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By: Khanh Vu Duc US President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in March 2026. Photo from the […]

By: Ainur Rohmah Photo from tribun-medan.com In Indonesia under President Prabowo Subianto, political power and private wealth are finding a new point of convergence. Few […]

By: Pham Phan Long On paper, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism is a success. Since its launch in 2016, trade between China and Cambodia, Laos, […]

From military alliances and territorial tensions to energy and regional diplomacy, the past week brought developments with implications across Asia. Here are some of the […]

By: Nava Thakuria Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and predecessor Sheikh Hasina. Photo from Asia Times It’s amazing how a country of 170 million can […]

By: Tim Daiss The Philippines has spent years trying to move away from coal for its power sector, but worsening power reliability is forcing Manila […]

By: Toh Han Shih The landslide victory of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s party in legislative elections on Aug. 23 may give him a mandate to […]

By: Tita C. Valderama The Philippines is pushing back against what it sees as a creeping Chinese campaign to rewrite the history of Batanes, a […]

By: Andy Wong Ming Jun US-South Korean bilateral ties have come under increasing strain, with months of political bickering now spilling into the operational sphere. […]

Last August, Asia Sentinel marked its 20th anniversary of independent reporting in the region. We would like to thank all our readers who have been […]