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Nepal has a new prime minister – and for the first time in the country’s history, it’s a woman.

An Interview with Ambassador Touqir Hussain.

Strategic observations on the deployment of the Fujian aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait to the South China Sea.

Refugees exist in a precarious gray zone – tolerated but not recognized, caught between India’s domestic politics and Myanmar’s internal conflicts.

There are strong indications Washington is moving toward hemispheric retrenchment. The consequences for the Asia-Pacific could be dramatic.

China’s progress toward reusable rockets, orbital logistics, and lunar industrialization will secure the strategic high ground for Beijing.

The lesson of SEMICON 2025 is clear: no single country can control every layer of the semiconductor value chain.

Seoul is well-positioned to leverage its newly-gained status as a “force multiplier,” capable of shaping the geopolitical calculations of the U.S. and China.  

The franchise's success reflects the growing size – and evolving nature – of Japan’s anime industry in recent years.

Protests in Bangladesh and Nepal toppled governments, but equally massive demonstrations in India and the U.S. never go that far – at least, not yet. 

The West Bengal government canceled the event to avoid ruffling the feathers of Muslim hardliners.

There are several issues with enumerating Afghanistan’s population, starting with the fact that there hasn’t been an actual census in over four decades.

Promised jobs with high salaries in Singapore, victims handed over their savings to recruitment agents – only to find themselves jobless, stranded, and at risk.

President Marcos has created a new Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) to examine "misuse of funds in government flood control and related projects."

The ex-leader allegedly suffers from significant cognitive deficiencies that affect his memory, his executive functioning, and "his capacity for complex reasoning.”

A senior Philippine official has described the move as a prelude to Beijing's "eventual occupation" of the disputed South China Sea atoll.

The conflict in the Deep South persists because it serves economic, political, and ideological interests on both sides.

While increasingly widespread, the view of China as an existential challenge to the current world order reflects political alarmism more than sober analysis.