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A central part of the deterrence question

Indiscriminate arrests, detentions, police brutality, and blockades have not been able to demoralize protesters seeking the removal of the chief election commissioner.

This year’s particularly severe haze season has once again exposed the void in national and regional efforts to combat the problem.

The country's budget planners have been wrestling with the same intractable challenge since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hanoi's best option to keep its western neighbors neutral is to resist further Chinese encroachment by political means.

If passed into law, the country will become the fourth in Southeast Asia to introduce youth social media restrictions of some kind.

Beijing’s diplomatic officials are adopting the language of the Albanese government to press their demands upon local governments and communities.

Both sides are feeding an AI investment bubble – and Shenzhen is the place to talk about it.

At first glance, the story of Kyrgyzstan’s satellite launch seemed like a genuine achievement. Then the story changed.

Australia’s incoming political finance laws will cap donations and electioneering spending for the first time, but the limits are generous, the rules complex, and the two-year delay suspiciously convenient for the major parties. 

A diplomatic rift is growing after a North Korean prisoner transfer that Kyiv revealed against Seoul’s wishes.

For the EU, the choice is increasingly difficult: secure real concessions from Beijing to address structural trade imbalances or deploy stronger unilateral measures to protect its industrial base.

Southeast Asia’s drug labs are pumping out unprecedented amounts of meth and other synthetic drugs.

Arrmanatha Nasir is highly qualified, but his success may hinge on whether or not he has access to President Prabowo Subianto.

Is Theint Win Htet's removal from the Treasury Department's blacklist a sign of a looming rapprochement between Washington and Naypyidaw?

Washington announced last week that it would not accept or process applications from top Indian IT companies for H-1B visas.

Recently re-elected president of the Nepali Congress, Thapa vowed to end the culture of nepotism and groupism in the party and to open it to a new generation of leaders.

Due to abundant labor, its social structure, and the inertia of an economic system, there was little incentive to initiate mechanization and the Industrial Revolution in India.

Since taking office in April, the former general has visited five ASEAN member states as he seeks normalization with the Southeast Asian bloc.

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