The Resurgence of Central Asian Connectivity
Table of Contents
How China’s new top personnel will impact policymaking in the next five years.
With the North Korean threat reaching unparalleled levels, Tokyo is facing difficult choices about self-defense.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are crucial for Indian security. Unfortunately, the indigenous populations are paying the price for that development.
China has expertly handled the volatile U.S. president so far.
The Chinese Communist Party will establish the National Supervision Commission in order to further consolidate central power.
Xi Jinping’s signature strategy will have unintended global consequences unless China changes its approach.
The move helps Xi consolidate control over the military while avoiding a major backlash.
Abe should tread carefully. Even this large victory does not mean he has full support from voters.
Trump is not the first president on either side to question the value of the alliance, yet key dynamics have lasted for decades.
After a breakthrough on the THAAD dispute, a group of 3,000 Chinese tourists is planning a trip to Seoul.
Shinzo Abe’s government can’t afford to see the Trans-Pacific Partnership fail.
Renewed scrutiny into the scandals of Lee Myung-bak could mean another South Korean ex-president facing jail time.
Whilst most of the attention paid to the Himalaya region over the past few months focused on the Sino-Indian border standoff near the Doklam plateau in Bhutan, Nepal has also witnessed many new developments.
Rohingya refugees in India meet religious nationalists who want them gone — again.
Does Pakistan need a de-radicalization plan for itself?
Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban have differing visions for the region.
SIGAR paints a worrying picture of the security situation in Afghanistan.
Drills put the focus on an important area of bilateral ties that often flies under the radar.
The Duterte government must tread carefully on this sensitive issue.
A new social media app, along with high-profile practitioners, has Indonesia talking about polygamy.
Rather than ecologically harmful dams, Cambodia should explore solar power to fill its energy gap.
Only peace talks can keep Islamic State-style jihadism from coming to Thailand.
In 2017, three Uzbeks committed terrorists attacks in Istanbul, Stockholm, and New York. What should we make of it?
At a regional security conference, bilateral bad blood sidetracks greater cooperative ambitions.
The Kazakh-Kyrgyz rift continues to widen as Atambayev’s presidency wanes.
The Paradise Papers leak shows that Sauat Mynbayev, a key in Kazakhstan’s energy sector, could have conspired to hide millions in offshore havens.
Tajik police detained a prominent businessman, leaving room for the president’s son-in-law.
The king dissolved parliament in August in hopes of unseating commoner Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva. It didn’t work.
The new government’s move won’t have much of an impact on housing costs.
Growing military tensions and an ambitious human rights agenda require a cost-benefit recalibration from Canberra.
New Zealand’s new coalition government is likely to have a short shelf life.
The United States, India, Japan, and Australia know that they share common interests, but does their reconvened quadrilateral have a sense of what it wants to become for Asia?
The new U.S. mega-base south of Seoul is almost complete.
Continued engagements and a refocused agenda, rather than the separation of ties, characterize the alliance today.
A quick look at the five analytical schools trying to predict the nature and characteristics of future wars.
What role would Australia’s military play if a Second Korean War broke out?
China is dismantling the barriers impeding a war-fighting posture. Does that spell the end of No First Use?
There are a number of good reasons why Japan has decided it won’t shoot down North Korean launches over its territory.
How does the capital of India fight smog?
The ‘Dokdo shrimp’ controversy is not the first argument of its kind – in Asia or elsewhere.
Films about Taiwan political history are few and far between, especially compared to South Korean cinema.