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From AUKUS to trade, the implications of the upcoming U.S. midterm elections for Australia are likely to be profound.

If so, to what end? Panda and Putz discuss on the latest episode of the Asia Geopolitics podcast.

Regardless of the Sino-Vatican agreement, the practical, multifaceted ties between Taiwan and the Holy See have deepened over the past year.

Tashkent summoned the Iranian ambassador to lodge a protest regarding social media posts by Iranian diplomatic missions.

In the wake of the Pukpuk Treaty, Australia and PNG continued to deepen relations with a new rotation planned, defense infrastructure investment, and expanded ADF recruitment.

However justified or inevitable it might be, this represents a major shift in how the U.S. has thought about intellectual property for the last three decades. 

Since June, civil society groups and local media warned of PLA encroachments into Arunachal Pradesh. Hitherto, Delhi’s response was to deny and dismiss their claims.

The largest Hindu religious festival went off smoothly – a credit to the new BNP government.

In two outbreaks of war last year, the RTAF underlined its status as one of the region’s most effective and professional air forces.

The country's legal system may provide one of the few remaining means of bringing Myanmar's generals to justice.

Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said last week that Jakarta would prioritize its own needs, and might cut off supplies to nations that did not respect Indonesia.

Handing over prime land in a land-scarce country, on an island pitched as a lasting solution to an acute housing crisis, warrants deeper scrutiny.

Last week, Pakistan signed the Badr Pact with Türkiye, Qatar, and Indonesia, the latest in a string of defense-related agreements with key partners.

In recent years Indonesian waters have become an important route for the trafficking of Golden Triangle drugs to Asian and global markets.

China's economy has a huge problem: Chinese people aren’t spending enough money. And this is not just a problem for China.

Its in-house gaffes and disputes are largely to blame for the DP's plummeting approval ratings.

A formal trilateral could raise strategic questions that are awkward for the EU, Ukraine – and China itself.

Taiwan’s formal relationships in Africa and Latin America point to the real factors driving recognition decisions – and it’s not “dollar diplomacy.”

A COC that lacks credible enforcement mechanisms would do little to address security challenges.

Journalists covering the country’s parliament are pushing back against new rules that constrict their ability to question officials.