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Trump was looking for a breakthrough, but not necessarily in the form of major trade deals. Trump’s mission was to insert charm and his own personality into the relationship with Xi.

People across Southeast Asian countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore – want bank funding to end for all companies, including coal, that are making climate change worse. 

Jakarta has recently signed onto several major Turkish aerospace industry programs with significant implications for the future of its airpower and domestic defense industry.

The slump was accompanied by a 4 percent drop in Jakarta's main stock index, which is under close scrutiny from the global index provider MSCI.

The country occupies a uniquely strategic position due to its proven ability to balance competing geopolitical and economic forces.

Whatever the trial's outcome, the political war between Duterte and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is unlikely to come to a conclusive end.

An agreement to share the waters of the Teesta River will not go down well in northern West Bengal.

Soldiers claim 19 rebel deaths in “legitimate encounter” last month, but questions linger over the killings in Negros, which included a student leader, a journalist, a local farmer, and others.

Prashanth Parameswaran joins the Asia Geopolitics podcast to explain how multialignment shapes Southeast Asia’s foreign policy and the region’s strategic importance.

A look back at Beijing’s choices for where to stage diplomatic scenes with U.S. presidents – and the changing political narratives.

Japan and South Korea are seeking to further institutionalize their security, energy, and strategic cooperation – especially after Trump’s trip to Beijing. 

Beneath the summit optics lies the reality that China’s rapid nuclear transformation is increasingly straining extended deterrence and unsettling the United States’ Asian allies.

The special budget passed by the Legislative Yuan ends all new domestic defense drone procurement at a critical moment in the industry's development.

Russia's Sergei Shoigu also said that "a return of third-country military infrastructure to Afghanistan or the deployment of new military facilities in neighboring states" would be "unacceptable."

The North Korean leader called for restructuring the army’s training system and reinforcing front-line units along the southern border, as Pyongyang deepens its push to redefine the security landscape of the Korean Peninsula.

Is a new bill the answer, or just the latest iteration of factional infighting in the ruling MPP?

Tokyo fears being sidelined again as Washington and Beijing recalibrate their relationship. Call it the “Trump Shock.”

Tokayev’s remarks at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum underscored Kazakhstan’s ambition to play a larger stabilizing role in global diplomacy.

The Duterte-vs-Marcos battle is much more than a domestic political matter; it could determine the fate of the South China Sea.

If Mattala is leased mainly to satisfy strategic anxieties, Colombo risks repeating its old mistake: treating geopolitical value as a substitute for commercial viability.