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The Cambodia-Thailand Conflict: Can China’s Influence Tip the Scales? 

TheDiplomat - Wed, 17/12/2025 - 15:25
Given Thailand and Cambodia’s close ties with China, it is necessary to assess how Beijing views the conflict and how its influence could shape the outcome. 

Hong Kong Fire: Can the Government Keep Its People Safe?

TheDiplomat - Wed, 17/12/2025 - 15:24
The fire has stirred emotions that will not be easily contained.

Pakistan’s IMF Program is Buying Time. Markets Want To Know What Comes Next.

TheDiplomat - Wed, 17/12/2025 - 14:53
Pakistan has stabilized under the latest IMF program. But can it break the crisis-bailout cycle once and for all?

Understanding China’s Controversy Over Sealing Petty Offense Records

TheDiplomat - Wed, 17/12/2025 - 14:26
Setting aside the conspiracy theories, the controversy exposes flaws in the legislature’s mechanisms for consulting and informing the public.

Modi’s Pick for BJP Chief Is Little-Known Nitin Nabin

TheDiplomat - Wed, 17/12/2025 - 14:18
The appointment follows a recent trend of the Modi-Shah duo opting for low-profile leaders for key posts.

Abundance as a Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy - Wed, 17/12/2025 - 12:25
The West’s new movement to revive liberalism still lacks an international agenda.

A Moment of Reckoning for Australia at Bondi Beach

TheDiplomat - Wed, 17/12/2025 - 12:22
An effort needs to be made to comprehend and counteract the political ideas, narratives, and movements that work like acid to erode social trust and encourage hate, division, and this week’s horrific violence.

The Slow Transformation of Kazakhstan’s Independence Day

TheDiplomat - Wed, 17/12/2025 - 12:02
Thirty-nine years after the protests that helped pave the way for Kazakhstan’s independence, the way the day is commemorated is quietly changing.

The US National Security Strategy: A Sobering Reality Check for South Asia

TheDiplomat - Wed, 17/12/2025 - 11:44
The paradoxical and selective U.S. posture of simultaneous disengagement and selective involvement evident in the new NSS could be particularly concerning for India.

Even as US Travel Bans Expand, Turkmenistan Gets Good News

TheDiplomat - Wed, 17/12/2025 - 11:37
Unique among those countries subject to travel bans by the U.S. earlier this year, restrictions on the issuance of nonimmigrant visas to Turkmen citizens have been lifted.

Europe Is Missing Its Moment

Foreign Affairs - Wed, 17/12/2025 - 06:00
It’s time to finally reform—or risk irrelevance.

Who Will Pay for Russian-Caused Damages in Ukraine?

Foreign Policy - Tue, 16/12/2025 - 23:24
A coalition of more than 30 countries has approved a compensation body for assessing Ukrainian reparation claims.

What’s It Like to Be a Chinese Soldier?

Foreign Policy - Tue, 16/12/2025 - 23:16
Behind the parades, recruits face long deployments, strict rules, and limited opportunities.

Japan’s Prime Minister Takes on Bond Market Vigilantes

Foreign Policy - Tue, 16/12/2025 - 21:45
Sanae Takaichi’s massive spending program could be a risky political win.

Can the ASEAN Way Survive 2026? 

TheDiplomat - Tue, 16/12/2025 - 21:29
Three stress tests will define 2026: intra-ASEAN conflict and cohesion, the geoeconomic squeeze, and climate resilience. Can the bloc survive the increased pressure?

Europe Is Racing the Clock to Tap Russia’s Frozen Assets

Foreign Policy - Tue, 16/12/2025 - 21:26
Brussels is trying to convince holdouts to support a novel plan to use billions of Moscow’s money to aid Ukraine.

One Year on, U.S. Sanctions Are Killing Syria’s Recovery

Foreign Policy - Tue, 16/12/2025 - 20:15
Short-term waivers are a start, but Congress must act on the full repeal Syria needs to rebuild.

Illuminations expérimentales

Le Monde Diplomatique - Tue, 16/12/2025 - 19:52
Henri Michaux (1899-1984) « n'est pas fou », il est à l'« écoute de l'intracorporel », prévient l'essayiste américaine Susan Sontag, dans l'entretien qui ouvre avec énergie ce livre étonnant, appuyé sur un fonds d'archives (documents, photographies…) et de lettres inédites, témoignant des (…) / ,

Congress Aims to Turbocharge the U.S. Development Finance Corporation

Foreign Policy - Tue, 16/12/2025 - 17:29
The agency will be empowered to issue hundreds of billions of dollars in new loans to foreign countries.

National Cabinet Agrees to Sweeping Overhaul of Australia’s Gun Laws in Response to Bondi Massacre

TheDiplomat - Tue, 16/12/2025 - 16:50
After the attack on Australia’s Jewish community, the government is undertaking the biggest overhaul of national gun laws since 1996. Critics say it's a deflection from the real issue: antisemitism.

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