A Decade Down the Belt and Road
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Hindutva may have proclaimed the supremacy of all things traditional, but it makes no room for diversity, dynamism, dilemmas, and doubt. Such has never been the only Indian way.
Washington has indeed stepped up engagement, but missteps, half-steps, and mixed messaging are getting in the way.
Women play crucial roles in Myanmar's anti-coup resistance, as fighters, fundraisers, and activists.
China refuses to budge on the border dispute, then complains that India isn’t joining hands to advance the cause of developing nations.
Both domestic and foreign firms have waning confidence in their economic futures.
China has been attempting to camouflage its “one China principle” as a “general principle of law” in the international arena to strengthen the legitimacy of its claim over Taiwan.
China’s domestic economic realities are colliding with Xi’s geopolitical ambitions and impacting Beijing’s Russia policy.
China is in the midst of a rural tourism boom. Villages want to take advantage to revive their economies, but that’s easier said than done.
Japanese companies are falling back into pre-pandemic workstyles, raising doubts about improving work-life balance in the long term.
It paints a bigger picture of South Korea’s bureaucracy and a disingenuous land project.
Aso Taro, currently the VP of Japan’s ruling party, stoked controversy by calling for Japan to show “strong deterrence” at a forum in Taipei.
South Korea’s public education system is floundering amid abuse of teachers by parents and students.
It was the second failed launch in three months, but Pyongyang has vowed to try a third time in October.
The Indian government has announced that it is doing away with the draconian colonial-era sedition law. However, it has simultaneously introduced new legislation, the scope of which is far wider than the law it proposes to replace.
The Special Investment Facilitation Council has evoked a positive initial response, but violence and unrest in the country could deter potential investors.
But China is not in a position to defend any of the eight bases it might set up in the next two to five years, the report points out.
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar is from the troubled province, but he has consistently supported giving the military free rein in Balochistan.
None of Washington’s errors in Afghanistan was greater in scope than the peace agreement signed with the Taliban in February 2020.
Over the past 15 years, Shan State in eastern Myanmar and Bokeo province in northern Laos have come to form “a contiguous zone of vibrant criminality, much of it beyond the reach of state authorities.”
The long-serving Cambodian leader has demonstrated that there is nothing natural or inevitable about the emergence of liberal democracy.
Recent history shows the dangers in seeking to escape the gravitational pull of its northern neighbor.
As the hostage-taking of New Zealand pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens nears its seventh consecutive month, his whereabouts in eastern Indonesia remain unknown.
August’s state elections saw broad electoral gains for the Malay nationalist PN coalition, the result of years of far-right rhetoric and organizing.
In 2022, remittance flows to Central Asia from Russia remained strong despite the Ukraine war. But the heyday might now be over.
Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country that once wanted to do away with its armed forces, has taken significant steps to rearm itself since the deadly 2021 clashes with neighboring Tajikistan.
“Every arrest, case of torture, extrajudicial killing and kidnapping sends a signal to journalists, activists, community leaders and lawyers about the cost of challenging the regime.”
What compelled a Turkmen foreign ministry official to push back on admittedly vague comments from a Russian foreign ministry official?
The apparently increasing number of hujra, clandestine religious classrooms, in Uzbekistan indicates a growing need for formal religious education that is not attainable for many at present.
There has always been a strain of anti-Americanism within Australia’s progressive politics, and AUKUS brings that out.
As Honiara denies its new security pact with China poses a threat to the Pacific, it would behoove the West to consider what it is the Solomons want and need from their partners.
Despite the outcome of the no-confidence vote, there is no doubt the constant political sniping – both by lawmakers and international players – is damaging to the internal politics of Vanuatu.
The lack of Pacific women in Australian and New Zealand stadiums speaks to something amiss with Australia’s sports diplomacy.
Given the political uncertainties in Washington, the United States may well be the biggest risk to the advancement of a trilateral partnership in the longer term.
Southeast Asian countries were optimistic about cashing in on the Inflation Reduction Act, but there are several hurdles standing in the way.
China’s expanded access to and potential manipulation of underwater sea cables necessitate greater attention and joint strategy.
If one side strengthens its collective deterrence, the other side also strengthens its collective deterrence to match it.
The country celebrated the Taliban’s return to power on August 15, 2021. Two years later, has it seen any benefits?
From animal mimicry to neuroscience, there is a hidden arms race underway in areas beyond “defense,” as traditionally understood.
After returning to the long-running exercise in 2020, Australia played host to Malabar 2023.
In the colonial era, knowledge was a one-way street. Globalization changed this.
In “Rocking China,” Andrew Field depicts a bygone era not only for China’s rock subculture but for the country as a whole.
A recent series of road accidents has once again raised questions about the treatment of the city-state’s large population of foreign laborers.