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The Australian government has gone looking for oil in East and Southeast Asia with little or no understanding of where it actually comes from.

Earlier this week, Senator Ronald dela Rosa, the enforcer of President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs," fled to his Senate office to avoid arrest on a warrant from the ICC.

The Malaysian financier recently sought a pardon, despite being accused of masterminding the theft of $4.5 billion from the state investment fund.

Can “The Legend of Maula Jatt” win over Chinese audiences and pave the way for more Pakistani films?

Despite high reported internet penetration, millions of Nepalis – especially in rural areas – remain offline or struggle with unreliable and unaffordable connections. 

The upcoming meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Xi will be followed by a Putin-Xi summit. Will there be scope for triangular diplomacy?

Unlike in 2024, China sees an opportunity to influence Australia. That has led Beijing to refrain from criticism.

Tokyo’s defense exports are becoming tools for building a new middle power security network across the Indo-Pacific.

Sponsored student visits are keeping international contact alive, but schools and analysts should ask questions about the intentions behind the visits as well as the impressions they create.

Insights from Xiaobing Li.

Military organizations must contend with operational realities, not political declarations. That's exactly why OPCON transfer is necessary.

Hainan is today engaged in what may be China’s most radical economic experiment since the 1980s – and Taiwan is part of the rationale.

According to his lawyer, Tashiev has been indicted on charges of plotting a coup and the case has been classified. 

Will the current oil supply shock hold back the region’s green transition, or accelerate it?

Amid the expected pomp and circumstance, what can we expect from the Trump-Xi summit?

Dr. Anil Kakodkar, former chair of India's Atomic Energy Commission, joins the podcast to discuss the history and future of India’s three-stage nuclear program.

The austerity measures are aimed at dealing with oil and gas shortages and conserving foreign exchange.

In what can only be described as collective punishment, the young son of detained artist Gao Zhen is being prevented from returning home to the United States

Following the 2025 regional drought, Kazakhstan authorities have warned about below-average reservoir levels and the possibility for summer shortages.

The meeting will be a stark display of Trump and Xi’s shared anti-human rights vision of transactional geopolitics. Accountability will have to come from elsewhere.