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Oil disruptions are cascading into fertilizer markets, weakening agriculture and putting South Asia’s food security at risk. We've seen this pattern before.

Beijing rewrote two slogans before it sealed the country – once to rewrite history, once to prewrite the future.

New Delhi has hedged more toward China without articulating any conditions. Beijing is taking full advantage.

How to make sense of a number of apparently contradictory outlooks on the country's economic and fiscal health.

The country's military government has claimed ownership of a rock worth millions of dollars.

Pakistan is more confident, both in its military capabilities and diplomatic space regionally and beyond, and has moved beyond a purely defensive posture

They have been terrorized by the Bangladesh army, Muslim settlers from the plains, and armed ethnic outfits for decades.

Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa has locked himself inside his Senate office in order to avoid arrest and extradition to The Hague-based court.

The 47-year-old is accused of a range of crimes, including corruption, misuse of government funds, and plotting to kill her former ally, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

While Beijing has sought to diversify suppliers, expand storage capacity, and build alternative transport corridors, its energy security ultimately remains dependent on a few maritime chokepoints.

China’s belated confirmation of the visit reflects Beijing’s broader approach to Washington under Trump’s second administration: do not initiate, do not refuse, and do not compromise.

If Trump sits across from Xi and fails to raise the cases of Uyghur Americans and their families, Beijing will read that omission not as pragmatism, but as weakness.

Insights from Tokyo's handling of the Iraq War could help Japan navigate the current demands from the United States regarding the Strait of Hormuz.

In their bilateral meetings, Putin emphasized how grateful he was that the Kazakh and Uzbek leaders came to stand with Russia.

China appears to be closely monitoring the development of India-Vietnam relations, particularly in the areas of defense, maritime affairs, and strategic technology.

When Trump and Xi meet in Beijing, the most consequential AI question on the table will be one neither government’s existing toolkit was built to answer.

The Liberal-National Coalition directed their preferences to a party that could ultimately replace them.

How China handles this conflict will reveal more about its actual power – and its vulnerabilities – than any trade deal announced in Beijing.

Is India's love for Russia built on nostalgia for a relationship that no longer exists?

“Access now depends on where you stand with Tehran, whether you are willing to comply with its rerouting demands, and whether you have quietly negotiated your place in the new order.”