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Chinese electric bus manufacturers are using their membership in the U.N. Global Compact to deflect scrutiny from European regulators. 

Far from celebrating an American retreat, Beijing’s strategists are reading the NSS as a blueprint for leaner – and potentially more dangerous – U.S. primacy.

The elections set for March 2026 will test whether the political energy unleashed by the youth uprising can truly break free from transactional politics.

With major powers like China and India asserting their ambitions in the Indian Ocean, France relies on partnerships with like-minded countries, including Mauritius, to maintain its influence.

Washington’s political message remains supportive, but its strategic priorities no longer clearly align with the long-term demands of the partnership.

How Takaichi's government addresses the implementation gap for existing laws will define whether her historic appointment translates into substantive progress for women's safety.

The real problem is not Britain’s lack of engagement with Beijing, but its shrinking leverage in a China-U.S. power dynamic that London has no power to shape.

The country's small, fragmented farms and climate pressures threaten food security and economic stability.

Since the 2016 death of the country’s first president, Islam Karimov, his successor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has strived to present himself as a reformer forging a “New Uzbekistan."

A struggling regime is caught between countervailing forces.

Nepal's anti-corruption watchdog has filed a corruption case against 55 individuals and a Chinese company in relation to the construction of the $216 million airport.

The move, which Anutin Charnvirakul said would "return power to the people," will pave the way for a snap election in late January or early February.

From trade deals to the South China Sea, states are navigating risks as they exercise agency amid shifting great power competition.

Our guide to the key concepts and phrases related to the country's ever-widening graft scandal.

The attack in Rakhine State is part of an offensive that the junta has waged in the run-up to its contentious election on December 28.

The Trump administration’s decision risks undermining the U.S. in its protracted technology competition with China.

U.S. intervention in Latin America could put China’s growing influence there in jeopardy. That might be the real goal.

India has detailed systems for measuring poverty. But when it comes to wealth, the data goes dark.

China’s focus on advanced UAVs offers critical insights into the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s future airpower strategy.

After an earlier trip was postponed, his arrival in Beijing was a positive sign – but ties are not completely mended yet.