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Over the past decade, analysts have increasingly viewed Iranian transit routes as Central Asia’s most promising path to the sea.

In the 2026 Indonesia-U.S. Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, the phrase “Indonesia shall” appears more than 200 times. “United States shall” appears in just nine. The agreement may not hold up under international law.

President Lee Jae-myung faces a difficult dilemma as he seeks to uphold the South Korea-U.S. alliance while avoiding entanglement in a drawn-out war against Iran.

The status of Chinese spouses of Taiwanese has been increasingly a topic of debate in Taiwan.

The $61 million grant fits a decade-long pattern of Chinese security investment – now accelerating after attacks on Chinese nationals.

Timber worth a whopping $40 million is smuggled from Myanmar to India annually. This is a conservative estimate.

A conversation with Michael Martin on the conflict, and how the region should deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Name-calling and violence against youth from the country’s Northeast in India’s cities stem from deep racial prejudice.

There's been widespread focus on foreigners trafficked into Cambodia's cyber-scam compounds. But a growing number of Cambodian nationals are being forced to work in the illegal industry as well.

One of the great storehouses of public information may soon become collateral damage in the region's child social media bans.

The decision contradicts the values that the U.K. claims to represent, to say nothing of its supposed support for democracy in Myanmar.

With one of the smallest "petroleum buffers" in the region, the Iran war could hit the Vietnamese economy with particular force.

The meeting follows a controversial multi-phase election that was dominated by the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party.

Local governments and tech conglomerates were the deliberate architects of the enthusiasm, while the central government was forced to hit the brakes.

The question now is whether the RSP will succumb to the internal factionalism and political inertia that have historically undermined the country's governments.

Every story that was shared at a recent online gathering offered a window into the reality of life for women in Afghanistan today.

If instability around Hormuz persists, it could accelerate Russia’s long-planned – and long-stalled – “pivot to Asia.”

As the geopolitical race to secure alternative sources for critical minerals heats up, interest in Central Asia’s mining sector has kicked into a new gear.

The unusual firing of 10 missiles comes as Pyongyang seeks to command attention while global focus remains fractured across multiple international conflicts.

The Canada-China breakthrough may have made things easier for other middle powers, like the U.K. and Germany, who have also stepped up their links with China recently.