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Pyongyang will likely open room for a summit meeting with Washington while excluding dialogue opportunities with Seoul. 

With cutting-edge innovations and strategic global partnerships, the company is transforming defense technology, enhancing security worldwide.

A progressive rights-based employment guarantee scheme was scrapped. Inclusive growth remains a pipe dream.

A former prime minister, Zia fought hard against Gen Ershad’s military rule. But her shutdowns and street protests weakened parliamentary democracy.

The year revealed immense political energy, especially among younger generations, but also the persistence of patronage, intolerance, and strategic mistrust.

A longstanding modus vivendi is reaching its limit.

In 2026, the Mongolian government will need to confront the challenges that made 2025 so tumultuous.

The challenge for India is no longer how to ensure Bangladesh’s stability, but how to engage a Bangladesh that is politically restless, socially mobilized, and strategically self-aware. 

According to the North’s state-controlled media, Kim Jong Un guided the building of a nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine on December 25.

Amid reduced Western countermeasures, the playing field appears tilted in the CCP’s favor compared to just a year ago.

By 2040, India’s passenger traffic is expected to grow six-fold, and exceed 1 billion. But consumer welfare can only be ensured with healthy competition in the industry and strong regulatory oversight.

The return to relevance of TRACECA is not due to the corridor becoming simpler or more efficient – but because Eurasia itself has become more complex.

Japan’s political calm may finally be ending.

The removal of Cambodia’s scam compounds remains a sticking point.

“There are enough and more rules and regulations in India to control pollution. What we need is for them to be enforced.

The new reforms sought to better prepare the force for deterrence, warfighting, and non-war military actions. Have they been effective?

With the U.S. less reliable, Australia and Japan seek to deepen their friendship and cooperation, especially in the defense realm.

The targeted newspaper offices are considered to be pro-India and pro-Hasina by the country’s far right.

The military’s standing was bolstered by the conflict with India in May, which generated a wave of support for the institution.

Once a pioneer that helped the world lay the foundations of machine learning, Japan’s renewed push into artificial intelligence reflects a search for economic resilience as much as technological relevance.