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Young Kashmiris are using social media to preserve language, heritage and identity through storytelling.
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How to examine the divergent histories of ancient Rome and China
This is the text of a speech – “First notes on geo-philosophy” – delivered at the First World History Frontiers Forum, organized by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, September 12, 2025, Beijing, and published by the Appia Institute, of which the author is director. It is republished with permission. The differences between the ancient […] The post How to examine the divergent histories of ancient Rome and China...
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Nepal’s Gen Z Movement Crowns Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as Interim Leader
Nepal has a new prime minister – and for the first time in the country’s history, it’s a woman.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Nepal gets first female PM after deadly unrest
Former Supreme Court chief justice Sushila Karki is sworn in after a deal with protest leaders.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: A Strategic Overview
An Interview with Ambassador Touqir Hussain.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:China’s Newest Aircraft Carrier Is on the Move
Strategic observations on the deployment of the Fujian aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait to the South China Sea.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:For Trump and Modi, tariff optimism meets geopolitical reality
When Donald Trump and Narendra Modi clasp hands, speak of “limitless potential” and declare the strength of their friendship, the optics suggest that the world is about to witness a historic breakthrough in trade relations. The two leaders have good reasons to project this optimism. Trump, who always loves to be known as a “dealmaker,” […] The post For Trump and Modi, tariff optimism meets geopolitical reality appeared...
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Myanmar Refugees in Mizoram Face Shrinking Aid and Political Conflict
Refugees exist in a precarious gray zone – tolerated but not recognized, caught between India’s domestic politics and Myanmar’s internal conflicts.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:If the US Retreats to the Western Hemisphere, What Happens to Asia?
There are strong indications Washington is moving toward hemispheric retrenchment. The consequences for the Asia-Pacific could be dramatic.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:How China Is Transforming Space Power
China’s progress toward reusable rockets, orbital logistics, and lunar industrialization will secure the strategic high ground for Beijing.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:From Foundry to Forum: Taiwan’s Repositioning in the New Semiconductor Order
The lesson of SEMICON 2025 is clear: no single country can control every layer of the semiconductor value chain.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:South Korea in the Indo-Pacific: a ‘Force Multiplier’ in the Making?
Seoul is well-positioned to leverage its newly-gained status as a “force multiplier,” capable of shaping the geopolitical calculations of the U.S. and China.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:The ‘Demon Slayer’ Phenomenon and Japan’s Evolving Anime Industry
The franchise's success reflects the growing size – and evolving nature – of Japan’s anime industry in recent years.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Japan sets record of nearly 100,000 people aged over 100
The number of Japanese centenarians rose to 99,763 in September, with women making up 88% of the total.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Bangladesh and Nepal: Why Some Protests Topple Leaders (and Others Don’t)
Protests in Bangladesh and Nepal toppled governments, but equally massive demonstrations in India and the U.S. never go that far – at least, not yet.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Leadership paralysis amid rising global risk
Subscribe nowwith a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Japan swaps policy for politics as LDP rethinks leadershipScott Foster reports that Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has plunged into a leadership contest after forcing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to resign, leaving a policy […] The post Leadership paralysis amid rising global risk appeared first...
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Muslim Conservatives Oppose Urdu Academy Event Invitation to Poet Javed Akhtar
The West Bengal government canceled the event to avoid ruffling the feathers of Muslim hardliners.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:The likely upshots of Russia’s Poland drone incursion
NATO forces directly intercepted Russian drones for the first time since thespecialoperationbegan after some of them veered into Poland earlier this week, with this unprecedented incident arguably being due to NATO jamming, as explainedhere. Some commentators on both sides think that this might lead to World War III, but that’s a far-fetched scenario since NATO […] The post The likely upshots of Russia’s Poland drone...
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:North Korea executing more people for watching foreign films and TV, UN finds
The report is based on more than 300 interviews with escapees from Kim Jong Un's secretive regime.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:South Korean workers detained in US raid arrive home
Media and some protesters gather at the airport as more than 300 workers detained in the US last week return.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Major Australian gas project extended until 2070
Stricter emissions targets have now been imposed on Woodside Energy's North West Shelf project.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:How Many People Live in Afghanistan?
There are several issues with enumerating Afghanistan’s population, starting with the fact that there hasn’t been an actual census in over four decades.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Victim or Criminal? The Cameroonian Migrants Caught Up in Transnational Job Scams
Promised jobs with high salaries in Singapore, victims handed over their savings to recruitment agents – only to find themselves jobless, stranded, and at risk.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:A new world order isn’t coming–it’s already here
On September 3, 2025, China celebrated the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan by staging a carefully choreographed event in which 26 world leaders were offered a podium view of Beijing’s impressive military might. The show of strength was deliberate and reignited a debate in Western media over whether we are on the cusp […] The post A new world order isn’t coming–it’s already here appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Philippines Creates Independent Panel to Probe Infrastructure Corruption
President Marcos has created a new Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) to examine "misuse of funds in government flood control and related projects."
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Former Philippine President Duterte Not Fit to Stand Trial, Lawyers Claim
The ex-leader allegedly suffers from significant cognitive deficiencies that affect his memory, his executive functioning, and "his capacity for complex reasoning.”
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:More than two million people evacuated from deadly floods in Pakistan
Monsoon rains have killed more than 900 people across the country since late June.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Trump assuring yuan’s future global dominance
US President Donald Trump is doing his worst to undermine the dollar with tariffs, attacks on the Federal Reserve and pushing the national debt higher toward US$38 trillion. But the real threat to the dollar’s reserve currency status is happening behind the scenes in Beijing. There, officials are quietly and meticulously seizing the moment for […] The post Trump assuring yuan’s future global dominance appeared first on...
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Philippines Protests Proposed Chinese Nature Reserve at Scarborough Shoal
A senior Philippine official has described the move as a prelude to Beijing's "eventual occupation" of the disputed South China Sea atoll.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Worried migrants head home from India after Nepal turmoil
Nepalis rush home from India as deadly protests have engulfed the Himalayan nation.
Published on: September 11, 2025 | Source:Thailand’s Southern Insurgency: A Conflict Fated to Last?
The conflict in the Deep South persists because it serves economic, political, and ideological interests on both sides.
Published on: September 11, 2025 | Source:Korean unification dream forsaken, new goal is managing division
North Korea’s explicit abandonment of peaceful unification, formalized by Kim Jong Un’s public announcement in 2024, appears to mark a decisive rupture in inter-Korean relations. Yet, South Korean politics and public sentiment have long been shifting away from unification, and as such Kim’s actions also reflect a broader societal and generational divergence. As the unification […] The post Korean unification dream...
Published on: September 11, 2025 | Source:America’s defense begins in the Western Pacific, not in San Diego
A recent article in Politico claims that the new US National Defense Strategy (NDS) currently being drafted at the War Department will downplay China as a major threat and place primary focus on homeland defense and hemispheric defense – think, Western hemisphere. A truism, “Things are never as good as they seem, and never as […] The post America’s defense begins in the Western Pacific, not in San Diego appeared first...
Published on: September 11, 2025 | Source:What China Wants With Global Governance
While increasingly widespread, the view of China as an existential challenge to the current world order reflects political alarmism more than sober analysis.
Published on: September 11, 2025 | Source:We Deserve Better: Korea’s Investment in Georgia Must Be Secured, Not Shackled
A South Korean National Assembly member discusses the damage done by the ICE raid on Hyundai’s plant.
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