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Lack of institutional sympathy over the centuries, especially at the elite level, may explain why it entered the modern era with relatively little gas in the tank.

It reflects many of the priorities and core economic beliefs of the Prabowo administration, including heavy investment in social welfare programs.

Officials from the Mongolian government have repeatedly visited Moscow in search of energy guarantees, assistance in fuel storage, and accelerating bilateral cooperation.

The incoming parliament will remake Bangladesh’s governance system – for better or worse. 

The legal disagreement over who controls DMZ access – South Korea’s government or the U.N. Command – has evolved into a full-fledged institutional and political confrontation.

American leaders are rightly condemning Jimmy Lai’s sentence. But when it comes to concrete policy responses, Washington’s cupboard is increasingly bare.

Defense spending in Taiwan continues to be politically contentious, particularly as the U.S. seeks to pressure the opposition KMT over the issue.

A new report exposes abuse and exploitation of cotton and wheat farmers in Uzbekistan.

The ruling mainstreams menstrual health. But India needs to normalize sex education too. Otherwise, menstruation will be treated as a “dirty issue” shrouded in silence.

The social media age has stripped the House of Chakri of its once-formidable royal aura. The only route to preservation is reform.

The approval will allow Starlink's local subsidiary to provide satellite internet access to up to 600,000 user terminals.

Now that China has emerged as New Delhi’s primary security concern, Pakistan is no longer the organizing principle of Indian foreign policy.

In Myanmar’s vast southern archipelago, the civil war intersects with a much longer struggle for survival.

Insights from Adam P. Liff.

Less than six months ago, Tokayev said haste in changing the constitution was “completely inappropriate.” 

From UAVs to counter-UAVs and beyond, the state of modern warfare – and today’s geopolitics – were on display.

Takaichi just won a historic mandate. But that means the Japanese people are expecting results – and fast.

600 men from Panjshir have been incorporated into the Taliban’s defense and interior ministries, with another 1,500 to be recruited to protect Taliban interests in the province.

China’s pension dilemma involves not only a shrinking workforce but also persistent inequality between urban residents and rural migrants.

Islamabad is raising a dedicated Frontier Corps to protect mineral-rich areas from militant attacks and secure Balochistan’s borders with Iran and Afghanistan.