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      Mon, 15/09/2025 - 15:25
  
  
    Hungary may be the first U.S. ally in Europe for whom decoupling from China is not simply difficult, but virtually impossible.  
  
 
  
  
      Mon, 15/09/2025 - 15:03
  
  
    From modest beginnings, India has now built one of the world’s largest renewable energy markets, with solar leading the way.  
  
 
  
  
      Mon, 15/09/2025 - 15:01
  
  
    North Korea’s hawkish statements over the annual military drills will likely work as justification for upcoming missile tests.  
  
 
  
  
      Mon, 15/09/2025 - 14:47
  
  
    The fundamental question remains whether this revolution will produce genuine systemic change or fade into another cycle of instability.  
  
 
  
  
      Mon, 15/09/2025 - 14:14
  
  
    In addition to the increasing frequency and complexity of naval cooperation, India and the EU are growing closer politically.  
  
 
  
  
      Mon, 15/09/2025 - 10:41
  
  
    The recent youth-dominated protests in Indonesia brought forth a surge of support from young people across the region.  
  
 
  
  
      Mon, 15/09/2025 - 07:19
  
  
    “It always starts with trilateral cooperation, and it often ends the same way – chaos, power grabs, and foreign money trying to fix the mess.”  
  
 
  
  
      Mon, 15/09/2025 - 06:47
  
  
    With significant lithium, copper, cobalt, nickel, zircon, and beryllium deposits, Pakistan’s untapped mineral wealth is estimated to be worth $6 trillion.  
  
 
  
  
      Mon, 15/09/2025 - 06:02
  
  
    The influx of new state-of-the-art aircraft over the remainder of the decade will complete the “progressive drawdown” of the RSAF’s ageing F-16 fleet.  
  
 
  
  
      Mon, 15/09/2025 - 03:13
  
  
    During September 11-13, the Philippines, Japan, and the United States took part in a "maritime cooperation activity" inside the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.  
  
 
  
  
      Sun, 14/09/2025 - 23:49
  
  
    While nuclear energy is the best means of avoiding climate catastrophe, many remain irrationally terrified of its risks.  
  
 
  
  
      Fri, 12/09/2025 - 21:35
  
  
    Nepal has a new prime minister – and for the first time in the country’s history, it’s a woman.  
  
 
  
  
      Fri, 12/09/2025 - 21:13
  
  
    An Interview with Ambassador Touqir Hussain.  
  
 
  
  
      Fri, 12/09/2025 - 18:56
  
  
    Strategic observations on the deployment of the Fujian aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait to the South China Sea.  
  
 
  
  
      Fri, 12/09/2025 - 18:34
  
  
    Refugees exist in a precarious gray zone – tolerated but not recognized, caught between India’s domestic politics and Myanmar’s internal conflicts.  
  
 
  
  
      Fri, 12/09/2025 - 16:48
  
  
    There are strong indications Washington is moving toward hemispheric retrenchment. The consequences for the Asia-Pacific could be dramatic.  
  
 
  
  
      Fri, 12/09/2025 - 16:35
  
  
    China’s progress toward reusable rockets, orbital logistics, and lunar industrialization will secure the strategic high ground for Beijing.  
  
 
  
  
      Fri, 12/09/2025 - 16:09
  
  
    The lesson of SEMICON 2025 is clear: no single country can control every layer of the semiconductor value chain.  
  
 
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