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Geopolitics in East Asia is pushing Ulaanbaatar and Tokyo to rely more on each other.

Recent trends cast doubt on the long-standing assumption that young people in Japan are politically irrelevant.

Unlike when the U.S. held unipolar power, times have changed as China and the BRICS countries begin fashioning a non-militarized, multipolar world. 

China is willing to stand with non-Western partners firmly, but remains determined to avoid Cold War-style alliances.

After evacuating thousands of Thais from Israel in 2023, the Thai military is thinking more about how it could get citizens out of other hotspots.

The International Deep Space Exploration Association (IDSEA) signals China’s ambition to become a central node in the architecture of space governance

Taliban women willingly uphold and enforce the regime’s harsh ideology, fully embracing the strict roles assigned to them.

Relations have taken a step forward, but how much of it is substantive?

The Muslim community is not monolithic, but people of different sects lived peacefully, side by side. That has changed over the past year.

The deal permits American companies to spend billions for an algorithm ultimately controlled by the CCP. How did we get here?

An thus ends a bizarre trial that serves to illustrate a distressing pattern of Kyrgyz authorities targeting media whose work focuses on government corruption.

Both the “engineering state” and the “mayor economy” framings obscure the critical mechanics of China’s growth machine.

NATO diplomacy signals New Zealand’s shift toward Europe, and its ambitions to expand dual-use technology exports to the region.

It would be independent Uzbekistan’s first full general census, if it happens.

Insights from Orlando J. Pérez.

For Japan, the Sino-Russian alignment in wartime narratives is more than a contest over memory – it generates real geopolitical effects.

With dispatches to the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Germany, the JASDF is expanding the scope of fighter jet activities. 

Without pressure, the Taliban will continue to be enabled by the international community in their perpetration of gender apartheid, and at a devastating human cost. 

The Taliban restrict local media, and now also the internet, while leveraging the same platforms to spread their own messages. 

China’s political and economic support has become a decisive factor shaping Ukraine peace talks, Russia’s future prospects, and the balance of power.