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Not only can Rubio avoid the most pressing international crises by jetting off to Central Asia, but he – and the Trump administration more broadly – were guaranteed to receive a warm welcome in the region.

12 years after construction finished, the New Yalu River Bridge is finally open. Will North Korea's economy open too?

Aggregate rankings mistake the absence of overt conflict and the fear of speaking up for genuine tolerance.

Restricted intelligence sharing, an investment spat, and remarks by a U.S. commander point to a widening gap between the allies.

As of early October, the Mongolian authorities have received 754 calls reporting bear sightings in various provinces and towns.

As a policy, the Greens decision to not support military assistance to Ukraine is a deeply flawed one. As a political position it is self-defeating, too.

“The NPP government made a sensible decision to accept and continue most of the economic policies and programs Ranil Wickremesinghe introduced.”

The government must rebuild public trust in the police force and insulate law enforcement from political influence.

If the new security framework fails to adopt a holistic approach to counterterrorism, it will once again end up treating the symptoms while ignoring the causes.

Growing political polarization has the potential to undermine Manila’s ability to handle its ongoing maritime disputes with Beijing.

Is the Malaysian Indian Congress using Hindu identity politics to regain its political relevance ahead of the next general election?

Citing the lack of action on promised reforms, the global index provider has proposed demoting the country from "emerging market" to "standalone market" status.

The exercise reflects two trends: the Indian military’s deepening interoperability with key partner nations, and India’s multi-vector foreign policy.

The creation of the body, which comes ahead of next month's ASEAN Summit in Manila, is intended to “regain the country’s original role and rights” in the bloc.

The move comes amid growing scrutiny of Jakarta's response to the forest and peatland fires that have drastically reduced air quality across the region.

Imported by international donors in the 1990s, NGOs have supplanted rather than strengthened local forms of political organizing.

“No matter how much we reform our internal engineering, a frontline nation simply cannot manage the shocks of a global systemic failure alone.”

The world must diversify its energy dependence, not simply relocate it from the Middle East to China.

Dr. Anas Alhajji joins host Tushar Shetty to examine how the Hormuz crisis is reshaping global energy markets – and the overlooked impact of the loss of Russian and Kazakh supply.

The rise of seabed mining will add new complexity to the South China Sea disputes.