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Why Bangladesh Is Fencing Its Border With Myanmar
A non-state actor – the Arakan Army – now controls Myanmar’s side of the border. That forces Bangladesh to rely more on unilateral forms of border management.
What Will the End of the Iran-US War Mean for Pakistan?
Pakistanis are hoping that their role in providing Trump with an offramp to end the war will lead to investment flows.
Beijing’s Bullying of Taiwan Threatens Ocean Ecology
China managed to secure Taiwan’s exclusion from a Track 2 platform designed to address maritime ecology. It’s a worrying escalation of China’s political warfare.
In China, Christianity Is Treated as a Cult
The CCP has decided some fundamental tenets of Christianity mark out the world’s largest faith as a cult, and one that needs vigorous suppression.
From Space to the Polar Depths: China Aims for a Three-Dimensional Presence in the Arctic
The Arctic – where polar, deep sea, and space intersect – offers a particularly revealing case for China’s ambitions in the “strategic new frontiers.”
Modi-Trump Meet Is Unlikely to Reset Relations Torn Over the Past Year
There are increasing questions over the reliability of the United States as a strategic partner.
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Why India Does Not Interest China
The Chinese see Indians as not having absorbed the lessons that China did from its humiliation at the hands of the West.
Who Is Asim Munir, Trump’s ‘Favorite Field Marshal’?
He's the main driving force behind Pakistan’s image overhaul and at the forefront of Pakistan’s mediation in the Iran crisis. But who, exactly, is Asim Munir?
Xi’s Summit with Kim: Views from the Neighborhood
By keeping neighbors guessing about his intentions and avoiding any concessions, it is Kim who appears to have gained the most from the Chinese leader's visit.
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In China, Christianity Is Treated as a Cult
The CCP has decided some fundamental tenets of Christianity mark out the world’s largest faith as a cult, and one that needs vigorous suppression.
China’s Limited Advance in El Salvador
Georgia’s Upgraded Partnership With China: A Louder Signal, An Empty Promise
Why Was Xi Jinping in North Korea?
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From Space to the Polar Depths: China Aims for a Three-Dimensional Presence in the Arctic
The Arctic – where polar, deep sea, and space intersect – offers a particularly revealing case for China’s ambitions in the “strategic new frontiers.”
Fear of Being Left Behind: Taiwanese Concerns After the Trump–Xi Summit
Breaking Down the State of Play in Sino-North Korean Ties
What to Make of the Emergence of a Russia-Taliban Security Alliance
Asia Defense
Militaries of the Asia-Pacific
Indian Joint Air Defense Doctrine: Implications for South Asian Stability
In the South Asian strategic environment, even defensive measures can generate negative outcomes.
India’s 5G Fighter Aircraft Dilemma
Japan Eyes a Homegrown FMS System as Defense Exports Become a Strategic Tool
AUKUS After AUKMIN: The Test Beyond Washington
ASEAN Beat
Insights Into Half a Billion
ASEAN and Russia Agree to Deepen Cooperation During Special Summit in Kazan
The global energy crisis has given a new momentum to relations between Moscow and the 11-nation Southeast Asian bloc.
Philippines Confirms Removal of Floating Platform at Scarborough Shoal
Philippine Senate Votes to Remove Duterte Ally From Chamber’s Presidency
Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing Begins First Visit to China Since Appointment as President
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Perspectives on South Asia
Why Bangladesh Is Fencing Its Border With Myanmar
A non-state actor – the Arakan Army – now controls Myanmar’s side of the border. That forces Bangladesh to rely more on unilateral forms of border management.
What Will the End of the Iran-US War Mean for Pakistan?
Modi-Trump Meet Is Unlikely to Reset Relations Torn Over the Past Year
Islamabad’s Crisis of Control in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
The Koreas
Divided Peninsula
Lee Jae-myung Caps First European Tour with G7 Appearance
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung made Korean Peninsula peace a central theme of his first trip to Europe.
South Korea’s Students Speak Out About the Local Election Ballot Shortage
South Korea Has Diversified Some Critical Minerals. The Hardest Dependencies Remain.
Has the Japan-DPRK Pyongyang Declaration Been Abandoned?
Tokyo Report
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Japan Is Re-engineering Its Intelligence Apparatus
The establishment of a National Intelligence Council and a National Intelligence Bureau is part of a long series of reforms and restructuring dating back to the end of World War II.
Japan and South Korea Navigate a Turbulent World
Ethnic Restaurants and Immigrant Entrepreneurs Facing Crisis Under Japan’s New Visa Rules
Japan’s Shifting Center: How the Left Got Left Behind
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Comment and Opinion
Beijing’s Bullying of Taiwan Threatens Ocean Ecology
China managed to secure Taiwan’s exclusion from a Track 2 platform designed to address maritime ecology. It’s a worrying escalation of China’s political warfare.
Indonesia-Timor Leste Reconciliation: ‘Through Memory Towards Hope’
Fighting with Ghosts: Sar Sokha’s Belated Sanctions Panic
Xi’s Authoritarian Blueprint for the Myanmar Junta
Crossroads Asia
The New Silk Road
Wang Yi’s Visit and Mongolia’s Foreign Policy Balancing Act
How does the Chinese foreign minister’s trip intersect with Mongolia’s hosting of the U.N. desertification conference and its broader “third neighbor” policy?
Central Asia’s Relations With Taliban-ruled Afghanistan Continue to Deepen
6 Months Into Kazakhstan’s Year of AI
Now Open, Tashiev Trial Proceeds in Kyrgyzstan
Trans-Pacific View
U.S. Policy on Asia
India-US Relations: Too Important to Fail, Too Complicated to Trust
The killing of Indian sailors by the U.S. military adds to the web of complications, but the structural foundations haven't changed.
KMT Chair Returns From Her US Tour
Patent Trolls and What’s Next in Tech Competition with China
Could a Democratic Mid-Term Win Upset the China-US Detente?
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Economy And Business
MSCI Raises New Transparency Concerns About Indonesia as Emerging Markets Verdict Looms
The global index provider has threatened to downgrade the country to "frontier market" status due to the lack of transparency in its stock market.
The USMCA Review Will Be a China (and Asia) Policy Test for Mexico
Fragmented Trade and the Failure of Sanctioned Oil Isolation
Brunei Pumps More Oil
Oceania
The South Pacific
Floating Volcanic Rock Is Disrupting Life in Papua New Guinea
The ongoing Titan Ridge eruption has left parts of PNG’s coast covered in meters of floating volcanic rock. For a community dependent on the ocean, that's a serious problem.
What the Rapid Development of the PLA Means for Australia
How Tuvalu Is Rewriting the Rules of Statehood
Australia-Germany 2+2 Ministerial Highlights an Expanding Network of Partners
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Who Is Asim Munir, Trump’s ‘Favorite Field Marshal’?
He's the main driving force behind Pakistan’s image overhaul and at the forefront of Pakistan’s mediation in the Iran crisis. But who, exactly, is Asim Munir?
The North Korea Succession Issue
The 3 Geopolitical Shocks That Boosted the Middle Corridor
Who Are Asia’s Top Arms Exporters?
Podcasts
Asia Geopolitics
Understanding Cambodia’s Scam Economy, with Jacob Sims
The scam economy is an industrialized system that merges cyber fraud with human trafficking and money laundering, all thriving under political protection.
Southeast Asia’s Mandalas of Multialignment
The Geopolitics of the Trump-Xi Meeting
Iran Crisis: Pakistan’s Prominence and India’s Strategic Silence
Photo Essays
Asia in Pictures
Survivors of Myanmar’s Landmine Blasts Struggle With Severed Limbs and Shattered Lives
The pain from their injuries hasn’t gone away. Meanwhile, they face challenges in earning a livelihood.
