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As Indo-Pacific geopolitical dynamics intensify, Canberra’s response to increased U.S. demands offers a critical lesson in alliance management and strategic autonomy.

De-risking is unlikely to truly alter China’s dominance over global critical mineral supply chains. There’s a better approach. 

The EU must confront a hard truth: the evolving policies of both Washington and Beijing raise questions about their reliability as enduring strategic partners.

The real test for the CCP is not whether it can survive economic hardship, but whether it can continue to extract legitimacy from suffering and sacrifice. 

Australia now views India as a “top-tier” defense partner, due to convergence of views on a number of issues, including challenges posed by a rising China.

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer inadvertently entered Chinese territorial waters. What are the legal implications?

The country's women are challenging patriarchal norms, both within the resistance movement and beyond.

In the Philippines this week, the EU’s foreign policy chief expressed concern over China's "illegal, coercive, aggressive, and deceptive measures" in the disputed waterway.

Two Chinese researchers have been accused of trying to smuggle a toxic fungus into the U.S., in perhaps the most surprising example of the securitization of scientific partnerships.

Foreign investors will be disappointed by the budget’s silence on measures for regulatory reform or assurance of legal protections.

Japanese policymakers are increasingly broaching discussions of “strategic autonomy” as concerns mount about Washington's reliability.

China’s focus on anti-corruption has paralyzed local leaders. The CCP is attempting to address the issue through new rules that aim to regulate the realm of error.

Though Lee attempted to sideline the issue during the campaign, gender conflict has continued, subtly but powerfully, to shape voter behavior in South Korea.

The stated reason is a high rate of visa overstays in 2023 DHS data. But that data has been interpreted without any context or compassion.

Japan’s decision to use contaminated soil in the prime minister’s garden is the culmination of its efforts to normalize the consequences of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Indonesia could study Japan’s experience after the disbandment of Aum Shinrikyo, the perpetrator of the 1995 Sarin Gas Bombing.

India has intensified its crackdown on undocumented Bangladeshi migrants and Rohingya refugees, summarily deporting them and triggering humanitarian concerns.

Most of the world failed to notice that the BLA conducted several attacks during the India-Pakistan tensions of May 2025. China, however, was paying close attention.

A recent survey conducted by Gallup Pakistan found that 93 percent of respondents felt their perception of the military had improved since the clashes.

Senator Ronald dela Rosa's resolution is the latest shot fired in the ongoing political war between the Duterte and Marcos clans.