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Central Asia and the EU can deepen cooperation on food, energy, and logistics to head off a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, with Kazakhstan on the front line as the region's grain powerhouse.

For India’s AI vision to succeed, it will need to partner with East Asian countries. That makes AI diplomacy central to the AEP.

As investment moves away from China, which countries are reaping the rewards?

Harassment for dowry and failure to produce male heirs are forcing women to take their lives.

Besides “restoration of various Russian-made military equipment,” the Taliban regime may be keen on “Russian air defense systems” and “attack and surveillance drones” for use in conflicts with Pakistan.

Chinese analysts say that while the core concerns of a "close neighbor," i.e., China, are sidelined, Kathmandu is making every effort to accommodate the ‘"distant relative," i.e., the U.S.

The scheme, which aims to provide free meals to 83 million children and pregnant women across the country, has faced scrutiny due to its high cost.

The system, supposedly meant to aid Tibet, actually serves to sideline local Tibetan personnel while boosting the careers of Han Chinese cadres from other regions.

A non-state actor – the Arakan Army – now controls Myanmar’s side of the border. That forces Bangladesh to rely more on unilateral forms of border management.

Pakistanis are hoping that their role in providing Trump with an offramp to end the war will lead to investment flows.

China managed to secure Taiwan’s exclusion from a Track 2 platform designed to address maritime ecology. It’s a worrying escalation of China’s political warfare.

As U.N. sanctions enforcement fragments, Pyongyang is waging a second contest – over status – that is visible only in the original Korean.

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.