Category: Asia

A quiet but seismic shift is playing out across China’s globally dominant electric-vehicle supply chain, one with major implications for Indonesia’s EV-reliant nickel industry. BYD’s […]

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.”

By: Salman Rafi Sheikh The Pentagon’s mid-June decision to restore “US Pacific Command,” reversing a 2018 decision to rename the command as the Indo-Pacific Command, […]

China has added 40 Japanese companies to its export control lists, accusing them of supporting Tokyo’s military buildup, as trade and military tensions between the […]

China may be facing a confusing short circuit in its economic and political calculations that could seriously harm the nation over the next few years. […]

Beijing’s AI data center strategy will purposefully exclude foreign firms – providing a shot in the arm for domestic companies.

The dust has now settled on the ostentatious June summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang. But […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday struck down President Donald Trump’s attempt to redefine the constitutional right to birthright citizenship. In the 6-3 decision, […]

The case against former Orda editor-in-chief Gulnara Bazhkenova, who was placed under house arrest in December 2025, is set to begin following months of legal […]

Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. On June 15, Japanese opposition lawmaker Chikage Koga said during a committee meeting in the upper […]

A published report detailing how President Donald Trump’s eldest sons stand to profit from a tungsten mining deal negotiated by their billionaire father has sparked outraged calls for […]

Scientists warn of a regional disaster If pollution from rare earth and gold mining in Myanmar continues to spread toxins further along the Mekong River.

The Asia-Pacific is experiencing an unprecedented transformation in ocean governance. Governments across the region are expanding marine protected areas, investing in blue carbon initiatives, deploying […]

In a seminal article, entitled “Spoiler Problems in Peace Processes,” Stephen Stedman writes that “peacemaking is a risky business.” The greatest source of risk “comes […]

The maritime exploration firm Ocean Infinity will have an additional year to locate the wreckage of the Boeing 777 airliner, which vanished without trace in […]

America’s biggest educational exchange program is on its last legs. President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget recently proposed to cut the Fulbright Program by […]

Trade tensions between the EU and China are deepening. On June 16, the EU’s trade chief, Maros Sefcovic, said the bloc’s unbalanced trade relationship with […]

Photo from CPJ / AP / Chan Long Hei The arrest last week of journalist and bookseller Leticia Wong Man-huen on sedition charges brings to […]

Ageism in the workplace is often framed as a problem for those nearing retirement. A new report suggests the picture is more complicated – and […]

This is the first part of a series. Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical offers theological and humanistic insights into the potential and risks of artificial […]