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Journalist and author Snigdhendu Bhattacharya joins host Tushar Shetty to examine what the Cockroach Janata Party protests reveal about the erosion of India's democratic institutions.

For the first time, the Quad issued a dedicated joint statement on cooperation with ASEAN.

Beijing has offered no explanation for why these particular Polish entities were selected, but several recent developments are worth noting.

The largest U.S. spy facility in the region attracted a massive protest action amid rising concerns about the Australia-U.S. alliance.

Washington has moved from an emphasis on human rights to “selective” contacts driven by specific cases. That's a win for the Taliban.

To avoid higher US tariffs, Sri Lanka is having to act as if allegations of forced labor against China, a country with a high level of mechanization, are credible.

Uzbekistan wants to reap the economic benefits of cryptocurrency, while keeping the industry regulated.

What India needs is deep systemic changes to its education system, economy, and more generally, the life that it offers its youth.

The country's government is leading Southeast Asian efforts to regulate AI technologies, but its approach has several important shortcomings.

The country's first high-speed rail line continues to operate at a loss. Will this place an unsustainable burden on its fiscal resources?

The detention of the group, who were reportedly driven out of a settlement in Penang on Sunday, comes amid rising public hostility toward Rohingya refugees.

A conversation with Bangkok-based anti-fraud advisor Ian Timberlake.

Perry Warjiyo, who has served as governor of the central bank since 2018, said that he was stepping down for "personal reasons."

This year's iteration of the exercise reflects several important strategic concepts – and a focus on countering China's navy.

Beijing’s engagement is more cautious, selective, and constrained than it appears.

The vulnerabilities of Hormuz and Malacca are fundamentally different – but a closure of the Strait of Malacca would be far worse.

How historical memory distorts strategic signaling in Sino-Japanese relations.

The Future of Investment and Trade Partnership, with 19 members and counting, is championing open and fair trade at a time when others are retreating.

An asset freeze could be the first step of an acrimonious fight with the foreign oil majors developing one of the country’s largest oil fields.

A new government report looks at Australia’s “Asia capability” and finds the country wanting.