Bangladesh at 50: The Transformation of a Nation
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Tashkent’s continued authoritarian habits undermine positive steps.
As the Biden administration starts a rumored review of U.S. Africa policy, the China factor will feature prominently.
Military leaders in Myanmar aim to project an air of “business as usual.” The realities on the ground suggest that it’s anything but.
Planning documents coming out in March will let us know how serious Beijing is about its new emissions targets.
Beijing routinely bans foreign social media sites at home, but regularly uses them to shape narratives abroad.
The Central and Eastern European countries were supposed to be China’s gateway to Europe; instead they have become its biggest headache
In a speech to the U.N. Human Rights Council, China’s foreign minister gave China’s preferred spin to the concept.
The voice chat app’s brief moment in the sun revealed the stark difference in how Chinese and Taiwanese users experience the internet.
Making a final decision on the Games has become a no-win situation for Prime Minister Suga.
While attempting to phase out nuclear energy in the South, President Moon was considering helping the North build its own nuclear power plant.
While U.S. scholars and politicians criticized the article, it was defended by far-right activists in Japan – and South Korea.
Japan’s lagging vaccine roll-out draws attention to the barriers in commercializing domestic vaccine production.
The Moon administration starts dialogue with the new U.S. administration, hoping to induce Pyongyang to reactivate back channels for negotiations.
New Delhi should look to undertake initiatives that make use of its unique abilities, growing its vaccine diplomacy beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
After the violence on January 26, many had claimed the months-long protest would die out. That seems unlikely.
With the prime minister’s unilateral move to dissolve Parliament last December, Nepal was thrown into political chaos – with its democracy hanging in the balance.
Amid murky allegations of contact with the Haqqani Network, the life of one Chinese national in Kabul comes under scrutiny.
The lack of a well-defined maritime boundary, along with heightened surveillance, is compounding India-Sri Lanka tensions.
What’s bad for poppy farmers is not necessarily bad for Myanmar’s drug cartels.
Some government officials called curbs on coronavirus movement restrictions to jumpstart the economy, while critics worry this would be shortsighted.
Vietnam’s progress toward a more liberal, market-friendly economy has proceeded in fits and starts.
COVID-19 offered the Cambodian government an opportunity to curb the worst excesses of corruption. Instead, things went in the other direction.
Since the military coup of 2014, Thailand has developed one of the most sophisticated systems of digital surveillance in Southeast Asia.
A year after the pandemic arrived in Central Asia, what do we know about how the region weathered the storm?
Tashkent has promoted privatization schemes before. Is this time different?
In Almaty, Kazakhstan’s former capital and largest city, a group of mostly old women have continued to protest Chinese policies in Xinjiang.
Many in the Uyghur diaspora feel they have a target on their back.
Serdar Berdimuhamedov will be joining the Cabinet of Ministers, another step on the road to a dynasty.
“New Zealand frankly is tired of having Australia export its problems,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in February.
The decision by Micronesian countries to leave the PIF will have major strategic implications.
The formal arrest of an Australian citizen by Chinese authorities continues the downward trend in bilateral relations.
Australian security analysts can console themselves that the Hong Kong-based firm’s plans will never eventuate.
The need for Washington to step up and stand up for human rights beyond Xinjiang and support democratic movements in Myanmar, Hong Kong, and beyond is only increasing.
In early days, the Biden administration has remained firm on China, and Beijing seems to be holding out hope for renewed cooperation.
The Myanmar coup has posed an early test to the new administration’s promise to work with allies to forge an anti-authoritarian front.
Small steps away from the brink.
Novel technologies hold out the prospect of fundamental changes in military effectiveness and strategy. The tricky part is understanding and communicating when those changes are coming.
The fate of the U.S.-Taliban deal hangs in the balance, while the peace process stalls. What will the Biden administration ultimately do about Afghanistan?
A look at the jet with many names – and its carrier-based future.
The designs of a future temple and mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya reveal certain perceptions of the Muslims and Hindus communities.
Despite constitutional guarantees, the country’s laws are yet to fully support gender and sexual minorities.
Transnational solidarity – including shared protest tactics and strategies – between Hong Kong, Thailand, and Taiwan now stretches to include Myanmar’s anti-coup movement.