Category: Asia

The award did not settle maritime disputes in the region. But it did fundamentally clarify the interpretation of maritime entitlements under UNCLOS – and forced […]

By: Toh Han Shih Cambodian scam compound. Photo from Amnesty International US authorities, in recent operations coordinated with Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Australia and Cambodia, […]

A month ago, the CEO of the world’s most valuable company boarded Air Force One in Alaska as a last-minute addition to President Trump’s Beijing […]

What is the point of NATO? The defense ministers’ summit on June 18 and the visit by the NATO Secretary General to Washington last week […]

“Economic statecraft is not as simple or easy as Chinese decisionmakers think or as U.S. policymakers and external observers might fear,” argues Audrye Wong, author […]

The long and winding road That leads to your door Will never disappear. I’ve seen that road before. It always leads me here. Lead me […]

Chinese workers have reportedly resumed construction on a critical highway along the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border where two such workers were killed in November 2025.

The Philippines is approaching a critical moment in its nickel policy. As one of Southeast Asia’s largest nickel producers, it has a rare opportunity to […]

While the companies haven’t been named, what’s clear is that Bishkek wants to be seen making an effort to address the EU’s sanctions circumvention concerns. 

It’s almost hard to remember nowadays, but before the pandemic a lot of us were worried about falling business dynamism in the United States. For whatever reason, […]

Wall Street has spent nearly two decades operating on a flawed assumption about China’s financial intentions. Eventually, Beijing would want what Washington has: the world’s […]

The red emergency light is flashing on America’s democracy dashboard, like a damaged aircraft teetering toward a mountain.  Elon Musk becoming the planet’s first trillionaire should make us […]

At Switzerland’s Lake Lucerne last week, US Vice President JD Vance announced that Iran had agreed to let United Nations nuclear inspectors back into the […]

Jakarta is one of a growing cohort of nations seeking to safeguard under-16s from cyberbullying, online fraud, and pornography.

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

Malaysia will introduce hybrid working as the new standard for its civil service from 1 August 2026, allowing eligible public sector employees to work remotely […]

Tensions have again escalated in the Middle East, with the United States and Iran trading strikes around the Strait of Hormuz. It follows reports of […]

The United States is right to worry about losing ground to China in clinical research. But if Washington frames trial reform mainly as a race, […]

Su Mon Thant from ACLED talks about the military’s mounting atrocities, and the Arakan Army’s recent abuses against the Rohingya.

Abrogation of the ceasefires in Manipur may not be an option for the government as it could spark greater violence.