Lessons From Balakot: One Year On
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Can Indonesia develop a strategy to confront China’s long game in the Natunas and the South China Sea?
President Emomali Rahmon has consolidated power by leading a merciless campaign against any opposition.
The eventual election may bring some excitement, yet it’s unlikely that the result will bring much change.
China’s independent media, temporarily unleashed, has helped shape narratives and even change policy amid the epidemic.
The controversial law, passed 15 years ago, continues to loom over both Taiwan and Hong Kong.
The framework for governing Hong Kong and Macau – and, Beijing hopes, one day Taiwan – is battered but unbroken.
By drawing out negotiations over many years, China increases its economic importance for partner countries – and thus its leverage in talks.
The Chinese government threatened Czech companies over a planned Taiwan visit by a top Czech official. It’s part of a global strategy to pressure entities that engage with Taiwan.
Widespread criticism of the government’s handling of the crisis could spell political trouble for Abe and his LDP.
The rising popularity of K-pop and K-dramas has seen a corresponding surge in people studying Korean language.
Kim Jong Un got away with murder. Also with testing WMD – in a friendly country and a public place. Better not forget Kim Jong Nam.
What the annual income and terms of office for Japanese lawmakers tell us about bribery and corruption in the Diet.
Pyongyang claims there have been no cases of the virus in the country. So why is it taking increasingly desperate measures?
After years of haranguing by India and the international community, Pakistan has convicted a highly wanted man. What does that tell us about the fight against extremism in the country?
While the trip offered a chance to build on cooperation, it also reinforced existing differences between the two countries.
The same ideology that assassinated Gandhi is defaming his legacy en route to reshaping India’s socio-political past, present, and future.
Afghanistan has so far declined to evacuate its nationals from the quarantine zone, despite their pleas.
Without reform of its centralized political system, Afghanistan will remain mired in factionalism and civil conflict.
A closer look at talk about a new pact in this realm.
ABS-CBN, the country’s leading broadcaster, is at risk of closure and under pressure from the president.
While Cambodia is certainly better off than it was in the 1990s, progress has slowed as the premier’s rule has continued.
The announcement proves Jokowi is serious about opening up previously closed sectors to foreign competition.
A closer look at the city-state’s initial allocation for defense spending this year.
An announcement about terrorist financing sheds light on Tajikistan’s bank and cash transfer woes.
Ten were killed in clashes that followed ethnic lines, but betrayed long-standing socioeconomic dissatisfaction.
The new strategy revolves around a familiar “holy trinity” — independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity — while acknowledging the power of new regional dynamics.
Huawei and Central Asian countries have special and long-lasting relations that are here to stay.
With development mushrooming across Uzbekistan, the country’s historic quarters are at risk.
Canberra is evaluating how to negotiate the changing geopolitical tides of the region.
Chuuk, the most populous part of the Federated States of Micronesia, is set to vote on whether to seek independence in March 2020.
Coal could be sidelined by a push for gas to serve as a transition fuel, and a move toward renewably produced hydrogen.
Making peace with Australia’s past could be a boon for its international relations, as well as simply being the right thing to do.
Three ongoing developments early in the final year of the Trump administration's first term show that all is not well in the Indo-Pacific.
Tracing near-term, structural, and strategic divergences in the alliance.
A closer look at what the nixing of the agreement could mean for the alliance and for the region.
A prototype of the new stealth bomber is expected to take to the sky for the first time in December 2021.
What does the controversial militant leader’s escape tell us about Pakistan’s fight against militants?
The EU and U.K. are willing to accept some managed risk in return for expected gains brought by interdependence with China.
The coronavirus outbreak has revealed potential issues in PLA logistics integration and command after the major overhaul of 2015.
A recent movie highlights the menace of acid attacks in India, and a spirited campaign to stop them
The spin-off has moved to Netflix, showing that Chinese censors are not worried about international audiences.
Stopping the released of an award-winning film to appease an Islamist group sets a troubling precedent.