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Will a US-developed port at Pasni, just 100 kilometers from the China-developed Gwadar Port, be acceptable to Beijing?

After a string of purges on the Central Military Commission, how long will new Vice Chair Zhang Shengmin last?

This year's summit reflects the prominent place that ASEAN occupies in Asia’s diplomatic calendar. But some say the organization has devolved into an ineffective talk-shop.

It is a bold attempt to reset Bangladesh’s democratic trajectory after years of political unrest, authoritarian drift, and institutional erosion.

The RSS does not maintain any formal link with its foreign affiliates, but there are a plethora of Hindutva organizations operating in the US.

The country's admission caps off a 14-year journey toward accession, but also presents new challenges for the Southeast Asian bloc.

President Prabowo Subianto, a former general, is bringing a military mindset to economic policy.

The agreement builds on the ceasefire of July 28, but is unlikely to resolve the fundamental causes of the current border dispute.

It’s a been crazy few months in Japanese politics.

The Indo-Pacific should not be viewed as a threat, but as an opportunity for Pakistan to expand its relevance.

Beijing is creating an integrated ecosystem where civilian technological innovation automatically serves military purposes: the final evolution of “Military-Civil Fusion.”

If Pakistan truly wants to protect its women, it must first dismantle the silence and shame that surround their bodies.

Can Malaysia's ASEAN Community Vision 2045 succeed in reversing the region’s fragmentation?

Human suffering and unchallenged radicalization open the door for a security crisis of cataclysmic reach.

As the U.S. pursues “de-risking,” China is charting its own course from reliance to autonomy.

The smart move now is to prepare for a world divided into two systems: one American, the other Chinese.

Chinese state media recently popularized an old video of Taiwanese legislator Wang Shih-cheng, The twist? Wang is pro-independence.

What, if anything, has changed for Tokyo’s Israel policy since Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack? 

As the country’s takeout market has swelled, so have the numbers of unregulated, unsanitary restaurants

Far from a bilateral crisis, the border clashes have implications for the region and world.