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The arc of geopolitics will bend back toward competition.

Moscow is reportedly furnishing as much as 85 percent of the financing for the project. 

Balendra Shah, who assumed office just two months ago, does as he pleases, with little regard for constitutional norms, parliamentary procedures or diplomatic niceties.

The security provisions in recent agreements with the Taliban may reflect intent, but the more immediate benefit on the Russian side appears to be addressing the labor shortage. 

Neither the Japan-U.S. alliance nor the Sino-Japanese economic relationship will completely unravel overnight. However, the overall trendlines have led Tokyo to seek further hedges.

Buddhist fundamentalism functions in post-coup Myanmar not as a parallel force to military authoritarianism, but as an integral component of it.

Imported inflation, fragile manufacturing, and unequal burdens complicate textbook arguments supporting unrestricted currency depreciation across India.

True integration, it appears, will remain elusive until New Delhi stops treating Kashmir as a security variable to be managed.

“Taiwan Travelogue” and its Booker Prize win highlight the nuances – and controversies – of contemporary culture in Taiwan.

Transparency concerns and the turmoil in global energy markets have created an unusual volatility in the region's capital markets.

The city-state's realities fit awkwardly into an index that draws a firm line between "free" and "unfree" media landscapes.

This year's Balikatan exercise oriented itself more closely than ever to the Taiwan Strait -- and the possibility of a future conflict over the island.

New Delhi has defended its decision to engage with Min Aung Hlaing, who led the coup against Myanmar's democratically elected government in 2021.

Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada claims that the charges of plunder are a politically motivated outgrowth of the political feud between the Marcos and Duterte clans.

At the Shangri-La Dialogue, Hanoi has sought to shape the terms of the regional security debate.

Behind Uzbekistan's record visitor numbers, rooted in social and economic ties, lies a larger story of regional reintegration expanding Tashkent's influence across Central Asia.

When the Andhra government cannot sustain existing welfare systems, why is it promising financial incentives to couples to have three or four children?

An interview with Aleksandra Gasztold on what Taiwan and Eastern Europe can learn from each other.

The central issue in China-EU economic relations is no longer only trade imbalance, but the growing political anxiety in Europe over the speed of China’s industrial upgrading.  

The current warmth in Bangladesh-Pakistan bilateral relations is less a product of mutual trust and more a function of geopolitical calculations.