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Decoding the Rationale Behind the 4th India-Central Asia Dialogue
Central Asia must be viewed not merely as a gateway to Eurasia, but as a strategically significant region in its own right, central to India's long-term geopolitical and economic vision.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:
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Trumpโs Second Term: Opportunity or Obstacle for Central Asia?
Whether Trump 2.0 becomes a turning point or a missed chance will rest on Central Asiaโs willingness to lead, adapt, and forge partnerships on its own terms in an increasingly complex and multipolar world.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Beyond the Binary: Can New Political Parties Revive Democracy in Bangladesh?
Bangladesh has long been dominated by a two-party system. Will a surge in new parties offer citizens meaningful alternatives?
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Lee Jae-myungโs First Challenge: Economic Diplomacy in a Divided Indo-Pacific
Confronted by U.S. trade pressure and a polarized Indo-Pacific, South Korea is recalibrating its economic diplomacy at a moment of strategic uncertainty.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:The Battle to Save the Uyghur Language From Extinction: Chinaโs Plan to Erase a Civilization
Uyghur Language Day matters, not just as celebration, but as defiance of the attempt to extinguish our civilization.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Japan-South Korea Relations Are About to Get a Stress Test
The past three years were a unique period in the relationship between the two nations. Will Leeโs presidency mark a return to the mean?
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:South Korea turns off propaganda loudspeakers to North
It comes a week after the country elected a new president, who vowed to improve Korean relations.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Myanmarโs National Unity Government Isnโt a Unity Government
The NUG's close association with the ousted NLD government has prevented it from bringing the country's various armed groups under a single umbrella.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Philippine Senate Votes to Return Sara Duterte Impeachment Case to Lower House
The decision came hours after senators were sworn in as judges in the impending impeachment trial against the vice president.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Gangster tells BBC why India's biggest hip-hop star was murdered
Three years after Moose Wala's murder, the BBC investigates how he found himself an enemy of a feared gang.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:HK bans 'seditious' mobile game about fighting communists
Police say those who download the game may be seen as having material with seditious intent.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Budget airline Jetstar Asia to close in weeks, customers offered refunds
Jetstar Asia has struggled with rising supplier costs, high airport fees and increased competition.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Nvidia pushes hardware but experts say UK AI needs something else
Thereโs disagreement on what it would take to turn the United Kingdom into an artificial intelligence powerhouse. Nvidia, the worldโs largest supplier of graphics processing units (GPUs), has called on the UK to boost hardware investment to catch up with the United States and China in the globalAI race. During his recent visit to the [โฆ] The post Nvidia pushes hardware but experts say UK AI needs something else...
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Chin Leader Talks Myanmar-India Ties, Juntaโs Growing Ties With Russia
Sui Khar, the vice-chairman of the Chin National Front (CNF), says that Myanmar's civil war is approaching a tipping point, both within and beyond Chin State.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Indonesia Cancels 4 Nickel Mining Licenses After Environmental Outcry
Environmental groups say that Indonesia's nickel industry has caused significant environmental degradation and social displacement.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Is Thailand on the Cusp of Another Military Coup?
Border tensions with Cambodia, a Shinawatra in power: the current situation bears an alarming resemblance to the country's last two military takeovers.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:For once, Musk may be doing us all a service
A famous governor of New York State, Mario Cuomo, said that politicians should โcampaign in poetry, but govern in proseโ. His son, Andrew, also a former governor, will surely follow this advice when running for election as mayor of New York in November. But Donald Trump has always thought differently. He campaigns with slogans and [โฆ] The post For once, Musk may be doing us all a service appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Why the National Energy Transition Roadmap Makes Sense for Malaysia
As in other areas of the country's energy sector, the state is playing a leading role in developing renewable energy projects.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Russia to Introduce New Pre-Entry Requirement for Visa-Free Visitors
The new requirement essentially upends the visa-free regime for Central Asian countries, which are severely dependent on labor migration to Russia.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Turkmen Authorities Comment on Partial US Travel Ban
Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry called the decision to partially ban arrivals from the country a "hasty step."
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:China cracks a code on invisible battlefield surveillance
This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Chinese radar scientists have demonstrated a breakthrough system enabling aircraft to detect moving ground targets with high clarity while remaining completely radio-silent. Led by Li Zhongyu of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, the team used two Cessna 208 planes in formation, [โฆ] The post China cracks a code on invisible...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:A Chinese Aircraft Carrier Crossed the โSecond Island Chainโ for the First Timeย
In another first, two Chinese aircraft carriers were simultaneously spotted in the West Pacific.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Nepalโs Landmark Corruption Case Against Ex-Prime Minister Madhav Nepal
Previously, only bureaucrats and low-level politicians had been implicated in corruption cases. That has now changed.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:No War, No Peace: Indiaโs Limited War Strategy of Controlled Escalation
By asserting that Pakistanโs nuclear arsenal no longer provides blanket immunity for cross-border terrorism, India is discarding old constraints.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Iranโs Deportation Drive and the Growing Crisis of Forced Afghan Returns
What is unfolding in Iran today is not simply a tightening of migration controls, but the implementation of a policy that is deepening a human protection crisis.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:South Koreaโs New President Begins Diplomacy With Flurry of Calls
Within a week after his election, Lee Jae-myung talked with the leaders of the United States, Japan, and China over the phone.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Who Will Climb Hkakabo Razi?
Myanmar's tallest mountain is overdue for a height check.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Ukraine in a bind as Russia moves into Dnipropetrovsk
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday (June 8) that its forces had entered Ukraineโs Dnipropetrovsk Region, which Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskovconfirmedis part of Russian President Vladimir Putinโsbuffer zone plan. This wasforeseenas early as late August once the Battle of Pokrovsk began, but has been achieved even without capturing that strategic fortress town. Russian [โฆ] The post Ukraine in a bind as...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Two BTS stars finish military service as fans await comeback
RM and V were discharged on Tuesday and all seven BTS members would have finished the requirement by the end of June.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Four crew members missing as Singapore-flagged cargo ship burns off India coast
Two of the missing crew in the Singapore-flagged ship are from Taiwan, one from Myanmar and one from Indonesia.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Indonesia, EU to Conclude Free Trade Negotiations By End of June
The two sides have strong economic and strategic incentives to finalize an agreement that has been under negotiation for nearly a decade.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Eternal Queen of Asian Popโs last encore from beyond theย grave
Several years ago, an employee at Universal Music came across a cassette tape in a Tokyo warehouse while sorting through archival materials. On it was a recording by the late Taiwanese pop star Teresa Teng that had never been released; the pop ballad, likely recorded in the mid-1980s while Teng was living and performing in [โฆ] The post Eternal Queen of Asian Popโs last encore from beyond thegrave appeared first on Asia...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Malaysiaโs Silent Military Buildup on Borneo
Many outside observers argue that Putrajaya has been sleeping on the Chinese threat in the South China Sea. Its actions suggest otherwise.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Cambodia, Thailand Announce Pullback of Troops From Disputed Border
Forces that were deployed after a deadly armed clash on May 28 have been withdrawn to previously agreed positions.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:โTime to put Elon Musk back to work fixing weapons manufacturing
In 1943, Sidney Hook publishedโThe Hero in History: A Study in Limitation and Possibilityโ, a book that remains controversial but fascinating. Hook wanted to know just how vital a hero is to a nationโs history. There is no simple answer. In the US, we have had many heroes, including George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. But [โฆ] The post Time to put Elon Musk back to work fixing weapons manufacturing appeared first on...
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