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Japan’s Billions Are the Wildcard in Southeast Asia’s Aid Race

Credit: Depositphotos For the last two decades, the contest for influence in Southeast Asia has almost always been conceptualized as a two-horse race: China floods...

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Vietnam’s Top Leader To Lam to Pay State Visits to Australia and New Zealand

To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and president of Vietnam, delivers a keynote address at the 23rd IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in...

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Where is Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi?

A stencil graffiti image of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi by an unknown artist in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: Photo 49495792 © 1000words | Dreamstime.com The...

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How the World Learned to Live with the Exclusion of Afghan Women

Credit: Photo 186255027 | Afghanistan Women © Tim Gurney | Dreamstime.com Five years ago, when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, the world watched...

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Fighting with Ghosts: Sar Sokha’s Belated Sanctions Panic

Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Sokha attends a meeting with You Xiaowen, secretary-general of the Mekong-Lanchang Security Cooperation and Integration Center, in Phnom...

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Indian Joint Air Defense Doctrine: Implications for South Asian Stability

An Advanced Air Defence (AAD) endo-atmospheric interceptor missile, being integrated at the Programme Air Defence ABM development facility at Research Centre Imarat....

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Islamabad’s Crisis of Control in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir

Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Obaid747 Deadly clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan-administered Kashmir this month have underscored the widespread public discontent in...

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ASEAN and Russia Agree to Deepen Cooperation During Special Summit in Kazan

Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) pose for an official photo during the ASEAN-Russia...

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Modi-Trump Meet Is Unlikely to Reset Relations Torn Over the Past Year

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks to U.S. President Donald Trump during the G-7 summit at Evian, France, June 16, 2026. Credit:...

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From Space to the Polar Depths: China Aims for a Three-Dimensional Presence in the Arctic

Credit: Shutterstock Last year, as part of China’s 15th Arctic expedition, two of China’s manned submersibles, the Fendouzhe and Jiaolong, conducted what...

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The Last Maoist: What Next for India?

Credit: Depositphotos On May 21, 2025, Indian security forces killed Nambala Keshava Rao, known as Basavaraju. He was the general secretary of...

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In China, Christianity Is Treated as a Cult

Credit: Shutterstock The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has decided some fundamental tenets of Christianity mark the world’s largest faith as a cult,...

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South Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions Clash With Political Realities

Credit: Depositphotos In the first week of June, two seemingly unrelated events took place in Seoul. On June 3, U.S. and South...

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