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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.
After the Subsidies: EVs and Lessons from China’s Industrial Policy
Looking closely at how China’s EV sector rose to global dominance offers the United States a chance to discern what to emulate, what to avoid, and how to compete.
How Europe’s Preference for Plausible Deniability Shapes China’s Role in North Africa
China’s expanding role in the region reflects a willingness to assume duration and exposure where Europe has chosen restraint.
The Wang Fuk Court Fire and Hong Kong’s Housing Crisis
Affordable housing is a city-wide concern, with its implications spanning the political, economic, and social realms.
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.
How Would the Extradition of Sheikh Hasina from India to Bangladesh Work?
An arduous bureaucratic-judicial exercise and geopolitics could stand in the way of Sheikh Hasina’s extradition from India to Bangladesh.
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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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After the Subsidies: EVs and Lessons from China’s Industrial Policy
Looking closely at how China’s EV sector rose to global dominance offers the United States a chance to discern what to emulate, what to avoid, and how to compete.
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
Despite the Thaw, Anti-Indian Sentiment Is on the Rise in China
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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?
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Militaries of the Asia-Pacific
Russia’s Chinese-Enabled Drone Supply Network Is Remaking Warfare
UAV cooperation with China is rapidly transforming Russia’s capacity for sustained, cost-effective, and scalable warfare – with implications stretching from Europe to the Pacific Ocean.
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
China Bets on Unmanned Stealth Bombers
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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.
Why Peace Keeps Failing on the Cambodia–Thailand Border
International Court of Justice to Hear Rohingya Genocide Case Next Month
The Philippines in 2025: Corruption, Accountability, and the Marcos-Duterte Rift
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How Would the Extradition of Sheikh Hasina from India to Bangladesh Work?
An arduous bureaucratic-judicial exercise and geopolitics could stand in the way of Sheikh Hasina’s extradition from India to Bangladesh.
Is the Bangladeshi State Incapable or Unwilling to Control Mobs?
Sri Lanka Calls for Global Support Following Cyclone Ditwah
India Reaches Out to West Asia Ahead of Phase 2 of Gaza Peace Plan Implementation
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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
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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
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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.
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The New Silk Road
Underground and in the Shadows: How Uzbekistan Lives With Its Radioactive Legacy
The lack of transparent monitoring data and public access to environmental information significantly increases risks for communities living near former uranium facilities.
Kazakh Senate Approves Law Banning ‘LGBTQ’ Propaganda”
The Slow Transformation of Kazakhstan’s Independence Day
Even as US Travel Bans Expand, Turkmenistan Gets Good News
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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
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The US Is Selling H200 AI Chips to China – So Why Isn’t China Buying?
China’s H200 curbs suggest a willingness to sacrifice short-term AI performance to escape dependence on the U.S. tech ecosystem.
Vietnam’s Tourism Sector Set For Record Year in 2025
Pakistan’s IMF Program is Buying Time. Markets Want To Know What Comes Next.
Why Indonesia Cancelled the Early Retirement of the Cirebon-1 Power Plant
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A Moment of Reckoning for Australia at Bondi Beach
An effort needs to be made to comprehend and counteract the political ideas, narratives, and movements that work like acid to erode social trust and encourage hate, division, and this week’s horrific violence.
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
Bondi Shooting: Could Australia’s Worst Terrorist Attack on Home Soil Have Been Prevented?
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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.
