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Mon, 08/12/2025 - 05:32
Recent statements by Indian Prime Minister Modi and Foreign Minister Jaishankar suggest that change could be in the air.
Mon, 08/12/2025 - 05:27
They stressed co-production and co-innovation, expansion of the export basket, finalizing an FTA with the Eurasian Economic Union, and revitalizing connectivity projects.
Mon, 08/12/2025 - 04:07
While not altering the global balance of power in any meaningful way, Putin’s visit might actually diminish India’s significance in the eyes of the West.
Mon, 08/12/2025 - 02:14
The two governments have accused the other of responsibility for a string of incidents that threaten to ignite another full-scale border conflict.
Sun, 07/12/2025 - 22:14
The carrier has mostly been used for HADR missions, and debates about its utility have raged since it entered into service in 1997.
Sun, 07/12/2025 - 00:26
Can an anti-immigration turn really be compatible with a ‘Japan is Back’ narrative?
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 16:59
Until 2021, statements about NATO in Chinese foreign and defense ministry press conferences were few and largely neutral in tone. Then the tone hardened.
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 16:52
Recent incidents point to the use of advanced operational techniques and technologies, signaling an increasing hybridization of terrorist techniques, tactics, and procedures.
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 16:51
China gives conflicting signals because it has three different “personas”: Moral China, Defensive-Assertive China, and Striving China.
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 16:21
Ishiba has critiqued current Prime Minister Takaichi for her Taiwan remarks, nuclear policy, and rice vouchers.
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 16:18
Far away from the scrutiny of the international community, the Arakan Army is holding hundreds of Bangladeshi citizens as hostages.
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 15:26
That “easy money” comes with a steep cost: a criminal record, a lifetime ban from Australia, and up to life imprisonment.
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 15:22
As families sift through ashes and survivors call for accountability following a catastrophic building fire in Hong Kong, authorities have moved swiftly to silence dissent.
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 15:12
The paths of China and India in space show how Asian space powers are fundamentally transforming the global distribution of capabilities and influence in cislunar space.
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 14:33
Economic strategy can no longer be separated from geopolitics. How, then, should ASEAN position itself?
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 14:24
It’s not in the new white paper.
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 13:53
After decades of accusations over counterfeiting foreign brands, Chinese companies are now assuming dual roles: as not only IP violators, but also IP proprietors.
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 13:21
Gwadar port has often been touted as CPEC’s “crown jewel.” Yet almost two decades after the port began operations, business has been lackluster.
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 09:59
Months of political instability expected to ensue
Fri, 05/12/2025 - 05:52
Life in the heaving camps around Cox's Bazar is marked by a daily struggle for even basic connectivity and safety.
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