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Hyper-nationalistic rhetoric is complicating the resolution of the ongoing border dispute, but ending it is not an easy task.

The Treasury Department has designated nine people and 26 ‌entities linked to Prince Holding Group, which it has described as a "transnational criminal organization."

The reprieve led to a brief rally on the Indonesian stock market, but the longer-term outlook is less certain.

The cost of offshoring would be laid bare in a crisis.

While the companies haven’t been named, what’s clear is that Bishkek wants to be seen making an effort to address the EU’s sanctions circumvention concerns. 

The war did what years of Western pressure could not, effectively removing Russia as a viable arms supplier to Southeast Asia.

Insights from Akhil Ramesh.

A Malaysian video attracted attention to the trip and its geopolitical significance.

A Japanese trade group’s Beijing visit, led by an LDP MP, signals a possible thaw in China-Japan relations. 

The conflict did not derail the transition but exposed how vulnerable it remains to external disruption – and how quickly governments can fall back on fossil fuels.

A bank lending a business money is hardly cause for a headline. But this is no ordinary loan.

The suspension of Anthropic’s most advanced AI model has exposed how Silicon Valley lobbying shapes U.S. export policy at the expense of allied economies.

Carlos Frederico Pereira da Silva Gama and host Tushar Shetty discuss the priorities and divergences of India’s BRICS presidency ahead of the September leaders’ summit.

Is this the new normal?

Xi has ruthlessly gone after former Politburo Standing Committee member and one-time economic czar Wang Qishan.

Can the bloc maintain centrality amid managed trade?

The Iran-U.S. conflict has served to concentrate attention on the transport relationship between Kazakhstan and Iran, in development for years before the war began.

The rapid consolidation of power by Field Marshal Asim Munir has the PTI reconsidering its options – and the controversial “charter of democracy.”

India’s attempt to balance ties with the U.S. has turned into a tilt, still deemed insufficient by Washington. For India, it is all stick and no carrots.

The regular tempo of on-the-ground cooperation suggests that the Quad – despite its thin institutional structure – may in fact be insulated from higher level political volatility.