By: Tim Daiss China is in a tightening bind. A fragile two-week ceasefire has kept the Strait of Hormuz partially open, but flows remain constrained […]
Author: Asia Sentinel
Vietnam’s “New Momentum” With Beijing Is a Strategic Trap
By: Khanh Vu Duc Hanoi is calling it “new momentum.” As General Secretary and President Tô Lâm arrives in Beijing this week for his first […]
Islamabad’s Return to the Geopolitical Center
By: Salman Rafi Sheikh Pakistan is once again at the center of a major war it didn’t start. This time, however, it is not as […]
India Modern Art Boom Spreads Through Spring Auctions
By: John Elliott Yashoda and Krishna Octogenarian Indian tycoons in the pharma and consumer industries are believed to have been not only the buyer but […]
The “Chokubi” Crisis
By: Tomoaki Takei Broken incentives are draining talent from Japanese surgery, emergency care, pediatrics, and other essential fields into private aesthetic medicine in a silent […]
Concentrated Authority in Vietnam Signals New Era
By: Khanh Vu Duc Vietnam has formally merged its two highest offices, elevating Communist Party General Secretary Tô Lâm to the presidency by unanimous agreement […]
Why the Aral Sea’s Restoration Matters Beyond Central Asia
By: Askhat Orazbay Few environmental disasters illustrate the consequences of human mismanagement as starkly as the fate of the Aral Sea. Once the world’s fourth-largest […]
Thailand’s Fever Test
By: Ben Kiatkwankul On March 25 at 10pm, Thailand’s caretaker government announced a Bt6 per liter increase across all fuel types, effective from 5am the […]