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An Indian Ocean-focused initiative is welcome. But it will need to support a democratic information-sharing culture, if it is to attract participation from all regional countries.

Author Jon Mitchell’s new book offers some answers.

It’s almost eerie how easily contemporary China discourse parallels U.S. rhetoric about Japan in the 1980s – especially given the huge differences between the two countries.

South Korea’s demographic crisis is exposing a deeper problem: how class, gender, education, housing, and family background shape who is considered marriageable.

The Tibetan movement has long been dependent on the personal moral authority of the Dalai Lama. In a post-Dalai Lama world, the Central Tibetan Administration will need to step up. 

Disruptions in Hormuz immediately generate concern regarding Malacca, another vital maritime chokepoint.

With the shift in China-U.S. relations, India is emerging as the strategic cog in the U.S. wheel, Pakistan as a tactical partner, NATO as the anchor of the Atlantic alliance, and the Quad as a tool to serve the Indo‑Pacific.

The Tatmadaw’s advances will have implications not only for Myanmar’s internal conflict, but for neighboring India and Bangladesh.

Hieromonk Iakov Vorontsov, arrested on drug-related charges after attempting to establish a non-Moscow aligned Orthodox church in Kazakhstan, now faces forced psychological treatment reminiscent of Soviet-era repression.

Unlike Chinese investments in the past, which were state-backed and focused on infrastructure, the B2B model is more commercial and a business-driven partnership.

But the ultra-conservative Indonesian province is not the only place in Southeast Asia where the punishment is used.

Despite high hopes and billions in funding pledges, the scheme has paid insufficient attention to the political and economic realities of the recipient countries.

Rare earth projects require a solid commitment across political cycles, a challenge that the United States has not yet been able to overcome.

The Putin-Xi joint statement is not merely a statement of bilateral friendship. It is a war-era manifesto.

Recently, the chief prelate or custodian of eight sacred sites in Sri Lanka was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting and raping a child. He is out on bail.

China intends to keep making low-tech goods alongside its push into advanced technology. That's bad news for advanced and developing economies alike.

By tying caste recognition to religion, the law risks excluding those who continue to face the same discrimination it seeks to remedy.

The overland route presents a limited lifeline for Tehran, but cannot substitute for sea-based oil trade. 

China wants to welcome foreign investment, but its red lines are shifting. That’s not an attractive proposition for many companies.

Canberra’s position – that Indo-Pacific stability depends not only on military deterrence, but also on the protection of trade flows, energy supplies, critical technologies, and economic sovereignty – has moved to the fore.