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A deal with China hasn’t been settled yet but still, Astana hopes to complete both its first and second nuclear power plants within a decade.

Insights from Eyal Propper.

Countries like Russia and Iran can settle transactions using the yuan – but those proceeds remain trapped in China by Beijing's design. 

The question now is whether the two countries can turn their increasingly ambitious partnership into tangible economic and strategic results.

Research traces how partisan outlets link climate-delay narratives, fossil-fuel interests, and audiences, reshaping regional energy debates and public trust.

The Squad should be understood not as a replacement for the Quad but as an expression of the Indo-Pacific’s increasingly layered security architecture.

The resurgence of opium in Afghanistan is more than a statistical reversal.

Pakistan announced that Taiwanese airlines would not be allowed to fly over the country, before abruptly rescinding the change. Is this a new strategy from Beijing?

From video game partners to romantic role-playing games, more and more Chinese are paying for the chance to forge real connections.

Post Galwan, the Sino-Indian military balance has become more skewed. India’s procurement and defense industrial ecosystem has also led to lags in enhancing its military power.

When a fan thinks he owns you, online entitlement can morph into real-world violence.

An individual claiming to be a Diplomat editor filed a copyright complaint with Meta against a Karakalpak activist. They were an imposter. The post was taken down anyway. 

CPIC arrives in a country where the words "fake news" can already put a reporter in prison.

Scientific and educational cooperation may be less visible than a railway, but it may also have longer lasting and broader results.

South Korea has emerged as one of the world leaders in the AI buildout. But now, as investor sell-offs continue to force the KOSPI lower, are its AI ambitions under threat?

Archbishop Gallagher’s remarks about the “price” of setting up an office in Beijing have struck a nerve in Taiwan. But the two aren’t actually related.

China’s interests in the Middle East increasingly conflict with Iran’s cooperation with regional proxies and use of coercive threats.

While fleet size is an important measure of operational capacity, a lot depends on how effectively new platforms are equipped, operated, and integrated.

With a U.S. investigation into intellectual property violations set for conclusion at the end of the month, Hanoi could face fresh trade penalties.