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Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: Wallis and Futuna: Of Monarchies, Catholicism… and Rugby
The archipelago may not hold major strategic weight in the Indo-Pacific, but it offers a fascinating case study of institutional hybridity within the French Republic.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:
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Don’t Let the Indo-Pacific Slip Off NATO’s Radar
NATO leaders must also have the discipline to look beyond the immediate and engage with the Indo-Pacific.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Singapore Is a Vital Sounding Board for US China Policy
There’s a reason why US diplomats tend to meet with the Singaporeans before talking with the Chinese.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:What Has Georgia Gained From Its Strategic Partnership With China?
The agreement allows Beijing to extend its diplomatic footprint in the South Caucasus at minimal cost, while for the Georgian government, it serves as a convenient geopolitical message.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Pacific Islands Countries Push For Action at UN Ocean ConferenceÂ
Countries on the forefront of climate change need the international community to pick up the pace.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:With New PM and Cabinet, Mongolia’s Coalition Government 2.0 Takes Shape
Zandanshatar Gombojav is now the prime minister, but there are a few familiar faces left in his Cabinet.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Understanding India’s Strategic Outreach to the Taliban in Afghanistan
Providing humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people has been a tool used by India for both opposing the Taliban in the past and engaging the Taliban now.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Trump’s path to Tehran: the making of a global bargaining chip
The second Trump administration no longer needs to prove its foreign policy instincts. They are clear, unmistakable and anchored in brute transactionalism. If the world learned anything from the former—and now resurgent—President Donald Trump, it is that he views diplomacy not as a delicate art of engagement but as a zero-sum game of power projection. […] The post Trump’s path to Tehran: the making of a global...
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:15 Years On, Ethnic Uzbeks Sill Face Bias in Kyrgyzstan
Several ethnic Uzbeks from Osh said that the 2010 trauma continues to inform their daily lives and that the government’s efforts have largely been ineffective.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:How China got the US over a rare earth barrel
Who’s gonna tell you when it’s too late? Who’s gonna tell you things aren’t so great? You can’t go on, thinking nothing’s wrong, but now Who’s gonna drive you home tonight? – The Cars “Just when I thought I was out,” Michael Corleone lamented, “They pull me back in.” This column was originally intended […] The post How China got the US over a rare earth barrel appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Indian Navy Gets First Shallow Water Anti-submarine Warships
The Arnala-class vessels can sprint for short bursts in order to maintain contact with any submarines they detect.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:China, Kyrgyzstan, and the Quiet Construction of a Sanctions-Resistant Trade Corridor
Every dollar that moves from Shenzhen to Bishkek to Moscow teaches China something new about how to operate in a sanctions-constrained world.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Search for 34 missing cockfighting gamblers points to volcanic lake
Filipino authorities are studying a new lead in a case that gripped the nation.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:What Indian Parliamentary Delegations Achieved in Post-Sindoor Diplomatic Outreach
India pointed out that it has a clear no-first-use of nuclear weapons policy. It is Pakistan that needs to clarify under what conditions it will use its nukes.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong’s stablecoin moment eclipses dollar peg debate
As global markets obsess over Hong Kong’s 42-year-old currency peg to the US dollar, Financial Secretary Paul Chan seems more intrigued by the next four decades for the city’s economy. The currency speculators testing the Hong Kong monetary authority have a point, of course. The Hong Kong dollar is experiencing extreme volatility as the US exchange rate gyrates amid questions about Donald Trump’s tariffs and the...
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:India to decide on overseas analysis of Air India crash flight recorders
Media reports in India have suggested that the flight's recorders will be sent overseas for analysis.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Coded Dependence: How China’s AI Expansion is Locking in Southeast Asia
Once a country builds and adopts Chinese AI systems, transitions to alternative providers will become exceedingly costly and complex.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Thai PM Apologizes for Leaked Audio Recording, Pledges to Support Military
The leak of the phone call with former Cambodian PM Hun Sen has brought her unsteady coalition government to the brink of collapse.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:China criticises UK warship's patrol in Taiwan Strait
China said the HMS Spey's transit "undermines peace and stability" in the region.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Adorable or just weird? How Labubu dolls conquered the world
The dolls have almost tripled their maker's profits - and, according to some, energised Chinese soft power.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:In St. Petersburg, Prabowo and Putin Pledge to Deepen Relations
Indonesia's leader clearly views improved ties with Russia as an important component of his form of assertive non-alignment.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Both Israel and the US should ponder air power’s limits in Iran
As the war between Israel and Iran escalates, Israel is increasing its calls on the United States to become involved in the conflict. Former Israeli officials are appearing on US news outlets, exhorting the American public to support Israel’s actions. President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness for the US to become involved in the […] The post Both Israel and the US should ponder air power’s limits inIran...
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Chinese airlines in a price war race to the bottom
Chinese state-owned airlines have joined an intensifying price war, although unwillingly, amid challenges including local passengers’ weakening spending power and rising market competition. Air China, Southern Airlines and Eastern Airlines have been facing huge losses for five years since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in early 2020. Although China canceled all epidemic rules in early 2023, thethree firms still...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Cambodia’s Machiavelli on the Mekong Strikes Again
By leaking a recording of a phone call with Thailand's prime minister, Hun Sen has thrown an incendiary into Thai domestic politics.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:The Indian who called out a massacre - and shamed the British Empire
A defamation case filed against Sankaran Nair helped spotlight the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Iran diplomacy as cover for decapitation
Subscribe nowwith a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Trump’s coercive turn risks disastrous war with Iran Nile Bowie analyzes the escalating Israel-Iran conflict, which threatens to drag Washington into another open-ended regime change war in the Middle East. Unless the US restrains Israel […] The post Iran diplomacy as cover for decapitation appeared first on...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Assassinating Iran’s Supreme Leader a recipe for chaos
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently refused to rule out the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling it a move that could “end the conflict” between the two rivals. His statement, made during an interview, signaled that Israel now sees the elimination of Iran’s leadership as a legitimate strategic goal. Netanyahu defended […] The post Assassinating Iran’s Supreme Leader a...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Hedging ways out of troubled waters in South China Sea
The South China Sea has long been a bubbling geopolitical hotspot. Recently, a series of moves by the various nations claiming a stake in the waters has stirred up yet more trouble. Malaysia has, of late, reaffirmed its commitment tooil and gas exploration in waters claimed by Chinawhilequietly building up its militaryon the islands off […] The post Hedging ways out of troubled waters in South China Sea appeared first...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Chinese navy drill near Japan sparks concern and protest
Japan has made the rare decision to release a map disclosing Chinese military movements.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Why capital is flooding into Asia’s emerging markets
In a year dominated by policy instability and asset repricing across developed economies, global capital is shifting course. The momentum now sits with Asia’s emerging markets, where renewed economic strength, demographic force and valuation advantages are converging. Allocations are rising fast, as major institutional investors rewire their strategies toward regions with clearer prospects and fewer […] The post Why...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Tucker Carlson’s a Trump-coddling coward
The online meltdown over Tucker Carlson’s evisceration of Ted Cruz was predictably theatrical. Social media buzzed with the usual suspects declaring it a must-see affair, praising Carlson’s surgical dismantling of the Texas senator’s Iran hawks routine. And yes, watching Cruz squirm like a pinned beetle was wildly entertaining. The man’s capacity for public humiliation remains […] The post Tucker Carlson’s a...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:US applause for Israel’s Iran strikes courts wider disaster
The eruption of war between Israel and Iran is no longer a hypothetical flashpoint—it is a live, unfolding campaign whose implications could shake the foundations of the international order and move the world closer to World War III. More worrying than the precision of the Israeli strikes is the exuberant endorsement they have received from […] The post US applause for Israel’s Iran strikes courts wider disaster...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:India Signals Reluctance to Call Out Israeli Aggression
New Delhi distanced itself from an SCO statement that strongly criticized Israel’s attacks on Iran.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Air India says one engine on crashed plane was new
The plane that crashed last week had a "clean" engine history, the airline's chairman told a TV channel.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Thai PM faces calls to quit after leaked phone call
The leak provoked public anger and prompted a key coalition partner of Paetongtarn's party to quit.
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