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Taliban women willingly uphold and enforce the regime’s harsh ideology, fully embracing the strict roles assigned to them.

Relations have taken a step forward, but how much of it is substantive?

The Muslim community is not monolithic, but people of different sects lived peacefully, side by side. That has changed over the past year.

The deal permits American companies to spend billions for an algorithm ultimately controlled by the CCP. How did we get here?

An thus ends a bizarre trial that serves to illustrate a distressing pattern of Kyrgyz authorities targeting media whose work focuses on government corruption.

Both the “engineering state” and the “mayor economy” framings obscure the critical mechanics of China’s growth machine.

NATO diplomacy signals New Zealand’s shift toward Europe, and its ambitions to expand dual-use technology exports to the region.

It would be independent Uzbekistan’s first full general census, if it happens.

Insights from Orlando J. Pérez.

For Japan, the Sino-Russian alignment in wartime narratives is more than a contest over memory – it generates real geopolitical effects.

With dispatches to the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Germany, the JASDF is expanding the scope of fighter jet activities. 

Without pressure, the Taliban will continue to be enabled by the international community in their perpetration of gender apartheid, and at a devastating human cost. 

The Taliban restrict local media, and now also the internet, while leveraging the same platforms to spread their own messages. 

China’s political and economic support has become a decisive factor shaping Ukraine peace talks, Russia’s future prospects, and the balance of power.

A reported 1 trillion yuan relief package underscores how far Beijing is from solving the LGFV problem.

Pressure is growing on the DPP's longtime caucus leader to resign. For the KMT, the selection of a party chair looms large.

It’s not clear that common worldviews will be enough to keep the alliance moving in a positive direction.

Hun Manet’s two years in power have witnessed a decline in any semblance of a government functioning in the interests of its people.

While campuses have long been notorious for political violence, violent clashes between students and local residents are increasing.

As neighbors to Afghanistan, both China and the Central Asian states have vested interests in the country, desiring a peaceful, prosperous, and stable Afghanistan.