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Both public sentiment and political trends in Japan mean that a firm approach toward China is likely to endure.

This year's local elections are becoming a contest for presidential favor. That's a symptom of South Korea’s longstanding personality-driven politics.

Indo-Pacific planners need to revisit their Iran assumptions.

China’s private firms are winning its military AI bids – and Washington doesn’t seem to grasp the implications.

It’s not just energy: South Korea’s stock market, industrial supply chains, and export markets have all been impacted.

Instead of pursuing a diplomatic solution to manage shared waters, India is following a dam-for-dam policy.

Addressing the 15th SPA, Kim enshrined permanent enmity with Seoul and declared his regime “ready for any choice” from the United States.

Concrete is being poured at a site in Jizzakh region which will host Uzbekistan’s first nuclear power plant.

Beijing has proved unable to end or even shape the conflict – especially in Pakistan.

Integrating AI into the North Korean military comes with risks, from technological vulnerabilities to the potential for an inadvertent nuclear war.

Sanctions, logistical disruptions, and new conflicts — from the Black Sea to the Persian Gulf — have turned the fertilizer market into a key arena of geoeconomic competition.

The three horrific murders of Uzbek women in Turkiye shed harsh light on the risks female migrant workers face, usually at the hands of those closest to them. 

The ruling coalition still faces serious hurdles.

The arrangement reflects both the two nations' robust bilateral ties and their largely complementary energy needs.

Can state-based administrations forge a federalism that will keep the country together?

The agreement was one of several energy-related deals that were signed on the first day of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's official visit to Moscow.

New Delhi probably hoped that the conflict would end quickly and hence it could pursue a hands-off policy. That hasn’t worked out.

The head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Tax Service has alleged that “Kyrgyzneftegaz was completely under the control of the State Committee for National Security,” amid an unfolding corruption case.

Emerging frameworks still rely heavily on corporate disclosure and monitoring systems – like CSR initiatives, which often fail to make fundamental improvements in workers’ lives. 

Seoul’s semiconductor giants face collateral damage as Washington’s tech blockade inadvertently accelerates Beijing’s domestic hardware breakthroughs.