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The Cambodia-Thailand Conflict: Can China’s Influence Tip the Scales?
Given Thailand and Cambodia’s close ties with China, it is necessary to assess how Beijing views the conflict and how its influence could shape the outcome.

Sheikh Hasina’s Spokesperson Mohammad Ali Arafat on the ICT’s ‘Legally Void’ Sentence
“The death sentence handed down by this kangaroo court is legally void.”

What’s Really Changed in ‘New Uzbekistan’?
Since the 2016 death of the country’s first president, Islam Karimov, his successor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has strived to present himself as a reformer forging a “New Uzbekistan."
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China Power
A New World Order

China’s Quiet Stake in Post-Assad Syria
China’s approach to post-Assad Syria is defined less by opportunity than by caution.
After the Subsidies: EVs and Lessons from China’s Industrial Policy
How Europe’s Preference for Plausible Deniability Shapes China’s Role in North Africa
The Wang Fuk Court Fire and Hong Kong’s Housing Crisis
Flashpoints
Diplomacy by Other Means

China-US: A Rivalry Too Entangled to Decouple
Unlike its Cold War standoff with the Soviet Union, Washington's rivalry with Beijing is constrained by mutual dependence and the high costs of economic separation.
US Arms Sales to Taiwan Signal Policy Continuity
The 3 AI Problem: How Chinese, European, and American Chatbots Reflect Diverging Worldviews
The Cambodia-Thailand Conflict: Can China’s Influence Tip the Scales?
Asia Defense
Militaries of the Asia-Pacific

Indian Navy’s Combat Aviation Capability Takes Wing
The MH-60R Romeo is widely regarded as the world’s premier all-weather, day and night-capable helicopter, designed for maritime operations.
Russia’s Chinese-Enabled Drone Supply Network Is Remaking Warfare
Japan Voices Concerns as South Korea’s Hanwha Expands Stake in Australian Shipbuilder
Iran’s First SCO Military Exercise Solidifies Ties With China and Russia
ASEAN Beat
Insights Into Half a Billion

Acting Like a State: Sarawak’s Kingmaker Blueprint for a Green Powerhouse
A convergence of shifting global trends toward sustainability and digital industries and, more critically, a fundamental restructuring of federal-state relations, have enabled Sarawak’s transformation.
What Really Happened to Flight MH370?
Malaysian Court Rejects Former PM Najib’s House Arrest Bid
Beyond the Fighting: Leadership and Scams in the Thailand-Cambodia Crisis
The Pulse
Perspectives on South Asia

Why is Türkiye Interested in South Asia?
Although Türkiye is geographically distant from South Asia, it has a history of involvement in the region because of religion and geopolitics.
How Would the Extradition of Sheikh Hasina from India to Bangladesh Work?
Is the Bangladeshi State Incapable or Unwilling to Control Mobs?
Sri Lanka Calls for Global Support Following Cyclone Ditwah
The Koreas
Divided Peninsula

South Korean President Reiterates Necessity of Tipping Balance on Inter-Korean Relations
During the Ministry of Unification and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ policy briefing, Lee Jae-myung warned that the two Korea “are becoming true enemies.”
The Lee Jae-myung Administration’s 2025 in Review
What to Make of North Korea’s End-of-Year Party Plenum
North Korea Kicks off Workers’ Party Plenary Meeting
Tokyo Report
News From Japan

Will Japan’s First Woman Prime Minister Finally Tackle Violence Against Women?
How Takaichi's government addresses the implementation gap for existing laws will define whether her historic appointment translates into substantive progress for women's safety.
The Takaichi Factor: Recalibrating the India-Japan Strategic Equation
Japan Reacts to the New US National Security Strategy
What a China-US Detente Mean for Japanese Foreign Policy
The Debate
Comment and Opinion

Rohingya Inclusion Is the True Test of Myanmar’s Future Democracy
The inclusion of the Rohingya is necessary if the United League of Arakan is to gain international legitimacy.
Dictators Don’t Take Holidays
In Asia, Political Power Is for Sale. Can Global Action Finally Rein It in?
Myanmar Photojournalist Sai Zaw Should Be Able to Report Freely. He Should Not Be In Prison.
Crossroads Asia
The New Silk Road

What Gulirano Kosimova’s Case Reveals About Accountability in Uzbekistan
For victims of abuse by state actors, accountability often stops at the courtroom door.
Underground and in the Shadows: How Uzbekistan Lives With Its Radioactive Legacy
Kazakh Senate Approves Law Banning ‘LGBTQ’ Propaganda”
The Slow Transformation of Kazakhstan’s Independence Day
Trans-Pacific View
U.S. Policy on Asia

Trump 2.0’s National Security Strategy and the Future of the International Order
Welcome to the post-American world.
The US National Security Strategy: A Sobering Reality Check for South Asia
America’s Pharmaceutical Dependence on China Is a National Security Crisis
Trump 2.0 Southeast Asia Strategy Tests Agency Beyond the US-China Prism
Pacific Money
Economy And Business

The Pacific Money Blog: 2025 Year in Review
From new state investment funds to U.S. tariffs, it has been a busy year for Southeast Asia's economies.
The US Is Selling H200 AI Chips to China – So Why Isn’t China Buying?
Vietnam’s Tourism Sector Set For Record Year in 2025
Pakistan’s IMF Program is Buying Time. Markets Want To Know What Comes Next.
Oceania
The South Pacific

Does Australia Need Additional Hate Speech Laws?
Or does Australia need to recommit to the ideals of liberalism?
A Moment of Reckoning for Australia at Bondi Beach
National Cabinet Agrees to Sweeping Overhaul of Australia’s Gun Laws in Response to Bondi Massacre
Australia: Regionalism as a Nexus to Great Power Politics
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Dissecting Trump’s Remarkably Odd US National Security Strategy
Half as long as his previous administration’s NSS, Trump’s newly revealed strategy is perhaps the clearest (though still confusing) outline of the U.S. president’s worldview.








