-meter wooden shipwreck was discovered off the Mazandaran coast of the Caspian Sea in southern Iran. Operating under...

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Vadim Ni

2 Regions, 1 Theater: Indivisibility of Security Between the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific

The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their...

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Mercy A. Kuo

Trade Resumes After Myanmar Military and Major Rebel Group Agree to Ceasefire

Some gates on the China-Myanmar border have reopened after a major rebel army in northeastern Myanmar agreed to a ceasefire with the Myanmar armed...

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Sebastian Strangio

ASEAN Foreign Ministers Tell Myanmar Junta to Prioritize Peace Over Elections

Southeast Asian leaders have warned Myanmar’s military regime that it should prioritize peace over an election planned for later this year,...

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Sebastian Strangio

Prabowo’s Approval Rating Tops 80 Percent After 100 Days in Office

More than four-fifths of Indonesians approve of the job that President Prabowo Subianto has done since his inauguration in October, as he prepares...

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Sebastian Strangio

Pro-Yoon Rioters Attack Courthouse After New Arrest Warrant Against the President

Around 2:50 a.m. local time on Sunday, the Seoul Western District Court issued a fresh arrest warrant against Yoon Suk-yeol, who has been impeached...

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Mitch Shin

China’s Last-minute Preparations for Trump 2.0

In the week before President Donald Trump’s inauguration into the White House for his second term as president of the United States, China seemed...

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Muhammad Murad

Should AI Convert to Islam?

Recently, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim made headlines when he urged young IT developers and tech professionals to incorporate Islamic...

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Sophie Lemière

‘Small Fish in the Dangerous Ocean’

“I took to the U.N. like a fish to water.” As Singapore’s envoy to the United Nations in the 1980s, Kishore Mahbubani made it a point to...

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Sribala Subramanian

How Did ISKP React to the HTS Victory in Syria?

The toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria at the hands of a coalition of opposing militant groups in December 2024 was a watershed moment...

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Abdul Sayed And Riccardo Valle

The Economic Impact of Pakistan’s Internet Crisis

A recent report by Top10VPN.com revealed that Pakistan suffered the highest financial losses worldwide from internet and social media outages in...

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Osama Ahmad

How Taiwan Balances Cybersecurity With Human Rights in Resisting China

Earlier this month, the National Security Bureau of Taiwan (NSB) released its findings that cyberattacks from China targeting Taiwan government...

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Michael Caster And Liu I-Chen

China in Pakistan’s Power Sector: The Hidden Costs Behind Pakistan’s Energy Overcapacity

According to the Economic Survey (2023-24), Pakistan’s power production capacity stands at 42,131 MW – almost double its domestic electricity...

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Nishant Yadav

The US Pivot to Asia Depends on Peace in Ukraine

We don’t yet know the precise approach that the incoming Trump administration will take to negotiating peace in Ukraine, but we do know that an...

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Martijn Van Ette And Andrew Gawthorpe

The Case for South Korea Prohibiting Anti-North Korean Leaflet Launches

Amid the political pandemonium instigated by President Yoon Suk-yeol’s catastrophic declaration of martial law, there is a corner of Korean...

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Chaerin Kim

Fostering Stronger Business Ties Between Mongolia and the United States 

On January 20, President-elect Donald Trump will start his second term in the White House. As an incoming president, Trump’s policies toward...

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Bolor Lkhaajav