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First Direct Akim Election on the Horizon for Kazakhstan’s Semey
Semey, the center of Kazakhstan’s Abai Region, will hold it’s first ever direct election for akim on October 12.
The Indian Army’s High-Altitude Drones
New high-altitude drones could revolutionize India's ability to supply troops along its contested northern borders with China and Pakistan.
Why Can’t Japan Solve Historical Perception Issues?
The academic debate over the history of the Asia-Pacific War and Japan’s colonial era has been largely resolved. So why does that history remain so politicized?
Why Haven’t PNG and Australia Signed the Pukpuk Mutual Defense Treaty Yet?
A scheduling issue is one reason, but there are other factors that underscore why the defense treaty has yet to be signed.
Are Taliban-Iran Relations Moving on a Positive Trajectory?
Despite existing challenges, a recent Iranian delegation’s visit to Afghanistan indicates a growing relationship between the Taliban and Iran.
Why China Won’t Weaponize Clean Energy Tech
For China, turning clean energy dominance into a geopolitical weapon would be extremely difficult, likely unwise, and perhaps self-defeating.
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What Singapore’s Poseidon Purchase Tells Us About Its Foreign Policy Worldview
It reflects the city-state’s confidence in advancing its own national interests together with those of neighbors, major powers, and the wider maritime commons.
From Smartphone to Streets, Will Nepal’s Gen Z Revolution Deliver Change?
The fundamental question remains whether this revolution will produce genuine systemic change or fade into another cycle of instability.
What China Wants With Global Governance
While increasingly widespread, the view of China as an existential challenge to the current world order reflects political alarmism more than sober analysis.
Magazine
Can ASEAN Truly Remain Neutral Between the US and China?
Malaysia’s approach as chair epitomizes the bloc’s difficult balancing act.
Kabul Will Never Be the Same Again
24 years after the U.S. invasion, and four years after the Taliban’s triumphant return to power, the question lingers: Were the war’s many sacrifices worth anything?
Memory as Destiny: China and East Asia 80 Years After World War II
History in East Asia is never just history. It is weaponized, re-scripted, and deeply entangled in present-day struggles for legitimacy, identity, and power.
Napon Jatusripitak on How the Cambodia-Thailand Tensions Spiraled Into Conflict
“These flashpoints alone cannot account for the speed or scale of the escalation, or the intensity of the nationalist fervor it has unleashed.”
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China Power
A New World Order
Why China Won’t Weaponize Clean Energy Tech
For China, turning clean energy dominance into a geopolitical weapon would be extremely difficult, likely unwise, and perhaps self-defeating.
China’s Political Troubles in South Asia
Inside China’s Surveillance and Propaganda Industries: Where Profit Meets Party
The Complex Politics of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Flashpoints
Diplomacy by Other Means
Malacca of the Moon: Asia Amid the China-US Lunar Race
A few sunlit ridges beside ice-rich craters could become lunar chokepoints, unless Asia writes simple, shared rules now.
North Korean Leader Inspects Unmanned Weapons Performance Test
US Foreign Policy Is Restructuring the World Order to China’s Benefit
The Tianjin Summit and the Illusion of a China-India-Russia Axis
Asia Defense
Militaries of the Asia-Pacific
The Indian Army’s High-Altitude Drones
New high-altitude drones could revolutionize India's ability to supply troops along its contested northern borders with China and Pakistan.
Indian Navy’s Growing Role in Securing the Indian Ocean
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia Forge Strategic Defense Pact Amid Shifting West Asian Dynamics
Japan Is Sending F-15Js to Canada and Europe for the First Time
ASEAN Beat
Insights Into Half a Billion
Thai Military Commanders Vote to Shut Cambodian Border Indefinitely
Bangkok also says that it will apply Thai domestic law over Cambodians living in disputed villages.
Myanmar Military Loosens Political Party Requirements Ahead of Contentious Election
Thai Immigration Department Denies Links to Scam Gang Abductions
The Whoosh Debt Dilemma: Should Public Transportation Be Profitable?
The Pulse
Perspectives on South Asia
Are Taliban-Iran Relations Moving on a Positive Trajectory?
Despite existing challenges, a recent Iranian delegation’s visit to Afghanistan indicates a growing relationship between the Taliban and Iran.
India Extends Support to Interim Government’s Efforts to Stabilize Nepal
Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Defense Agreement Tests India’s Gulf Balancing Act
One Year On, Sri Lanka Under President Dissanayake Has Changed for the Good
The Koreas
Divided Peninsula
The Devil Is in the Details: US and South Korea Seek Alliance Modernization, But How?
It’s not clear that common worldviews will be enough to keep the alliance moving in a positive direction.
South Korea in the Indo-Pacific: a ‘Force Multiplier’ in the Making?
South Korean President Holds Press Conference to Mark 100 Days in Office
South Korea Considers Setting up a Special Tribunal for Insurrection
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Why Can’t Japan Solve Historical Perception Issues?
The academic debate over the history of the Asia-Pacific War and Japan’s colonial era has been largely resolved. So why does that history remain so politicized?
How Japan’s Active Cyber Defense Is Changing Its International Cooperation
The Japanese Youth Strike Back
What the China-Russia WWII Narrative Alignment Means for Japan
The Debate
Comment and Opinion
The Problem Isn’t ChatGPT. It’s Us.
As a technology, large language models have been ruthless in highlighting the waste and weaknesses of the "knowledge industries."
An Open Femicide Trial in Kazakhstan Sparked Progress on Gender-based Violence, But More Must Be Done
US Southeast Asia Scam Sanctions: The Good, the Bad, and the Incoherent
The Hyundai Raid Reflects a Broken US Immigration System
Crossroads Asia
The New Silk Road
Trans-Pacific View
U.S. Policy on Asia
Trump and Xi Spoke on the Phone, But Differ on What Was Said
Trump spoke of agreements on visits and TikTok, while China's readout was more circumspect.
Trump’s TikTok Deal Is Lose-Lose Diplomacy
If the US Retreats to the Western Hemisphere, What Happens to Asia?
How Indiana Became a Stronghold for Tibetan Culture – and the Dalai Lama’s Influence
Pacific Money
Economy And Business
Sri Lanka’s Development Financing Crossroads: Lessons for a Post-Aid Era
Sri Lanka faces both the constraints of a post-crisis economy and the opportunities of a shifting global aid architecture.
From Foundry to Forum: Taiwan’s Repositioning in the New Semiconductor Order
Is Vietnam Becoming the New Thailand?
Evergrande’s Delisting Exposes China’s Slow Bankruptcy Trap
Oceania
The South Pacific
Why Haven’t PNG and Australia Signed the Pukpuk Mutual Defense Treaty Yet?
A scheduling issue is one reason, but there are other factors that underscore why the defense treaty has yet to be signed.
New Zealand Looks to Europe for Defense Industrial Partnerships
Reforming Australia’s Migration to Favor Skilled Workers, Not Family Reunion
Australia’s Real Immigration Problem
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What’s Really Behind Nepal’s Gen Z Revolution?
Nepal is the latest South Asian country to witness large-scale youth-driven protests take down a government.
What Actually Mattered at China’s Big Military Parade?
South Korea’s Lee Hits the Road to Japan and the United States
Geopolitical Ripple Effects: US-Russia, China-India, and More
Photo Essays
Asia in Pictures
Self-Help Groups Are Transforming Women’s Lives in India
For decades, men ruled the farms in Bihar. Now, it’s women who are reshaping the agricultural economy.