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For almost a decade now, the gap between official progress and political reality has stalled Rohingya diplomacy.

Insights from Nicholas Niarchos.

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, Bangladesh is in a dire strait of its own and looking far afield for new energy partners, like Kazakhstan.

Amid U.S. requests for naval involvement in the Strait of Hormuz, Seoul has three options: leveraging, minimizing, or compensating.

The key question is not whether China is “exporting authoritarianism,” but how its cooperation mechanisms interact with domestic dynamics already moving in that direction.

Put one way, the Japarov-Tashiev split is a “political divorce…  involving high stakes, such as significant assets, complex business structures, or intense custody battles.”

Withdrawing from Lebanon would undermine Indonesia’s peacekeeping credibility and ironically serve the very powers Jakarta claims to resist.

The country is in a better position than its immediate neighbors, but the coming weeks are set to test Prime Minister Anutin's new administration.

With the economy still in a fragile state, the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party has decided against significant changes at the top.

The Provisional Understanding emerged because coercion failed to accomplish Chinese objectives at acceptable costs to Beijing.

The war in Iran has had a profound impact on global energy markets. Could China’s long-standing renewable ambitions take a leap forward as investors look for opportunities amid the volatility? 

If the TPP ultimately fails to survive this crisis, the DPP may benefit in the long run. But in the near term, the KMT has the most to gain.

A recent survey dives into the media consumption habits of Kazakhs.

For Japan and South Korea, strategic bilateral cooperation has become essential to individual energy security. 

And it was already struggling.

“The Highly Respected President of China”? To better anticipate Trump’s China policy, it is essential to understand his rhetorical strategy.

India must redesign its structures of dependence on external sources of fertilizer in the face of the ongoing Gulf war.

Lukashenko’s visit reflects a broader evolution in North Korea’s foreign policy, which is slowly expanding in the post-COVID era and is increasingly influenced by ties with the Kremlin.

It has about 226 field artillery regiments today and plans to increase that to 270 regiments.

Access to education means little if girls are denied protection from harassment, cyber-bullying, and online sexual exploitation.