Beijing and the UN, 50 Years On
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As Mirziyoyev gears up for his second term, Uzbekistan’s foreign relations and economy are moving forward, but political and social reforms are lagging.
The 1991 Paris Peace Accords had two primary goals: ending civil war and setting up democracy. One of those goals was achieved; the other has never looked less likely.
Samoa has its first-ever female prime minister, and the first new leader in 22 years. But Fiame Naomi Mata’afa comes to power at a fraught time.
The ROC government lost its United Nations seat 50 years ago, and has been trying to find a way back in ever since.
Just because Beijing pointedly downplays Western values doesn’t mean China’s own diplomacy is “values-free.”
The official historical narrative – as defined by Xi Jinping – is set to feature prominently at the CCP plenum in November.
China’s membership bid has symbolic value, but it’s highly unlikely that Beijing will meet the CPTPP’s standards.
In a year marked by defaults, the potential collapse of China’s second largest property developer offers insight into Beijing’s changing attitude on bailouts and financial risk.
The Bank of Korea is testing out a pilot project for a central bank digital currency.
Suga’s unintended legacy may be catalyzing diversity – in terms of age and gender – within the LDP’s policy debates.
Sometimes a missile test is just a missile test, without any grand diplomatic messaging.
Conservative politicians have aggressively tried to cultivate nationalism in the Japanese public. Are visits to the Yasukuni Shrine effective in that pursuit?
Korean pedestrians die at a rate three times higher than the OECD average.
Differences between President Solih and Speaker Nasheed could split the party down the middle.
Islamabad’s deals with the TTP and reliance on pro-Pakistan groups like the Afghan Taliban to rein it in have not worked.
India’s Grand Old Party is in need of bold and cohesive leadership.
A month after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the capital is calm but everything is uncertain. A nation lives in fear.
An ordinance that the Nepali prime minister introduced recently to ease the splitting of parties is proving counterproductive.
Facing a perfect storm of regulatory failure, unaccountable corporate power, and regional atmospheric quirks, Southeast Asians are forced to breathe borderline toxic air.
Rodrigo Duterte kept his campaign promise to kill drug dealers. International courts will decide whether that’s a crime against humanity.
The tensions of the 1960s served as the catalyst for the creation of today’s peaceful, prosperous, and cohesive Southeast Asia.
Some Asian nations’ headlong push to restart tourism is a function of deeper structural imbalances in the global political economy.
Violent extremists in the southern Philippines have generally remained aloof from global jihadist currents, but Manila should not be complacent.
Western worries about Afghanistan are giving Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon a moment to shine, and re-brand.
As China and Russia align their positions in Afghanistan, the West looks on suspiciously.
A row over the Kumtor mine, featuring corruption and environmental catastrophe, threaten Kyrgyzstan’s ability to attract investment.
The increased energy demand could be met by a long-awaited nuclear power plant.
Kyrgyzstan will finally hold parliamentary elections in late November, more than a year after a botched election spun the country into political turmoil.
Given that Australia’s Pacific neighbors are staunchly anti-nuclear, the country’s new nuclear submarine deal has stoked frustration.
There’s no doubt the two are allies, but the cost of shallow bilateralism will have lasting effects on people-to-people exchanges.
What does the Australia-U.K.-U.S. alliance mean for New Zealand?
In an investigative series, the ABC laid out the connection between misleading reporting on Fox and the January 6 unrest in Washington, DC.
China’s CPTPP bid drives home just how thin the United States’ economic strategy for the region has become.
After a resounding legal defeat, will the Justice Department change stance on the controversial program?
Put together, these two seemingly unrelated developments signal a new U.S. strategy in the competition with China.
Putting the submarine spat between France and the U.S., U.K., and Australia into historical context.
The Taiwanese government and civil society’s tough, yet successful, battle against Chinese propaganda can be a lesson for democracies in the CEE region.
Australia’s announcement that it will be building nuclear-powered submarines with American and British help will take years to pay military dividends, but the strategic impacts start immediately.
The first iterations of laser weapons will most likely serve to preserve the existing hierarchy of battlefield weapons. But as they grow more sophisticated, they may come to have the opposite effect.
With “Black Panther” and “Shang-Chi” behind us, Marvel’s cinematic universe is past its “Whites-only” phase.
The Australian government held a worthwhile national summit on women’s safety, but the approach is indirect in tacking the core problem: male violence.
In China, celebrities can be blacklisted in the span of days – or even hours – for perceived offenses against national dignity.