The South China Sea: The Next Global Conflict?
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Beijing is establishing a police state in Hong Kong – even if it risks destroying the international city.
The fate of the Afghan government following the Soviet withdrawal is more complex than sometimes assumed. That has lessons for Kabul today.
How governments imagine the future – including the future of war – shapes their responses and planning in the present.
The Chinese government’s efforts to boost the birthrate put intense pressure on women to marry, stay married, and give birth.
China is the world’s leading producer and exporter of vaccines, particularly to the developing world.
Even as China’s IPO market booms, more and more firms are looking overseas – especially to the U.S.
China’s four-point proposal for peace in the Middle East is the same one Beijing has raised, to little effect, for nearly a decade.
Chinese fans are quick to call out idols for crossing political red lines – and those norms are being internalized in the global pop culture industry.
Despite naming pandemic management his top priority, Prime Minister Suga has seen cases explode under his watch.
Seoul’s stance in the past year has grown markedly more ambitious, but still falls short of the commitments necessary to meet U.N. goals.
Like many Asian countries, Seoul is having troubling sourcing vaccines. But unlike its neighbors, South Korea has so far refused to turn to a ready supplier: China.
While relations have soured, pop culture exchanges are going strong – in both directions.
Tokyo has finally begun to openly recognize that the peace and security of the Taiwan Strait directly impacts that of Japan.
Modi’s Israel policy has been remarkably pragmatic.
The recent Israel-Palestine violence has killed the possibility of Pakistan recognizing Israel any time soon.
Bungled communications and ethnic profiling have become hallmarks of Sri Lanka’s pandemic response.
The latest government pushback followed intelligence that terrorist groups had infiltrated Hefajat-e-Islam.
The country must ditch its tech-centric approach and instead draw from its past successes in mass vaccination.
The National Unity Government has the weight of moral and political legitimacy on its side – but gaining international recognition will not be simple.
Peace in Mindanao, a core goal of the Duterte administration, has been hindered by delays in the Bangasmoro peace process and a spike in conflict incidents.
In breaking through old bottlenecks, Indonesia’s president has blurred the lines between the state and private enterprise.
Lawyers that offer to represent protesters detained by the junta are themselves facing abduction and arrest.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, prisons in Thailand were already in a state of crisis. Reform is long overdue.
In span of two weeks, Kyrgyz authorities seized control of the country’s most lucrative asset.
Power consolidation and the institutional transformations of Turkmenistan’s assembly bodies.
The land code protests of 2016 were a rare occurrence and yielded a rare outcome: a shift in state policy.
Khidirnazar Allaqulov’s first attempt to register his Haqiqat va Taraqqiyot (Truth and Development) Social Democratic Party has been refused by state authorities amid a pressure campaign.
The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan may produce new security threats, but there will be economic consequences as well.
Canberra refuses to accept that seeking asylum is a fundamentally messy process.
The premiers of New South Wales and Victoria could once again become Australia’s most powerful political actors.
Canberra and Beijing pass the one-year mark of increased tensions over COVID-19 origins and the subsequent trade war.
As the Biden administration confronts China’s growing assertiveness, the challenges confronting the smallest Pacific Islands should be front of mind.
As the U.S. president champions the benefits of mass transit, there is excitement about potential opportunities for Asian companies to enter the market.
The increasing inseparability of offline and online rights abuses is manifestly clear in India.
The Indo-Pacific focus of the Biden-Moon joint statement was notable.
The defense chief wants to leverage asymmetry instead of numbers; the U.S. Navy wants a bigger fleet that isn’t paid for.
Labeling the West Papua National Army-Free Papua Organization a terrorist outfit complicates future conflict resolution efforts.
Are we being visited by aliens, or are we learning something about military secrecy?
A significant technological feat for China, Beijing’s accomplishment is also a reminder of the revved-up space competition among the major space powers.
India’s capital will finally have its own school managing body, but that’s not the most critical proposed reform.
For a “democracy without women,” what does the imperial succession debate mean for gender parity in Japan?
The statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs carried echoes of the “Asian values” debate of the 1990s.