Diplomacy & Crisis News

Drawn by lower prices, a wider variety of products and convenience, Macau’s residents have taken to spending in mainland China.

President Lee sold Korean democracy abroad as a system that fixes itself. Now his party and the administration have to prove it by holding the election commission to account without handing the conspiracy theorists a win.

Touting the achievements Pyongyang has made in recent years, Xi de facto recognized North Korea as a nuclear-armed state.

Despite opting out of contributing the $1 billion fee required to become a permanent member of Donald Trump's Board of Peace, Kazakhstan has continued to publicly highlight its membership. 

Hitherto confined to social media, the "cockroaches" emerged on the ground at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on June 6. What started as a joke has turned serious.

The war in Iran has depleted the Pentagon as China’s military buildup matures.

If you get an important strategic issue wrong, there are still ways to avoid accountability.

Despite its vaunting ambitions and rapid expansion, the upstart automaker has yet to prove it can compete beyond the Vietnamese market.

The elevation of three of Hassanal Bolkiah's sons suggest that key posts are increasingly being concentrated within the direct line of succession.

War in Iran has put a spotlight on declining U.S. maritime power.

The oceans may soon be tolled.

America depends on global order—and can restore it.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has stated that "the national government is moving and we will not leave Mindanao behind."

China’s reach is extending beyond the First Island Chain. Japan is taking note.

But another Israeli assault on Beirut could collapse the two sides’ fragile truce.

He wants to end the Iran war. But Iran, Israel, and Hezbollah have other ideas.

Across Asia, governments are experimenting with policies designed to capitalize on the rapid expansion of remote work.

Climate stress, shrinking glaciers, and fragmented governance are pushing the region toward a new era of systemic vulnerability.

An entire generation of Afghan girls have had their aspirations suspended by policies systematically excluding them from education and public life.