TheDiplomat

For the first time in eight decades, the country’s national song, Vande Mataram, will precede the playing of the national anthem on Independence Day.

Vietnam has benefited greatly from foreign firms' desire to de-risk from China. Can it free itself of dependence on the country's critical rare earth inputs?

The new Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union could change the course of the country's conflict.

A rare visit to the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, where Japanese researchers are testing options for storing radioactive waste.

A hacker claims to have stolen the data from Kazakhstan eGov service. The authorities are investigating the claim.

“Heart Full of Light,” Kalbinur Sidik’s memoir, provides a first-hand account of the atrocities against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang.

For Japan, the most immediate question is not whether to pursue nuclear weapons itself, but whether to allow its ally’s nuclear-capable assets on Japanese soil.

Insights from Wayne Tan.

Mounting resistance and ethnic tension are testing Taliban rule in Afghanistan’s north.

The agreement is not directed against India, but it alters the strategic environment in which India-Pakistan relations play out.

Whether or not Japan’s nuclear policy is actually revised, the very fact that such a revision is being openly debated is a striking development.

Adopting a new mindset for peacebuilding on the peninsula requires preserving what works while targeting individual issues that remain unresolved. 

The latest gathering of Central Asian leaders, plus Azerbaijan’s president, saw the signing of a declaration, but the “C5” have not quite become a “C6.”

Changing an alphabet involves more than just replacing letters; it requires a profound transformation of the state’s institutional and cultural fabric.

The manga-turned-anime serves as an important pop cultural piece in understanding Japan’s place in the world, most specifically its historic role with Russia and their Northeast Asian borderlands. 

The waters east of Taiwan sit within a strategically integrated maritime space stretching from Northeast Asia, through Micronesia and Melanesia, to Polynesia. 

Myanmar’s latest pledge to repatriate 300,000 Rohingya refugees cannot be viewed as a credible commitment. It’s yet another iteration of a well-established diplomatic pattern. 

Erosion of U.S. influence could, in the long run, impact arms sales, the negotiation of military basing rights, and the management of regional crises.

A Thailand-led push to re-engage the country's military-backed government is an attempt to prevent the bloc's diplomatic marginalization.

The rupiah rose slightly on news of Destry Damayanti's nomination, which will now pass to the House of Representatives for approval.