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The Israel-U.S. vs Iran war is forcing Indonesia to reassess its Gaza Board of Peace stance, balancing neutrality, public pressure, and support for Palestine.

Insights from Pratik Dattani.

If established brands do not pivot to electric vehicles immediately, they risk losing market share to a new generation of competitors across the region.

Kazakhstan’s commitments at the Board of Peace are backed by a multi-layered, field-tested approach to international development assistance.

Alarmed by the example of Iran, Pyongyang will learn its lessons – and learn them fast.

The destruction of a rehabilitation hospital is difficult to reconcile with a strategy aimed at neutralizing militants. 

Japan was prepared for a successful summit. Then the U.S. bombed Iran, and Trump demanded Japan send ships to the Strait of Hormuz.

Advanced technologies are propelling the CCP’s capabilities for suppressing speech to an entirely new level, both within and beyond China’s borders.

Between now and April 30, U.N. member states have a narrow window to publicly support the explicit inclusion of gender apartheid in the draft Convention on Crimes Against Humanity.

Trump has changed his tune on the deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, citing concerns over the fate of the U.S. military base at Diego Garcia.

In the end, a postponement may suit Beijing’s interests more than Washington’s – as long as it doesn’t become linked with the Hormuz issue.

Over the past decade, analysts have increasingly viewed Iranian transit routes as Central Asia’s most promising path to the sea.

In the 2026 Indonesia-U.S. Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, the phrase “Indonesia shall” appears more than 200 times. “United States shall” appears in just nine. The agreement may not hold up under international law.

President Lee Jae-myung faces a difficult dilemma as he seeks to uphold the South Korea-U.S. alliance while avoiding entanglement in a drawn-out war against Iran.

The status of Chinese spouses of Taiwanese has been increasingly a topic of debate in Taiwan.

The $61 million grant fits a decade-long pattern of Chinese security investment – now accelerating after attacks on Chinese nationals.

Timber worth a whopping $40 million is smuggled from Myanmar to India annually. This is a conservative estimate.

A conversation with Michael Martin on the conflict, and how the region should deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Name-calling and violence against youth from the country’s Northeast in India’s cities stem from deep racial prejudice.

There's been widespread focus on foreigners trafficked into Cambodia's cyber-scam compounds. But a growing number of Cambodian nationals are being forced to work in the illegal industry as well.