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Why Did the Taliban’s Sirajuddin Haqqani Visit the UAE?
Haqqani meeting and shaking hands with officials from the affluent Gulf nation has ignited fervent speculation and debate.
China Is Drawing Lessons From D-Day for an Invasion of Taiwan
China has systematically studied the Allied landing at Normandy to inform its planning for an assault on Taiwan.
China-India Name War Intensifies in the Himalayas
New Delhi’s plan to rename sites in Tibet – a response to China’s own renaming blitz in Arunachal Pradesh – is “tantamount to India reopening the Tibetan question.”
Magazine
Banning the Bomb in Asia and the Pacific
Countries in Asia and the Pacific bore the brunt of nuclear trauma. Now they are leading the charge to prohibit nuclear weapons.
How Politics Holds Back Pakistan’s Economy
It is politics, not economics, that is preventing a wholesale turnaround of Pakistan’s broader trajectory.
Papua New Guinea: All Geopolitics Is Local
The whole Pacific is grappling with Beijing’s campaign to become the dominant regional power and the pushback from a coalition of rival nations. PNG is experiencing this competition in unique ways.
The New Reality of Energy Geopolitics in Eurasia
With the so-called gas union, Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are engaging in opportunistic cooperation and flirting with dangerous new dependencies.
Blogs
China Power
A New World Order
Flashpoints
Diplomacy by Other Means
There Is No ‘Secret Agreement’ Between China and the Philippines on Second Thomas Shoal
The diplomatic charade masks the key question: Would China refrain from seizing Second Thomas Shoal if the Philippines was forced to withdraw?
China and Equatorial Guinea: Why Their New ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ Matters
What to Make of Biden’s Latest Promise to Defend Taiwan
China-India Name War Intensifies in the Himalayas
Asia Defense
Militaries of the Asia-Pacific
South Korean Troops Fired Warning Shots After North Korean Soldiers Briefly Crossed Land Border
The rivals are embroiled in Cold War-style campaigns involving balloon launches and propaganda broadcasts along the DMZ.
South Korea’s Role in Countering Chinese and Russian Arms Sales in Latin America
China Is Drawing Lessons From D-Day for an Invasion of Taiwan
Japan Confirms Chinese Military Drone Flew off the Japanese Coast
ASEAN Beat
Insights Into Half a Billion
Diesel Prices Leap Upward as Malaysia Begins Subsidy Reforms
The government could face a political backlash over its plans to remove blanket fuel subsidies, which it claims are straining the national budget.
Thailand’s MFP Remains Defiant as Crucial Court Decision Looms
Duterte’s Ironic Free Speech Advocacy in the Philippines
How the ‘Politics of Gratitude’ Inflames Cambodia-Vietnam Relations
The Pulse
Perspectives on South Asia
The Structural Challenge for Modi 3.0’s Global Messaging
Taking the nationalist route on foreign affairs could undermine India’s national objectives.
How Different Will Modi 3.0 Be From Previous Terms?
Pakistan-China Agree to Upgrade CPEC
Modi 3.0 Will Face an Aggressive Opposition for First Time in a Decade
The Koreas
Divided Peninsula
Controversy Rages over President Yoon’s Announcement of New Deep-Sea Drilling
Yoon needs something to revive his approval rating to save his presidency, and he's hoping for a natural gas bonanza.
What South Korea’s Horizon Europe Entry Say About Its Science and Tech Ambitions
Why Doctors Are Against South Korea’s Expansion of Medical School Admissions
The Russia Factor in South Korea’s Arm Sales to Poland
Tokyo Report
News From Japan
Japan’s Birth Rate Falls to a Record Low as the Number of Marriages Also Drops
For the eighth straight year, Japan’s birth rate hit a new low, in what the government called a “critical situation.”
Japan, China, South Korea Trilateral Summit Was a Missed Opportunity
What Is Holding Back France-Japan Cooperation?
Japan’s Slush Fund Scandal Intensifies in Diet Discussions
The Debate
Comment and Opinion
1,000 Days of Girls Banned From Education in Afghanistan
An underground network of informal schools, run by brave volunteers, is the only access to continued education for girls past primary school.
Why Did Modi’s Usage of Divinity as a Political Instrument Not Succeed?
Modi’s Re-election: A Chance to Revitalize Afghanistan-India Relations
As International Justice Fails, Solidarity Must Prevail
Crossroads Asia
The New Silk Road
South Korean President Yoon Sweeping Through Central Asia
Yoon follows in the footsteps of his two predecessors in traveling to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this week.
Could Iran be a Gateway for Central Asia?
India in the Caucasus and Central Asia: The Giant Next Door
Imams in Uzbekistan Asked to Stay off Social Media
Trans-Pacific View
U.S. Policy on Asia
Why India and Pakistan’s T20 Cricket Showdown in New York Is Such a Big Deal
Cricket advocates could not have written a better script: a raucous crowd cheering on a rare matchup between cricket’s biggest rivals, taking place in the biggest media market in the U.S.
Chief Financial Officer of Anti-CCP, Pro-Trump The Epoch Times Accused of Money Laundering
Trump Joins TikTok and Calls It ‘An Honor.’ As President He Once Tried to Ban the App
The Bipartisan Clash Over US Electric Vehicle Policy
Pacific Money
Economy And Business
Why Southeast Asian Telcos Are Taking Losses on Their Overseas Holdings
The region's firms are suffering as governments begin tightening their control over strategically sensitive sectors.
Does the Sanctioned Daughter of the Kremlin’s Press Chief Have a Kazakh Bank Account?
Shenzhen, China: The World Pioneer in Electric Vehicles
The Other Half of ‘Chip 4’: Japan and South Korea’s Different Paths to De-risking
Oceania
The South Pacific
Australian Online Watchdog Drops Federal Court Case Against X Over Stabbing Video
But eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant is continuing legal action against the platform formerly known as Twitter in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
France’s Faux Pacific Power: The Colonial Reality in New Caledonia
Fears Rise of a Second Landslide and Disease Outbreak at Site of Papua New Guinea Disaster
Over 100 Feared Dead in Landslide in Remote Part of Papua New Guinea
Videos
Asia on Video
What’s Driving Taiwan’s Mass Protests?
Chiang Min-yen, a non-resident fellow at the Taiwan Economic Democracy Union, joins The Diplomat to discuss the concerns over the bill, the China factor, and what comes next.
What’s Behind Vietnam’s Political Upheaval?
The Danger of China’s Digital Silk Road
What Will China’s Shift From Oil Mean for Saudi Arabia and Russia?
Podcasts
Asia Geopolitics
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New Delhi’s Quiet Student Solidarity With Palestine
Full-fledged protests in India’s capital were quickly muffled, so students have resorted to quieter means of dissent.