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Can India and ASEAN lean on each other amid the intensifying strategic competition between China and the United States?

The Japanese Ministry of Defense has awarded shipbuilder JMU a contract for the construction of 12 next-generation offshore patrol vessel.

Can China achieve its BRICS ambitions?

The longest bridge in Bangladesh, the 6.15-km-long Padma Multipurpose Bridge marks an important milestone in independent Bangladesh’s history.

The Taipei mayor’s embrace of a bridge linking Taiwan’s outlying islands with the Chinese mainland stoked controversy.

There are serious issue with Mongolia’s political system. Will the current proposals for constitutional amendment address those problems?

As the recent U.S.-New Zealand joint statement makes clear, the values aspect in New Zealand’s diplomacy remains a priority in its Pacific diplomacy.

What is the link between the North Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific regions, and what is South Korea’s role in this reimagined security framework?

The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced on June 30 that it has awarded a contract to shipbuilding company Japan Marine United (JMU) Corporation to build a next-generation offshore patrol vessel (OPV) for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

Beijing has so far failed to turn the grouping into an anti-U.S. coalition, but Washington shouldn’t sleep on the bloc’s dissatisfaction with the status quo.

Pakistan’s government is talking with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), sparking fears about what the state is prepared to negotiate away.

A new U.S. grand strategy is desperately needed to meet not only the military threat posed by Russia, but the more comprehensive threat from China.

What can we expect from Ferdinand Marcos Jr.?

Yes, Tokayev told Putin to his face that Kazakhstan won't recognize breakaway territories in Ukraine. But that's not all he said.

“They have left nothing in the ocean for us,” a local fisherman says of illegal trawlers off the coat of Balochistan.

The rise in Baloch women’s activism – and terrorism – has accompanied a new willingness by authorities to target women with state-sanctioned violence.

Beijing has so far failed to turn the BRICS grouping into an anti-U.S. coalition, but Washington shouldn’t sleep on the bloc’s dissatisfaction with the status quo.

President Yoon wants nuclear energy to catapult South Korea to carbon neutrality and international prestige. But a rough road lies ahead.

Japan's new ships are supposed to be both more capable and more automated than current vessels.

What is the link between the North Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific regions, and what is South Korea’s role in this reimagined security framework?

In his first foreign trip since the invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

The successful launch of the domestically produced Nuri rocket has implications for South Korea, the region, and the world.

While the conditions inside Afghanistan are alarming, ongoing efforts must also be directed to address the situation for millions of Afghans in neighboring countries, primarily Iran and Pakistan.

Same-sex couples will continue to remain legally discriminated against in Japan, as the Osaka district court declared that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional.

A ruling sentencing a Rohingya refugee to death repeatedly addressed the accused as “the Rohingya Yabakarbari” (meaning a Rohingya yaba/methamphetamine businessman) rather than by his name.

Indonesian authorities have stripped a bar and restaurant chain of its operating permit after it ran a drinks promotion that ran afoul of the country’s stringent blasphemy laws.

If there is no good strategy at present to achieve substantial denuclearization, then perhaps an alternative strategy should be pursued to maintain regional security – even with a nuclear North Korea.

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je recently stoked controversy with comments proposing a bridge between Xiamen and Kinmen.

Catchy phrases like “New Kazakhstan” and “Second Republic” raised hopes that meaningful changes that would benefit Kazakhstan’s people were coming.

The U.S. and its allies should bear in mind that Southeast Asia does not want zero-sum execution on infrastructure.

China invited Argentina to join the latest summit. But a closer look at relations with current members suggests that “BRICSA” remains a distant dream.

Why did the leaders of Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Japan attend a NATO summit? Podcast hosts @nktpnd & @LadyPutz discuss.

Russia’s rising energy trade with Asia – including China and India – masks underlying problems, including artificially low prices and maxed-out infrastructure.

In describing maritime space, Beijing purposefully conflates existing legal terminology with its own extralegal claims.

What do people of the Pacific Islands think about China’s plans for the region and the U.S. response?

Over one year after it was announced, the Quad Vaccine Partnership has underperformed expectations.

The RIMPAC exercises kicked off without Taiwan’s participation, despite a push from Congress, while China’s previous invitations are a distant memory.

While India plans to reach carbon neutral status by 2070, extreme weather events like the recent heatwaves keep pushing India’s energy sector to depend on traditional coal.

Over the past several decades, the New Zealand government has been increasingly pragmatic in prioritizing its economic interests. Now it's returning to its normative roots.

India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products starting Friday.

Myanmar’s military junta has apologized to Thailand after one of its fighter jets briefly crossed into Thai airspace.

The New Zealand prime minister’s visit to Japan was a strategic move to reconnect with a close partner to deal with expanding security issues in the Indo-Pacific region.

The longest bridge in Bangladesh, the 6.15-km-long Padma Multipurpose Bridge marks an important milestone in independent Bangladesh’s history.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo says that he has extracted an assurance from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that he will permit much-needed shipments of food and fertilizer supplies to be exported from Ukraine.

Henry Ivarature, Lice Movono, and Patricia O’Brien discuss the hopes and concerns Pacific Island governments – and people – have about China.

What did Kazakh President Tokayev’s recent statements in Russia actually mean?

There are serious issue with Mongolia’s political system. Will the current proposals for constitutional amendment address those problems?

China’s indigenous sports apparel companies have made great strides in their domestic market, in part by embracing the CCP’s line. That decision poses steep hurdles for their expansion abroad.

The Taipei mayor’s embrace of a bridge linking Taiwan’s outlying islands with the Chinese mainland stoked controversy.

An urban unemployment crisis, sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, continues to drag #India’s economy down.