With his resignation, Oli has become the latest casualty of mass protests in South Asian countries.

Washington’s South Asia strategy is shifting, and it is this recalibration – rather than tariffs – that threatens to inject lasting volatility into ties with New Delhi.

For Central Asia, the SCO has become a venue for deepening relations with China and managing relations with Russia.

Malaysia’s approach as chair epitomizes the bloc’s difficult balancing act.

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?

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.

“These flashpoints alone cannot account for the speed or scale of the escalation, or the intensity of the nationalist fervor it has unleashed.”