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Safeguards exist on paper, but are development banks prepared to confront the political realities that prevent those safeguards from functioning in practice?

By empowering local actors and fostering genuine competition, Sri Lanka can ensure that its debt serves the nation’s future, rather than the interests of a well-connected few.

Nepal and Sri Lanka responded to comparable uprisings by redesigning the rules of the game. Bangladesh removed the opposing team from the field and called it a victory.

Bhutanese deportees in South Asia are confronting worsening mental health conditions as prolonged statelessness, family separation, and lack of legal protection deepen psychological distress.

The latest Lee-Takaichi summit highlighted not only their warm personal rapport but their priorities: energy and economic security.

As things stand, Trump’s hopes for a G-2 remain elusive. This leaves New Delhi with enough room to maneuver diplomatically.

At least since the 1980s, American leaders visiting Beijing were traditionally expected to raise the Tibetan issue during bilateral meetings. Not anymore.

The Trump administration’s actions – or lack thereof – in its dealings with the FAS are undermining U.S. interests in the Pacific.

Tokayev made this logic explicit during the informal OTS summit when he warned that countries that fail to adapt to technological transformation risk being left behind.

China is translating the old concept of “encircling the cities from the countryside” for the digital age.

For the first time in 11 years, African leaders and multilateral organizations will convene in the Indian capital.

Kazakh oil and its connection to the Middle Corridor are placing the Turkiye-Kazakhstan relationship in a more critical position within Eurasian energy geopolitics.

Trump’s summit with Xi deferred the real Taiwan test: whether U.S. arms sales to Taipei will preserve credible support under strategic ambiguity, and how far Beijing will go to enforce its red line.

Trump was looking for a breakthrough, but not necessarily in the form of major trade deals. Trump’s mission was to insert charm and his own personality into the relationship with Xi.

People across Southeast Asian countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore – want bank funding to end for all companies, including coal, that are making climate change worse. 

Jakarta has recently signed onto several major Turkish aerospace industry programs with significant implications for the future of its airpower and domestic defense industry.

The slump was accompanied by a 4 percent drop in Jakarta's main stock index, which is under close scrutiny from the global index provider MSCI.

The country occupies a uniquely strategic position due to its proven ability to balance competing geopolitical and economic forces.

Whatever the trial's outcome, the political war between Duterte and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is unlikely to come to a conclusive end.

An agreement to share the waters of the Teesta River will not go down well in northern West Bengal.