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The political momentum for the Northern Sea Route is real. However, the actual data looks a lot less rosy.

India has spent the last 16 years paying for its trade deal with ASEAN. The India-EU FTA would not repeat those mistakes.

As the country celebrates its past, let it also recognize the place where its future security begins: an island that has given more to the United States than most Americans will ever know.

Italy is making an unexpectedly assertive return to Southeast Asia – not through trade or development aid, but through defense diplomacy. 

India’s Act East Policy should be judged by its ability to change from articulating strategy to putting that strategy into practice in the Northeast, via BIMSETC.

Real strategic stability starts with recognizing mutual vulnerability.

Funding for drones became much more hotly discussed in the wake of KMT chair Cheng Li-wun’s trip to the United States last month.

A look at the bilateral relationship, and its future direction.

Real reform in the water sector means building a system that makes corruption harder to commit, easier to detect, and less rewarding for those who might try.

Don't underestimate the China-Russia partnership; Beijing and Moscow have already cooperated in ways that seemed unthinkable not long ago.

They may have locked up a popular and powerful activist. But this will only convince more Baloch that there is no space for political protest or dissent.

Investigators allege that four individuals deliberately concealed the actual end-user of servers thought to contain advanced Nvidia AI chips.

The Indonesian state has a long history of inserting itself into the economy in ways that have made investors uneasy.

The growing global instability and uncertainty will likely influence the future trajectory of the South China Sea disputes.

AL, the perpetrator of the crime, was just 12 years of age at the time of her mother’s murder.

In late May, the military announced that it had transferred the 81-year-old former leader from prison to house arrest.

Every new generation of microchips uses more energy, water, and toxic chemicals than the last – with Taiwan and South Korea bearing over 90 percent of the burden.

While the latest Japan-South Korea defense ministers’ meeting shows an obvious trajectory of rapprochement between the two neighbors, it also exposes certain boundaries in their defense cooperation.

China’s EV push, the Power of Siberia 2 saga, and Chinese imports of raw uranium supplies may appear to be separate issues. In reality, they tell the same story.

China faces three specific barriers as it aims to produce key chipmaking equipment. Monitoring progress in these areas would help Western countries make better chip and AI policy.