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Regional progress toward universal legal identity provision could strengthen protections for people at risk of undertaking dangerous migration journeys.

Franklin Templeton seeks to replicate its success in Romania with a $1.7 billion IPO of Uzbek state assets. Is Tashkent finally ready for change?

Understanding Beijing’s strategic rejection of a “Yalta 2.0” arrangement.

Approving the North West Shelf extension is a disaster for the environment, Australia’s climate commitments, and the fragile and irreplaceable rock art in Murujuga.

Shutting down development agencies such as the MCC will force Mongolia to rely more on Russia and China for funding.

Its extensive road and railway network, coupled with major ports in the Indian Ocean, gives Iran an important advantage in cooperation with the landlocked Central Asian republics. 

The head of the Kyrgyz presidential press service aired an unfounded allegation on Facebook that the detained journalists were being paid by Bolot Temirov.

New research finds that Americans who primarily get news from online and social media platforms have lower levels of hostility toward China.

In the bullies’ playbook, silencing opponents is key. Here’s why it always backfires.

India’s multilateralism and nonalignment have their limits. Just as it is unwilling to throw in its lot with another country or alliance, no other country has an incentive to go all in with India.

Relations have hit a new low with Dhaka abruptly canceling a $21 million contract for an advanced ocean-going tug.

Despite reported frictions over CPEC and security issues in Pakistan, China had no qualms about offering – and even expanding – support for Islamabad.

Pictures of Modi in an Indian Air Force fighter pilot uniform are all over the country, as the BJP works overtime to project him as the dynamic leader who delivered "victory."

Despite recent reports of a softening of Indonesian policy, establishing ties with Tel Aviv would come with high domestic political risks.

Recent months have seen an awakening of long-dormant maritime and territorial disputes between the two nations.

Amid deepening defense ties, Jakarta seems set to consolidate its status as the top customer of French arms in Southeast Asia.

From defense spending to demographic decline, Japan’s tax reform attempts to address pressing national issues.

As the two countries send out competing diplomatic delegations, has India rehyphenated itself with Pakistan?

Beyond who wins and who loses, what's more important is whether South Korea sees the formation of political coalitions that lead to “strong leader syndrome.”

A deadly war is going on in India's tribal heartland, as the government aims to eliminate one of the world’s longest-surviving communist insurgencies.