After the Election: Where Will Lai Lead Taiwan?
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Across Southeast Asia, countries do not want to simply be a market for EVs. They want to make them.
Pakistan spends a lot of effort condemning India’s governance in Kashmir. Few are interested in addressing the plight of the Kashmiris under Pakistan’s control.
Predictably, the lowest-hanging fruit has seen the most progress since the Biden-Xi summit.
In the past decade, China has significantly expanded its legal framework, part of Xi Jinping’s embrace of “rule by law.”
Quickly censored comments reveal a bitter rejection of Beijing’s official line on the Taiwanese balloting.
Heightened China-Philippines tension around Second Thomas Shoal could escalate to military skirmishes – and that’s a chance Beijing appears willing to take.
A full pivot to war preparations is unlikely, but China will continue to shift toward a fully centralized economy.
Corporate Japan is under pressure to challenge gender bias in the workplace and promote women’s leadership.
Ahead of the April general election, South Korea’s politics plunged into mudslinging yet again.
Scandal after scandal has plagued the country since the late Abe era, each one further eroding public trust (and even interest) in government.
With a decisive change in the North’s policy toward the South, the Korean Peninsula has now devolved from a state of armistice to one where conflict could loom at any moment.
Two recent legal rulings in South Korea are once again threatening to unravel the relationship.
Its decision to stay away from the temple inauguration will cost the Congress Hindu votes. But Muslims may close ranks behind the party.
With a struggling economy, Pakistan stands to gain more from fostering cooperative measures with Iran than stewing in anger over recent attacks.
India is a powerful neighbor, one that plays a major role in the Maldivian economy. How long can President Muizzu sustain this path without taking steps to ease tensions?
Will turning secular earn the Bangladesh Nationalist Party more support from New Delhi and Washington?
An unending refugee and humanitarian crisis the world seems to have forgotten.
Indonesia’s breakneck EV manufacturing push has come at a steep environmental and social cost.
The recent prolonged absence of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong raised the question of how the Communist Party might deal with a leader’s incapacitation or death.
The Islamist party PAS is ascendant, but Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s current response to the group risks doing more harm than good.
Since taking the reins from his father in August 2023, Manet has also been promoted into the top ranks of the ruling party.
As maritime frictions with China grow, the Marcos administration is becoming more proactive in engaging Taipei.
Europe has, at present, its thumb on an actual point of pressure for the regime in Dushanbe – a rare thing.
It seems this instance of an individual “vomiting up” what he allegedly owed the state has led to some indigestion, and another alleged coup forestalled by the Kyrgyz state.
Reactions in Uzbekistan following Zakhar Prilepin’s comments are indicative of a larger, ongoing conversation about nationhood, independence, and national identity in Central Asia.
Kazakh President Tokayev says he “openly told Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev that the political arrogance of his close associates almost destroyed the country.”
Afghanistan’s market and its position as a trade route that can connect Central Asia to South Asian ports are critically important to Kazakhstan.
Although Canberra doesn’t have official diplomatic ties with Taiwan, it certainly wants Pacific Island states to maintain them.
Moving beyond the “no” campaign, conservative political parties across Australia are working to further erode Indigenous reconciliation movements, such as the various Treaty processes.
The diplomatic battle between Taipei and Beijing is but one arena where Nauru is flexing muscle that greatly exceeds its demographic and geographic size.
PNG, recently rocked by riots, is likely to declare itself a “Christian nation” in early 2024.
As the Japanese company’s bid to acquire U.S. Steel shows, it is politically fraught to sell a U.S. industry giant to a foreign entity – even if it makes good business sense.
The two nations should place sustainable energy and critical minerals at the center of their relationship.
USAID was based on a flawed development theory from its inception. It’s past time to address that foundational mistake.
Tokyo will face four major challenges to implement the decades-old plan to relocate MCAS Futenma to Henoko.
The significant benefits that both Russia and North Korea have to gain by expanding their arms trade provides strong incentives to explore means of circumventing the U.N. sanctions regime.
Despite the looming specter of cyber attacks in India, there exists untapped potential and opportunities that the nation can harness to bolster cybersecurity.
A complex interplay of economic factors, limited military capabilities, and geopolitical dynamics shape China’s cautious response to the Red Sea crisis.
The refusal of fringe orthodox leaders to take part in the Ram Temple inauguration signals a divide within the Hindu Right.
South Korean society collectively stripped and buried Lee in its cruel approach to drug users.
The Chinese film “No More Bets,” which details the human cost of Southeast Asia-based cyberscam operations, has become a massive hit on the mainland.