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With the Iran war simmering, U.S. officials will seek to reassure Asian allies that they remain a reliable and committed partner.

The battle over the next Dalai Lama, between religious tradition and state power, is set to become one of the defining geopolitical stories of the coming decade.

Custodial violence is not episodic but rather structural, woven into the daily architecture of incarceration.

Australia’s frigate purchase will likely end up being more complicated than the “zero-change” framing suggests.

Pyongyang fired “surface-to-surface” missile launches roughly one month before U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. 

China should avoid treating long-established external economic ties as instruments that can be readily deployed or withdrawn.

The Regional Ecological Summit could kickstart a wider climate activism campaign in the greater Central Asian region, or it could just be a short-term, pro-green mirage.

China’s Xiamen bid ups the stakes in the the battle over the secretariat host.

Canberra and Tokyo continue to build closer links with each other, with a shared understanding of the strategic environment, and a high degree of trust

Fishing communities notice everything. But alienation from Delhi means India is losing intelligence input it can’t afford to lose.

Contrary to popular belief, the Mughals did not bring Islamic rule to India — but their rule did shape India’s military, administrative, and geopolitical landscape in ways that endure to this day.

The country's preference for an open and predicable international order is shared by most of its Asian neighbors.

Lee Jae Myung is the first foreign leader to visit Vietnam since the confirmation of the country's new leadership earlier this month.

Newly inaugurated President Min Aung Hlaing also announced a reduction in the 27-year prison sentence of ousted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The canonization process for Sybil Kathigasu underscores how Pope Francis’s legacy continues to shift the lines of Catholicism, in subtle and surprising ways.

For the past decade, India-South Korea interactions have been limited. President Lee’s upcoming visit is set to change that.

What do Japanese and Chinese think about each other’s countries? Let’s look at the numbers.  

BRICS appears to be more riddled with internal conflicts than most multilateral groups.

A constitutional revision solves the wrong problem – and creates new complications.

India has turned the corner in its battle against Naxalism – and effectively governing its own margins is an essential step toward global power status.