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While Western nations might view a 2 percent or 4 percent growth rate as a spectacular success, China faces a shock even with a slight dip in its much higher figures.

On the sidelines of the Astana Mining & Metallurgy Congress, the C5+1 aims to deepen cooperation on critical minerals.

How a defense portfolio transformed Japan’s most underestimated politician. 

Could one of the most iconic trade routes of all time be making a modern comeback?

President Prabowo’s new initiative reflects a broader effort to address fragmented oversight, reduce commodity leakage, and strengthen his country's role in global supply chains.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stated that maintaining peace, stability, and the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea "remains non-negotiable" for both nations.

Various contending political blocs are looking to capitalize politically on Sara Duterte's trial as they look ahead to the presidential election of 2028.

The country is set to become the third in Southeast Asia to purchase the powerful Indo-Russian missile system, after the Philippines and Indonesia.

Kazakhstan’s military modernization efforts reflect an adaptive response to growing great power competition.

An Indian Ocean-focused initiative is welcome. But it will need to support a democratic information-sharing culture, if it is to attract participation from all regional countries.

Author Jon Mitchell’s new book offers some answers.

It’s almost eerie how easily contemporary China discourse parallels U.S. rhetoric about Japan in the 1980s – especially given the huge differences between the two countries.

South Korea’s demographic crisis is exposing a deeper problem: how class, gender, education, housing, and family background shape who is considered marriageable.

The Tibetan movement has long been dependent on the personal moral authority of the Dalai Lama. In a post-Dalai Lama world, the Central Tibetan Administration will need to step up. 

Disruptions in Hormuz immediately generate concern regarding Malacca, another vital maritime chokepoint.

With the shift in China-U.S. relations, India is emerging as the strategic cog in the U.S. wheel, Pakistan as a tactical partner, NATO as the anchor of the Atlantic alliance, and the Quad as a tool to serve the Indo‑Pacific.

The Tatmadaw’s advances will have implications not only for Myanmar’s internal conflict, but for neighboring India and Bangladesh.

Hieromonk Iakov Vorontsov, arrested on drug-related charges after attempting to establish a non-Moscow aligned Orthodox church in Kazakhstan, now faces forced psychological treatment reminiscent of Soviet-era repression.

Unlike Chinese investments in the past, which were state-backed and focused on infrastructure, the B2B model is more commercial and a business-driven partnership.

But the ultra-conservative Indonesian province is not the only place in Southeast Asia where the punishment is used.