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Putin has put China in a risky position: it is difficult for Xi to decline a trilateral meeting and hard for him to embrace the agenda Russia and the U.S. have proposed

Converting investor interest into multi-decade capital deployment requires political stability and deep institutional predictability.

Judgments and laws that violate the spirit of religious freedom often lead to bitter resentment, especially when core religious beliefs are defined by judges.

China’s cut-throat price competition can shift financing costs onto smaller suppliers through delayed payments, weakening supply chains.

The PLA is practicing is how to disperse its naval forces, evade surveillance and reconnaissance by the U.S. and neighboring countries, and break through into the Western Pacific.

Pakistan's first homegrown air-to-air beyond visual range missile ensures a more robust response in future aerial clashes with India.

Insights from Maggie Wu.

Over 15 years, Honiara has transformed into a staging ground for geopolitical competition, with more foreign money than ever. Yet many of the problems facing ordinary Solomon Islanders remain remarkably unchanged.

China’s export controls, though developed largely for great power competition, have growing significance for India’s industrial future.

26 years ago Afghan women gathered in Dushanbe to declare their rights. It is a list of everything the Taliban regime has again taken from them.

The two early front-runners for the PPP’s presidential nod will seek to cement their control over the party in the 2027 chair race – but neither man can run himself.

The central question for Canberra is whether the electoral outcome creates greater certainty or simply replaces presidential unpredictability with political gridlock.

If Canada is to further cultivate its relationships in the Indo-Pacific, it needs a clearer articulation of its regional ambitions and its political limits.

China and Bhutan have no official diplomatic or economic relations. Yet trade is growing, as Bhutan’s hunger for Chinese goods grows.

It is entirely plausible that Chinese-made components could have found their way into Houthi missiles. That does not mean that Beijing greenlit the sales. 

From direct intimidation to institutional pressure, repression from Chinese individuals and institutions is experienced by critics in Japan.

China’s new penalty standards for unpaid social insurance contributions are a positive step. Enforcing the law would not only protect workers in retirement but also help boost domestic consumption and reduce China’s dependence on exports.

Traditionally a festival of lights, essentially lamps, Diwali has become a celebration of noise. Firecrackers are creating massive sound and air pollution.

The armed group’s treatment of the Rohingya amounts to crimes against humanity – but because it is driving them into Bangladesh, the ICC has the power to act.

Royal connections and religious commonalities have laid the foundation of a warm relationship between the two kingdoms.