Diplomacy & Crisis News

A guide to Tehran’s nine most strategic territories.

The Future of Investment and Trade Partnership, with 19 members and counting, is championing open and fair trade at a time when others are retreating.

An asset freeze could be the first step of an acrimonious fight with the foreign oil majors developing one of the country’s largest oil fields.

A new government report looks at Australia’s “Asia capability” and finds the country wanting.

Besides the South China Sea, there are various waterways under contention, from open ocean to marshlands and rivers.

Washington loves the idea but would see few benefits.

This is an important milestone in India’s evolving multi-layered long-range air defense architecture envisaged under Mission Sudarshan Chakra.

After angry students forced the education minister to resign, Prime Minister Modi’s aura of invincibility has been dented.

The costs of Pakistan’s dependence on imports for medicines and vaccines are huge. Chinese investment could end this reliance.

The Iran war is driving the continent toward Chinese-backed green energy.

Why allies in Asia Are willing to work with Trump.

The proposed rules would would bar minors from posting, sharing, or commenting on social media platforms.

Manila and Beijing continue to trade accusations about a series of clashes at two disputed features in the South China Sea last week.

A government feasibility study found what many already expected: that the project's financial returns did not justify the massive capital outlay.

Leader-level diplomacy gives the impression that the U.S. “trade war” has ended. That’s far from the truth.

Wang Wang has appeared on billboards around the world – visible proof that China’s censorship does have limits.

Yes, the Indo-Pacific leaders were absent for the second year in a row. But that’s not because of a lack of interest in the partnership.

Nippon Ishin has, through its alliance with Takaichi, exerted an influence on the Japanese government that far exceeds its parliamentary strength.

North Korea has modified its hierarchy of defense priorities by elevating the importance of the KPAN.

Sonam Wangchuk has ended his 26-day hunger strike supporting the Cockroach Janta Party’s demand for the education minister’s resignation. What did it achieve?