Why North Korea Hasn’t Had Its Own ‘Reform and Opening’
A roadside market in North Korea. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Uwe Brodrecht China’s early economic reforms, led by Deng Xiaoping in the late...
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Lesson From the May 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis: No Space for Limited War
Credit: Depositphotos One year has passed since the four-day May 2025 crisis between India and Pakistan that ended following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire....
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South Korea’s Nuclear Submarine Push Is a Test of Non-nuclear Deterrence
Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea Seoul is reportedly preparing to announce a roadmap for...
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Reweaving the Ruins of the American Secret War
Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Jakub Hałun One of my favorite childhood memories is visiting the Plain of Jars with my grandmother, Noy....
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How Kazakhstan’s Super-Apps Outpace the Law
Credit: Photo by Natalia Gusakova on Unsplash Kazakhstan’s commercial banks are increasingly offering attractive super-applications with convenient functions that go beyond traditional...
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‘Entry Into the Kyrgyz Republic Is Closed’: US Professor Denied Entry to Kyrgyzstan
Credit: Photo provided by Steve Swerdlow It’s a trip Steve Swerdlow has made many times: flying from Los Angeles, California to Istanbul,...
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Japan’s Frigate Diplomacy — and What It Could Mean for Taiwan
The JS Mogami, first ship of the Mogami class, at sea on June 10, 2022. Credit: Japanese Defense Ministry In mid-April 2026,...
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How K-Pop and AI Are Reshaping the Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute
Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Ulleungdont The Liancourt Rocks, known to Koreans as Dokdo, and to Japanese as Takeshima, are a pair of lonely,...
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Japan Doubles Down on Maritime Security Cooperation
Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi Shinjiro (left) meets with Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin after signing a new defense agreement in Jakarta, Indonesia,...
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Pyongyang Recalibrates: North Korea Between Russia, the United States, and Japan
In this photo from North Korean state media, Kim Jong Un delivers an address at the first session of the 15th Supreme...
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