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Ten years after a toxic waste dump poisoned Vietnam’s coast, the Taiwanese company responsible, both governments, and even the victims themselves have maintained a stunning silence.

It’s bad enough that the company at fault considers the issue closed, but the Vietnamese government has effectively sided with a foreign corporation – and arrested those who dared to protest.

In an echo of history, Iran hints at a war of attrition with the U.S. and its allies.

The government appears to have met its March 31, 2026, deadline for ending the Maoist insurgency. But it is too early to celebrate.

The border is often spoken of as if it already exists in a fixed and continuous form, as if the line has been fully drawn and only needs to be defended. The reality is different.

The 2019 snap summit at the DMZ was a mesmerizing reality show, for which there had been no preparation – but it almost worked.

The move not only strengthens Japan’s position in the semiconductor sector, but also shows that chip competition is increasingly being shaped by geopolitics rather than market logic.

Iran is not Iraq circa 2003. 

Post-censorship feminism offers insight into how activism adapts when public speech becomes risky. 

Cheng Li-wun is the party’s most pro-Beijing chair in a decade – and China is rushing to take advantage.

Europe can provide capital, technology and market access, but it cannot quickly replace China’s unmatched role as a buyer, processor and integrated industrial ecosystem.

The Aral Sea’s story demonstrates how human actions can profoundly alter natural systems, yet it also shows that determined cooperation can begin to repair environmental damage that once seemed irreversible.

Contrasting approaches to language and identity highlight a widening divide in how each side conceptualizes nationhood – part of the political and societal gap across the Taiwan Strait.

The international human rights system depends on the work of local defenders, but offers them little protection once they become politically inconvenient.

What makes BRICS silence on the war in West Asia particularly deplorable is that two fellow BRICS members -- Iran and the UAE -- are directly caught in the war.

Vietnamese fishers, especially those who have faced physical violence from Chinese forces, suffer in silence. 

African states have considerable agency to shape their own digital governance and are not simply accepting models imposed on them by China or other external actors.

The gap is narrow, but it leaves families with little room to absorb new shocks, including those now emerging from the war in Iran.

Despite the positive optics of punching above its weight in diplomacy, Pakistan has become weaker over time.

When victimized students were asked where they turned for help, 44.5 percent said they searched the internet, while only 2.9 percent went to a friend and fewer than 3 percent contacted the police.