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War By Other Means: India and Pakistanโs Diplomatic Duel
As the two countries send out competing diplomatic delegations, has India rehyphenated itself with Pakistan?
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Beyond the Strongman: Whatโs at Stake in South Koreaโs Snap Presidential Election
Beyond who wins and who loses, what's more important is whether South Korea sees the formation of political coalitions that lead to โstrong leader syndrome.โ
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Indiaโs War Against Maoist Rebels Reaches Decisive Point
A deadly war is going on in India's tribal heartland, as the government aims to eliminate one of the worldโs longest-surviving communist insurgencies.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Uzbekistan Seeks to Increase Tourist Flows, Floats Possibility of Visa-Free Regime for US Citizens
A recent presidential decree instructs the Foreign Ministry to explore the possibility of a visa-free regime for U.S. citizens, paired with an easing of visa requirements for Uzbek citizens seeking to enter the United States.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Why Taipei and Washington Donโt Always Agree on Taiwanโs US Arms Purchases
Amid the debate on asymmetric defense, the two partners donโt see eye to eye on which systems Taiwan needs to procure to defend itself. New research helps explain why.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Thank Switzerland for the China-US Tariff Truce โ Then Copy Its Playbook
Most analysis missed the role of Switzerland as host in the China-U.S. trade talks, but its quiet mediation should serve as a role model for other states.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:In Kyrgyzstan, Kloop Journalists Taken For Questioning
According to Kloop, its employees have been denied access to lawyers.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Assessing the Success of โMade In China 2025โย
Insights from Camille Boullenois.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Rolls-Royce to Co-develop Electric Drive for Indiaโs Next-Gen Warships
India and the U.K. have signed a statement of intent to cooperate in designing and developing electric propulsion systems for the Indian Navy.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Why Turkiye Chose to Side With Pakistan Over India
India must be worried that the securitization of South Asia has helped China, Turkiye, and other powers find new defense partnerships in its neighborhood.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:How Japan Rewrote the Rules for the Nippon Steel Deal (and Beyond)
Rather than challenging regulatory barriers, Nippon Steel addressed political concerns through binding legal commitments โ all within the realm of private commercial law.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Nepalโs Sagarmatha Sambaad and South Asiaโs Climate Future
The event brought needed urgency to the degradation of mountain environments, but questions remain about implementation of its recommendations.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Canโt Ignore the Geopolitics of Critical Minerals
Central Asia's two largest economies have an opportunity to lean into regional cooperation, seizing the initiative to build sovereign, strategic, and sustainable resource policies.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:'Wedding bomb' murderer gets life sentence in India
The bomb, disguised as a wedding gift killed a software engineer and his great aunt just days after his wedding in 2018.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Tim Cook paying the price for Appleโs bow to China
Tim Cook may run the worldโs most valuable company, Apple, but letโs stop pretending heโs ever done anything genuinely revolutionary. The man is an efficient operator, a disciplined executor, a logistics wizard. But when it comes to visionโthe kind that reshapes reality and bends the future to its willโCook falls short. Heโs a caretaker. A [โฆ] The post Tim Cook paying the price for Appleโs bow to China appeared first...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Suspected Taiwanese Trafficking Victims Caught in Cambodiaโs โDeficientโ Scam Crackdown
The recent deportation of around 180 Taiwanese nationals to China highlights the closeness of Cambodia-China relations โ and the shortcomings of Phnom Penhโs anti-fraud campaign.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Australian rugby the way to tackle Chinaโs PNG police play
It may look like a normal sports story โ Australia expanding its National Rugby League into Papua New Guinea (PNG) โ but itโs far more than that. This is one of the most impactful and strategic soft power plays by an Australian government since Australia saw its former PNG colony gain independence in 1975. Itโs [โฆ] The post Australian rugby the way to tackle Chinaโs PNG police play appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Philippine President Marcos Reshuffles Cabinet After Midterm Polls
Following disappointing returns in the May 12 election, the Philippine leader has promised "renewed alignment, faster execution, and a results-first mindset.โ
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:On Hanoi Visit, Macron Pitches France as โThird Wayโ Between China and US
The visit also saw the signing of a major deal for the purchase of 20 Airbus planes by the budget Vietnamese airline VietJet.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Temu's Chinese owner sees profits plunge as trade war bites
US-listed shares of PDD Holdings fell over 13% on Tuesday as the firm said its profit had almost halved.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:ASEAN Holds First Trilateral Summit With China, Gulf States
Malaysia's PM Anwar Ibrahim said there are โvast opportunities" for closer economic cooperation amid the uncertainties attending the shift in U.S. trade policy.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:After decades of bloodshed, is India winning its war against Maoists?
The Maoist insurgency has claimed nearly 12,000 lives in India since 2000.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source: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...
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