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social demographic · sports

The Nakamal Agreement between Australia and Vanuatu may be weaker than Canberra’s other regional pacts, but it remains significant in checking China’s influence.

geopolitical · geopolitical

China’s attack on Taiwan has already started – with the Ethnic Unity Law as a weapon.

social demographic · sports

A football tournament is China’s latest propaganda campaign to whitewash its abuses of Uyghur people – and deconstruct Uyghur identity in favor of Chinese “unity.”

social demographic · culture

The annual bung bang fai festival calls on the god Phaya Thaen to bring rain at the start of the agricultural season.

geopolitical · geopolitical

Japan has earned rising acclaim from U.S. observers as a middle power that complements, rather than threatens, the United States. Yet Japan is not deepening its ties with Washington out of charity.

social demographic · culture

While the latest Japan-South Korea defense ministers’ meeting shows an obvious trajectory of rapprochement between the two neighbors, it also exposes certain boundaries in their defense cooperation.

military · geopolitical

In late May, the military announced that it had transferred the 81-year-old former leader from prison to house arrest.

social demographic · sports

The growing global instability and uncertainty will likely influence the future trajectory of the South China Sea disputes.

geopolitical · geopolitical

They may have locked up a popular and powerful activist. But this will only convince more Baloch that there is no space for political protest or dissent.

social demographic · culture

Don't underestimate the China-Russia partnership; Beijing and Moscow have already cooperated in ways that seemed unthinkable not long ago.

geopolitical · geopolitical

Real reform in the water sector means building a system that makes corruption harder to commit, easier to detect, and less rewarding for those who might try.

geopolitical · geopolitical

Real strategic stability starts with recognizing mutual vulnerability.

geopolitical · geopolitical

The rupture between Afghanistan’s Taliban and their erstwhile allies in Pakistan continues to cause suffering on both sides of the border.

geopolitical · geopolitical

Since the first Vietnamese declaration of independence in 1945, Hanoi has pursued a consistent policy toward its two western neighbors.

social demographic · culture

In 2015, Bangladesh allotted land to India for the development of an SEZ at Mongla port. India failed to start work on that project. Dhaka handed it to China.

social demographic · culture

That Tashiev was given probation after a coup plot conviction while Kyrgyz journalists and musicians sit in jail, or exile, for reporting on his family’s corruption says everything that needs to be said about the character of justice and politics in Kyrgyzstan.

military · geopolitical

Amid an ongoing purge, Chinese leader Xi Jinping may be assembling the cornerstones of a new Central Military Commission.

geopolitical · geopolitical

“The recurring protests point to accumulating grievances over governance, representation, and the relationship between the region and Pakistan's federal establishment.”

geopolitical · geopolitical

The test, likely involving the JL-3 and coming just after the United States’ 250th Independence Day, underscored China's increasingly credible sea-based nuclear deterrent.

social demographic · culture

With the Vuvale Union and the Veitacini Treaty, Canberra and Suva chart a new course for regional security.

military · geopolitical

The list of countries notified in advance, as well as the timing, suggests that China’s purpose was not merely a straightforward display of military power.

geopolitical · geopolitical

The conventional tools previously used to penalize China for its rights abuses – sanctions, public pressure, condemnation, institutional mechanisms, and more – have all been blunted.

social demographic · culture

The recent film “Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Times” has unsurprisingly elicited a strong negative reaction from the Indonesian government.

social demographic · culture

An independent group examined official documents from Myanmar ports, leaked bank documents and open-source data to chart the network that supplies Myanmar with jet fuel.

social demographic · sports

With Former Prime Minister Kim Min-seok’s formal confirmation of his bid for the leadership, the race may likely be intense, given the tensions between the pro-Lee and pro-Jung factions.

geopolitical · geopolitical

The highlight of the Indian prime minister's visit to Indonesia was the finalization of a long-pending agreement on the supply of BrahMos missile system and Astra air-to-air missiles.

social demographic · culture

The two sides signed 14 agreements, including a landmark deal for the provision of BrahMos supersonic missiles to the Indonesian armed forces.

natural disaster · natural disaster

To many in the country's development sector, the sudden collapse of the U.S. aid agency felt “like an earthquake.”

geopolitical · geopolitical

An Indian organized crime syndicate led by Lawrence Bishnoi is being treated as a transnational security threat requiring coordinated international action.

economic · economic

Conflicting domestic economic policies, sudden judicial disruptions, and fresh American tariff investigations have upended the India-U.S. trade deal.