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Asia is already home to two full-fledged arms export powerhouses – but many more countries have high hopes of joining the ranks of the world’s top defense exporters.

The fundamental difference between Kazakhstan’s fintech landscape and Western financial systems lies not in the "right to block," but in what happens after a service is suspended.

Peace is not given – it is forged, reclaimed, and built from the very fragments meant to destroy us.

Can Seoul strengthen deterrence while remaining non-nuclear?

Despite certain institutional similarities between China in the 1970s and North Korea today, head-to-head comparisons are deceptive.

The accelerating movement toward multi-domain non-contact warfare capabilities without any strategic restraint erodes crisis stability in South Asia.

In overlearning the lessons of China, Washington risks squandering the most important relationship it needs to counter China: India.

The first airtight Chinese closure forecloses gradual reform – and American policy must be calibrated accordingly.

The same networks involved in illegal fishing are becoming logistical arteries for transnational drug trafficking. It’s a growing challenge for Indo-Pacific security.

Taiwan's stateless and undocumented population, numbering in the tens of thousands, has no access to basic rights, including healthcare, legal residency, and in some cases, education.

In the face of the Chinese irredentist claims over Arunachal, New Delhi has attempted to transform a geopolitically sensitive frontier into a living, breathing part of the Indian nation.

Over 90,000 ethnic Koreans were enticed to leave Japan by North Korean propaganda in the early 1960s. Most remain trapped in North Korea.

Several strategic aerospace and defense projects were initiated recently in this southern Indian state.

Depending indefinitely on remittances to conceal structural weaknesses is neither viable nor an appropriate approach from a long-term resilience perspective.

Undersecretary of State Jacob Helberg's comment came days after Philippine officials shot down a U.S. proposal that the 1,260-hectare zone be placed under U.S. jurisdiction.

The vulnerability of Dalit and Adivasi communities has been historically produced through land dispossession and forced settlement on hazard-prone slopes and riverbanks.

An account bearing the name “Sultan Ibrahim Ismail" allegedly disseminated AI-generated videos and manipulated images that defamed the monarchy.

Internships are mandatory for the roughly 4 million children who graduate from secondary vocational schools each year. But some internships involve hazardous conditions – and even death.

The creation of five new districts has observers worried that New Delhi is trying to break Buddhist-Muslim solidarity in the restive region.

One summit was all symbolism; the other was all substance. China made it clear who its true friend is.