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Thu, 23/10/2025 - 14:14
A common border with India, transport links, and regional connectivity make Delhi an essential ally in maintaining the industrial base of Bangladesh.
Thu, 23/10/2025 - 04:12
Addressing the military's impunity and supporting the emerging "pluralistic state," is the only effective way forward for the bloc.
Thu, 23/10/2025 - 03:01
The collapse of the Al-Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in East Java on September 29 led to the death of 63 students.
Thu, 23/10/2025 - 02:29
The country has barred Israeli gymnasts from participating in this week's 53rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta.
Thu, 23/10/2025 - 01:15
Vorapak’s resignation is among the aftershocks of the U.S. government's recent imposition of sanctions against a major alleged Cambodia-based scamming network.
Wed, 22/10/2025 - 20:12
Security cooperation at the military level is a further step down the regional cooperative road.
Wed, 22/10/2025 - 17:25
Takaichi Sanae is hawkish on China, friendly toward Taiwan, and ultraconservative on historical issues. No wonder Beijing isn’t happy.
Wed, 22/10/2025 - 17:15
The travel ban policy specifically states that it does not apply to asylees or refugees, and yet the families of asylee Afghans, who fought alongside Americans, have been consistently denied entry.
Wed, 22/10/2025 - 16:51
A new law passed last week recognized Taiwan’s Pingpu peoples, reigniting debate over who gets to define indigeneity.
Wed, 22/10/2025 - 16:28
Insights from Winston Ma.
Wed, 22/10/2025 - 16:15
Her road to the premiership was not easy. Governing might be even harder.
Wed, 22/10/2025 - 15:42
Christopher Luxon is heading to Asia for a diplomatic double-header. What are his main goals?
Wed, 22/10/2025 - 15:05
Pakistan has made its position clear that the ceasefire’s success hinges on the Afghan Taliban acting to prevent TTP attacks from Afghan soil.
Wed, 22/10/2025 - 13:50
Colombo cannot control the temperature between its two largest partners, but it can control its own predictability, competence, and integrity.
Wed, 15/10/2025 - 19:35
Regardless of the result, Oliver Schulz’s case will have big consequences, both in Australia and globally.
Wed, 15/10/2025 - 19:04
Uranium exports from Uzbekistan embody the paradox of modern “clean” energy.
Wed, 15/10/2025 - 16:05
The prosecution of the Hong Kong Alliance leaders is of particular interest because they challenge the CCP’s central narrative that dissidents are, by definition, “anti-China.”
Wed, 15/10/2025 - 15:34
“[T]he death penalty is not the solution” to Kyrgyzstan’s gender-based violence problem, a group of human rights organizations argue.
Wed, 15/10/2025 - 15:05
Beijing and Moscow no longer fear being seen alongside the region’s most sanctioned regime.
Wed, 15/10/2025 - 14:29
It’s time for the U.S. government to start consolidating its blacklists.
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