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After decades of bloodshed, is India winning its war against Maoists?
The Maoist insurgency has claimed nearly 12,000 lives in India since 2000.
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Whoโs Afraid of Talking About Sombath Somphone?
The Lao civil society leader disappeared at a police checkpoint in 2012. Foreign governments should not allow his memory to fade.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:The defense-industrial base and alliances: US Steel and beyond
As last fallโs presidential election returns reminded us, massive trade imbalances in products ranging from textiles to automobiles to electronics are making Americans conscious of growing weaknesses in the industrial base of Americaโs heartland. Coupled with rising geopolitical tensions across the Pacific, Europeโs first major land war since 1945 made leaders of industrial democracies throughout [โฆ] The post The...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Crypto platforms engineered to feel like gambling, which they are
When Kim Kardashian paid a fine in 2022 for promoting a crypto token without revealing she was paid for it, and Matt Damon told us in a cryptocurrency ad that โfortune favors the brave,โ it became clear that crypto had crossed over into pop culture. But beneath the celebrity sheen and Super Bowl ads, there [โฆ] The post Crypto platforms engineered to feel like gambling, which they are appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Is China Building the Future of AI Governance Through Open-Source Modeling?
Unlike the more closed and proprietary model prevalent in the U.S., Chinaโs approach leverages state support and open-source infrastructure to accelerate collective progress.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Chinaโs Sex Industry and the Human Trafficking Crisis: A Deepening Human Rights Emergency
Demographic pressure is fueling a demand for trafficked brides and sex workers, both from within China and from abroad.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:African soccer football pros have improved the sport in China
Relations betweenChina and Africaare increasingly important in understanding the dynamics that shape our world. But until now, the role of sport was overlooked. A new book, Global China and the Global Game in Africa, explores the role of football in relations between China and Africa โ culturally, politically and economically. Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu chatted [โฆ] The post African soccer football pros have improved...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Huge explosion at China chemical plant kills at least five
Footage circulating online shows thick columns of black smoke rising from the site in Shandong province.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Tariff Shockwaves: Indonesiaโs Export Strategy Under Fire
While trade talks with the U.S. are still underway, Indonesia must reassess its non-tariff measures to address U.S. concerns while ensuring fair trade practices and maintaining economic stability.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:How WeChat Users Perceive the China-US Trade War
Discussions on Chinaโs most ubiquitous social media platform provide a unique window in Chinese public perceptions of the tariffs.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Kazakhstanโs Role in Shaping Regional Security in Central Asia
To move beyond the role of a buffer zone and emerge as an independent strategic actor, the countries of Central Asia must learn to view one another not as competitors, but as partners.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:All Along a Bumpy Road: Understanding Sinophobic Sentiments in Central Asia
While protests against Canadian mines, or Russian businesses, occur in Central Asia, โChinese projects overwhelmingly receive the vast majority of hostility.โ
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Beyond Political Crisis: Building a Rights-Based Future in South Korea
The election next week is an opportunity to address fundamental human rights deficits that preceded Yoonโs tenure โ yet such commitments remain notably absent from major candidates' platforms.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:ADB needs to show its true climate justice stripes
Faltering climate leadership from the United States has thrust other global powers under a steady spotlight, including in Asia, where the stakes grow higher each year as global temperatures continue to rise. As billions of people swelter and suffer under record-breaking heat waves in Central and South Asia, the US looks the other way and [โฆ] The post ADB needs to show its true climate justice stripes appeared first on...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:The Caribbean Feels the Heat From China-US Competition
How are Caribbean leaders responding to Trump 2.0 and Xiโs China?
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Russia and Kazakhstanโs Growing Lists of Undesirables
Since 2022, the number of individuals barred from entering either Russia or Kazakhstan has grown significantly.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:While Macron repositions Europe, SE Asia misses the moment
Emmanuel Macron isnโt in Southeast Asia to flatter; heโs there to buy time. Fresh off a string of commercial deals in Vietnam and preparing to pitch Europeโs relevance at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Macron is moving fast, not because Europe has found its footing, but because it knows its footing is fragile. Europe is [โฆ] The post While Macron repositions Europe, SE Asia misses the moment appeared first on...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Has Modiโs Diplomacy Undermined Indiaโs National Interests?
No country repeated Indiaโs claims or condemned Pakistan by name after the Pahalgam attack or during Operation Sindoor. Not one of Indiaโs many โstrategic partnersโ was on Indiaโs side.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:India's ex-wrestling chief cleared of sexually harassing girl
Singh still faces a separate case of sexual harassment and stalking by six adult wrestlers, which he has denied.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:North Korea says US 'Golden Dome' risks 'space nuclear war'
Pyongyang says Washington's plan to counter aerial threats is "the height of self-righteousness".
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:The case for a stronger Chinese yuan
The uptick in the yuan since Chinese and US trade officials met in Geneva has traders wondering if a currency agreement was struck behind the scenes. Only Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and their aides know for sure. But the yuanโs recent appreciation flies in the face of an economy [โฆ] The post The case for a stronger Chinese yuan appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:US Marine Sergeantโs final farewell to American MIAs in Cambodia
KOH TANG, Cambodia โ US Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Clark Hale (Ret.) has agonized about the fate of three men in his platoon for 50 long years. US Marines Private First Class Danny Marshall, Lance Corporal Joseph Hargrove and Private First Class Gary Hall were inadvertently left behind on Koh Tang in what has been [โฆ] The post US Marine Sergeantโs final farewell to American MIAs in Cambodia appeared first on Asia...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Nepal's 'Everest Man' sets record with 31st summit
Kami Rita Sherpa is a "global symbol of Everest itself", says the expedition organiser.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:How Realistic is Vingroupโs $61 Billion High Speed Rail Plan?
The Vietnamese conglomerate has a history of throwing itself into ambitious projects for which it has little or no previous experience.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Indonesia Announces Record Drug Seizure Off Sumatra Coast
Jakarta's anti-drug agency linked the 2-ton meth seizure to a syndicate in the Golden Triangle, which has seen a spike in narcotics production over the past decade.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Boeing Deal With DOJ Proves That โJusticeโ Is a Slippery Concept
189 people lost their lives when Lion Air flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea, 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta's SoekarnoโHatta International Airport.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Malaysiaโs Anwar Seeks Trumpโs Support for ASEAN-US Tariff Summit
Opening yesterday's 46th ASEAN Summit, the Malaysian leader also hailed the โsignificantโ progress in efforts to end the civil war in Myanmar.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:A Visit by Japanese Parliamentarians to China
And what it reveals of current China-Japan relations.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:From prodigy to leader: Can Shubman Gill shape the future of Indian Test cricket?
To pull India out of the current rut, Gill will have to lead the way as batter and captain in charge of a new-look team.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:A simple guide to South Korea's presidential election
The vote comes after the impeachment and removal of former president Yoon Suk Yeol.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:What you need to know ahead of South Korea's snap presidential election
The vote comes after the impeachment and removal of former president Yoon Suk Yeol.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Mongoliaโs Youth Protests Lead to Political Shenanigans
Various political factions are attempting to seize the advantage amid organic protests seeking the prime minister's ouster.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Why Donald Trump Must Engage the Taliban
However, a Taliban-only arrangement will merely replicate the exclusionary cycles that have doomed past peace efforts
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Chinaโs strategy for conquering Taiwan without firing a shot
China is refining a strategy to conquer Taiwan by weaponizing its critical infrastructure and transforming power plants, ports and data hubs into pressure points for systemic collapse, according to a Chinese military journal. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports that China could paralyze Taiwan without firing a shot by targeting key infrastructureโan approach likened [โฆ] The post Chinaโs strategy for conquering...
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Why Did Bangladeshโs Interim Advisor Yunus Threaten to Resign?
Differences between political parties on issues like elections seem to be hampering the functioning of the interim government.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: