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The highlight of the Indian prime minister's visit to Indonesia was the finalization of a long-pending agreement on the supply of BrahMos missile system and Astra air-to-air missiles.

With Former Prime Minister Kim Min-seok’s formal confirmation of his bid for the leadership, the race may likely be intense, given the tensions between the pro-Lee and pro-Jung factions.

A broken social bargain calls for a new approach to youth employment.

Insights from Dorota Maczuga

Kazakhstan's Constitutional Court confirmed this week that the president is eligible to run for another single seven-year term under the new constitution.

As in many rapidly digitalizing countries, Uzbekistan’s technological transformation may be advancing faster than the necessary regulatory frameworks.

China is playing a bigger game than aid and economic development.

An independent group examined official documents from Myanmar ports, leaked bank documents and open-source data to chart the network that supplies Myanmar with jet fuel.

Even sectors that are showcased as symbols of India's economic success often depend on Chinese inputs somewhere in the production chain.

The recent film “Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Times” has unsurprisingly elicited a strong negative reaction from the Indonesian government.

China’s dominance in the entire fluorine value chain is an overlooked source of geopolitical leverage.

The conventional tools previously used to penalize China for its rights abuses – sanctions, public pressure, condemnation, institutional mechanisms, and more – have all been blunted.

The list of countries notified in advance, as well as the timing, suggests that China’s purpose was not merely a straightforward display of military power.

With the revered Tibetan leader over 90 years old the rivalry between New Delhi and Beijing over who speaks for the Buddhist world is entering its most consequential phase.

With the Vuvale Union and the Veitacini Treaty, Canberra and Suva chart a new course for regional security. 

The test, likely involving the JL-3 and coming just after the United States’ 250th Independence Day, underscored China's increasingly credible sea-based nuclear deterrent. 

There is growing eagerness in Pakistan to involve China, the other upper riparian country, more directly in the issue.

Despite being partners at the federal level, the Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional coalitions are competing to become the dominant force of tomorrow.

The affirmations come after an Indonesian minister raised the idea of imposing a levy on vessels passing through the vital chokepoint.

A series of recent scandals within the Ministry likely reflect tensions within the leadership of the ruling Bhumjaithai party.