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Washington has agreed to lower its threatened 46 percent tariff on imports from Vietnam in return for increased access to the Vietnamese market.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:The BBC speaks to Tibetans in Aba, which has long been at the heart of resistance to Chinese rule.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:The BBC speaks to Tibetans as their spiritual exiled leader the Dalai Lama turns 90.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:From prison, Mahrang offers her perspective on the future of political dissent in Pakistan.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:India is reaching out to countries long neglected by the traditional structures of global diplomacy.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Ignoring the threat posed by North Korea, as happened at this year's summit, undermines Euro-Atlantic security.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Given Iran’s lost trust in the quality of Russian systems and the urgency of rebuilding its air defense system, is closer China-Iran cooperation on the horizon?
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Few realize that South Korea bars foreign companies from exporting the mapping data necessary for digital map services. That may soon change.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:The Quad must evolve from rhetoric to action with a unified strategy that fully integrates India and counters China’s multifront challenge across trade, tech, and security.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Amid global SDG funding gaps, Asian universities are stepping up as leaders in sustainable finance, driving research and innovation to shape a more sustainable future.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:How far can South Asian regional cooperation go without India on board?
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Faced with right-wing attacks amid a growing national profile, Japan’s Kurds could benefit from simple, pragmatic policymaking.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:The direct conflict between Iran and Israel severely impacts Afghanistan, which is struggling with fragile governance, economic crisis, and insecurity under Taliban rule.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Is Washington ready to subordinate its talk about advancing sovereignty and economic prosperity in Central Asia in favor of trying to isolate and impoverish Iran?
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Japan is betting on smaller, missile-laden frigates that are cheap to operate and easy to keep deployed.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Seven years on, the refugee camps are still full. Rohingya futures are still frozen. And the promises from the international community remain, for the most part, unfulfilled.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Many of South Korea’s most successful global hits were released through Netflix, but its growing monopoly is stoking concern.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Central Asia has rarely occupied a prominent place on the U.S. foreign policy agenda, but the region’s dynamism shouldn’t be ignored by Washington.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:China’s lunar ambitions have evolved from symbolic flag planting to a systematic push for permanent space infrastructure.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:The Dalai Lama, now 90, remains at the centre of China's complicated relationship with Tibet.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Reports of an attempt to cause a car crash targeting the current vice president meshed with political controversy in Taiwan.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Since the beginning of the century, the number of satellites orbiting Earth has increased more than 800%, from less than 1,000 to more than 9,000. This profusion has had a number of strange and disturbing repercussions. One of them is that companies are selling data from satellite images of parking lots to financial analysts. Analysts […] The post Data platforms such as Stocktwits may hurt long-termforecasts appeared...
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:The increasing use of these Islamic financial instruments reflects the growing sophistication of Indonesia's capital markets.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Kanye West has long sparked controversy over his anti-Semitic remarks and has declared himself a Nazi.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:It is the country's first formal "truth-telling" inquiry that ran for four years from 2021.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:This article was first published by Pacific Forum. It is republished here with permission. The new president of South Korearemains cautiousin articulating a position on a potential Taiwan contingency. Still, public and policy discourse within Korea has been active, often gravitating toward a stance of deliberate restraint, arguing that the North Korean threat justifies non-involvement […] The post S. Korea’s role in a...
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:It would be well above the 24% tariff imposed on Japan as part of the so-called "Liberation Day" in April.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:The airline was hit by a cyber attack on a platform storing names, email addresses and phone numbers.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Why has only Indonesia pursued full membership, while Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam remain content as “partners” of the grouping?
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Francis "Tol" Tolentino helped author two recent pieces of legislation asserting Manila's claims in the disputed waterway.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Internationally, Taiwan is mostly celebrated for its success in building a liberal political system despite the persistent threat of PRC military attack. “Taiwan’s democracy Is thriving in China’s shadow,” we read; “resilient,”“robust” and “vibrant,”“a triumph.” But Taiwan’s political system has been in crisis since the 2024 elections. The two major parties, the Kuomintang (KMT) and […] The post Chinese pressure...
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:As Hong Kong’s last lawful pro-democracy group, the folding of the League of Social Democrats has brought an era of public dissent to a close.
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:The exiled spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism is due to release a video message in his birthday week.
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:Most European capitals still treat China expertise as a background resource, not a strategic asset. That needs to change.
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:At present, a number of fees are already required for a variety of migration-related documents and processes. But Moscow might expand the list.
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