Hong Kong’s Summer of Unrest
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Three years of frenzied reform activity have certainly made a difference, but much work remains to be done.
The re-elected Liberal government in Australia will continue to secure the border, but at what cost?
As sanctions tighten, North Korea’s efforts at evasion intensify. How long can Pyongyang outpace international enforcement efforts?
It’s been almost seven years since talks started on the mega trade deal. Can China help coordinate a breakthrough?
A year later, and despite tightening government restrictions, Chinese feminism is still growing as a social force.
Amid shifting political trends, China’s relationships with strategic partners in Latin America are in limbo.
A recent expose explores the nexus between an Australian casino, Asian organized crime, and Chinese elites.
The pilot program in Shanghai was supposed to be a model for national reform. How is it faring?
South Korea is a good bellwether for the health of the global rules-based order – and we should be worried.
As foreign and domestic challenges mount, Abe’s chances of scoring a tenure-defining accomplishment dwindle.
Tracing South Korea’s approach to the continent under 4 presidents.
The 2020 Games will wow and stun, but they will be no repeat of 1964.
Tokyo is pulled in several different directions when considering whether to join a U.S.-led coalition in the Strait of Hormuz.
After the region’s special status was revoked in August, what’s next?
Expanding its reach, the Islamic State has aimed recruitment efforts at Afghan universities.
72 years after partition, migrants are using social media to reconnect with their ancestral homes.
Can electric vehicles fix Kathmandu’s air pollution?
General Bajwa’s extension likely means big things are in store.
The impetus for collaboration in environmental matters has risen over the past few years.
Perhaps not, but it is one remaining option to gather testimonies and spark conversation about a dark turn in the Philippines.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s government has not been the game changer for women that many hoped it would be.
Malaysia’s indigenous tribes are trying to lay modern claims to lands their people have lived on for centuries.
The rhetoric and reality behind this much-anticipated step have raised concerns about its results and significance.
Kyrgyz politics this summer has been anything but tame.
Chinese surveillance technologies are popular among Central Asia’s governments.
A summer of rumors may be coming to an end, but what happens if Berdimuhamedov does die?
Serikzhan Bilash was released with a fine and a promise to end his activism for ethnic Kazakhs detained in China.
Uzbekistan’s change of foreign policy course has its roots in a 2012 concept that recognized changing regional dynamics.
The Pacific Islands are losing trust in, and patience with, their most valuable strategic partner.
The island states of the Pacific are pivotal to Japan’s free and open Indo-Pacific strategy.
New laws allow the government to prevent Australians with suspected terrorism links from entering the country.
The evolving geopolitics in the South Pacific were on full display at the 50th PIF.
Calls to incorporate China into a new trilateral strategic arms limitation with the United States and Russia ignore important realities.
As the U.S. and Japan intensify trade negotiations, the push for a quick “mini-deal” on agriculture and autos will have far-reaching impact.
Vietnam is likely the Trump administration’s next trade target. But the calculus differs in key ways from China.
It isn’t clear that the U.S. necessarily needs land-based intermediate missiles to achieve the missions they are envisioned for.
China’s alleged cyberattacks come amid rising sentiments in the Philippines over the South China Sea disputes.
Transnational terror groups remain a challenge for India.
Realpolitik brings Israel closer to Southeast and East Asian countries.
India’s social divisions are deeply evident in its housing market.
Transliterating company names into Chinese and Japanese has contributed to the success of popular brands.
Non-Korean singers raise questions about race and identity in Korean pop music.