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The recent film “Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Times” has unsurprisingly elicited a strong negative reaction from the Indonesian government.

China’s dominance in the entire fluorine value chain is an overlooked source of geopolitical leverage.

The conventional tools previously used to penalize China for its rights abuses – sanctions, public pressure, condemnation, institutional mechanisms, and more – have all been blunted.

The list of countries notified in advance, as well as the timing, suggests that China’s purpose was not merely a straightforward display of military power.

With the revered Tibetan leader over 90 years old the rivalry between New Delhi and Beijing over who speaks for the Buddhist world is entering its most consequential phase.

With the Vuvale Union and the Veitacini Treaty, Canberra and Suva chart a new course for regional security. 

The test, likely involving the JL-3 and coming just after the United States’ 250th Independence Day, underscored China's increasingly credible sea-based nuclear deterrent. 

There is growing eagerness in Pakistan to involve China, the other upper riparian country, more directly in the issue.

Despite being partners at the federal level, the Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional coalitions are competing to become the dominant force of tomorrow.

The affirmations come after an Indonesian minister raised the idea of imposing a levy on vessels passing through the vital chokepoint.

A series of recent scandals within the Ministry likely reflect tensions within the leadership of the ruling Bhumjaithai party.

The 48-year-old faces charges of corruption, bribery, and an alleged plot to assassinate her rival, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

The 48-year-old faces charges of corruption, bribery, and an alleged plot to assassinate her rival, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Today, the cross-strait ties that once made Pingtan a thriving location for exchanges have all but disappeared.

Properly designed and tied to labor-based risk, U.S. tariffs could change the incentives that sustain labor abuse, especially in China. 

That Tashiev was given probation after a coup plot conviction while Kyrgyz journalists and musicians sit in jail, or exile, for reporting on his family’s corruption says everything that needs to be said about the character of justice and politics in Kyrgyzstan. 

Amid an ongoing purge, Chinese leader Xi Jinping may be assembling the cornerstones of a new Central Military Commission.

Recent visits to Beijing by Trump and Putin and a more favorable geopolitical environment have given Beijing more strategic space to advance its vision.

As Russia squeezes migrants, Central Asians now fill nearly four in five U.K. Seasonal Worker visas.

They survived ethnic cleansing in Bhutan, decades living in remote camps in Nepal, and the grueling process of starting over in the United States – only to be deported.