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Exit polls suggest the DP will win 11 of 16 regional posts, with Seoul and Busan producing the night’s most closely watched results.

Bangladesh’s security lies not in becoming part of someone else’s strategic rivalry, but in becoming economically strong, diplomatically flexible, and internally legitimate.

Deeper economic integration with Chinese AI advances brings real opportunity – and heightened risks of influence campaigns.

The Hong Kong-based IOMed is testing a new path for international dispute settlement, but the road ahead is challenging.

A January 2026 report suggests Beijing is now targeting the digital communities that were Mongolian speakers’ last refuge – in a region that never posed a separatist threat.

The arc of geopolitics will bend back toward competition.

Moscow is reportedly furnishing as much as 85 percent of the financing for the project. 

Balendra Shah, who assumed office just two months ago, does as he pleases, with little regard for constitutional norms, parliamentary procedures or diplomatic niceties.

The security provisions in recent agreements with the Taliban may reflect intent, but the more immediate benefit on the Russian side appears to be addressing the labor shortage. 

Neither the Japan-U.S. alliance nor the Sino-Japanese economic relationship will completely unravel overnight. However, the overall trendlines have led Tokyo to seek further hedges.

Buddhist fundamentalism functions in post-coup Myanmar not as a parallel force to military authoritarianism, but as an integral component of it.

Imported inflation, fragile manufacturing, and unequal burdens complicate textbook arguments supporting unrestricted currency depreciation across India.

True integration, it appears, will remain elusive until New Delhi stops treating Kashmir as a security variable to be managed.

“Taiwan Travelogue” and its Booker Prize win highlight the nuances – and controversies – of contemporary culture in Taiwan.

Transparency concerns and the turmoil in global energy markets have created an unusual volatility in the region's capital markets.

The city-state's realities fit awkwardly into an index that draws a firm line between "free" and "unfree" media landscapes.

This year's Balikatan exercise oriented itself more closely than ever to the Taiwan Strait -- and the possibility of a future conflict over the island.

New Delhi has defended its decision to engage with Min Aung Hlaing, who led the coup against Myanmar's democratically elected government in 2021.

Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada claims that the charges of plunder are a politically motivated outgrowth of the political feud between the Marcos and Duterte clans.

At the Shangri-La Dialogue, Hanoi has sought to shape the terms of the regional security debate.