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Pakistan’s aspirations in Africa are growing, but its ability to realize them remains constrained by economic weakness, dependence on external financing, and the shifting priorities of its most important allies.

The Davidson Window measures China’s military capability to invade Taiwan. Arguably more important is Xi Jinping’s confidence in his military.

South Korea’s ruling party failed to secure key races, underlining the need to steer the country’s nuclear future with more than just political momentum.

The CCP has decided some fundamental tenets of Christianity mark out the world’s largest faith as a cult, and one that needs vigorous suppression.

A victory that leaves governance deficits intact, rehabilitation frameworks underperforming, extractive interests empowered, and surveillance tools normalized is not a full resolution. 

The Arctic – where polar, deep sea, and space intersect – offers a particularly revealing case for China’s ambitions in the “strategic new frontiers.”

There are increasing questions over the reliability of the United States as a strategic partner.

The global energy crisis has given a new momentum to relations between Moscow and the 11-nation Southeast Asian bloc.

Cambodia’s Interior Minister appears to have found an adversary in Washington: a sanctions list that no longer exists.

The global index provider has threatened to downgrade the country to "frontier market" status due to the lack of transparency in its stock market.

Grievances over political representation will remain a powerful means of mobilizing opposition against the Pakistani state.

The fact that the two nations managed to reconcile after their painful history is a true feat of diplomacy – one that holds lessons for the world today.

In the South Asian strategic environment, even defensive measures can generate negative outcomes.

The Modi-Trump meeting revealed the limits of India’s willingness to speak with moral clarity when confronted with American power.

Xi implied to Min Aung Hlaing that brute military force is failing, and he must instead master CCP-style totalitarian controls to pacify the public.

The ongoing Titan Ridge eruption has left parts of PNG’s coast covered in meters of floating volcanic rock. For a community dependent on the ocean, that's a serious problem.

How does the Chinese foreign minister’s trip intersect with Mongolia’s hosting of the U.N. desertification conference and its broader “third neighbor” policy?

Washington wants Mexico to prove it is not a backdoor for China. But Mexico’s factories still depend on Asian inputs.

The image of the nude torso of a millennia-old iconic figurine of a young woman was shaded in Indian school textbooks to make her appear clothed.  

France’s fifth-largest city is increasingly serving as a showcase for Indo-Pacific diplomacy -- including the Indian PM's latest visit.