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Vietnam is deeply committed, for strategic and historic reasons, to respond to uncertainty and global geopolitical tensions by hedging. And it's working.

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North Korea, already receiving Russian drone technology, could eventually gain access to more advanced capabilities like autonomous AI‑enabled and jet‑powered drones.

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In addition to sanctioning 27 Iranian airlines, the U.S. designated Turkish, Kazakh, and Malaysian companies for serving as general sales agents for long-sanctioned Iranian airline Mahan Air.

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Focusing strictly on China’s anxieties misses a far more urgent reality: South Korea faces an existential threat from North Korea.

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The war in Ukraine has produced a much longer-term transformation of the institutional and political environment in which migration takes place.

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South Korea and France agreed to advance defense cooperation and coordinate on Hormuz Strait security following a summit in Paris.

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Indian laws never specified any single document as proof of citizenship, but the Modi government’s citizenship screening drive has turned it into a big question.

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Japan and South Korea share more than enough to work together on North Korea — but less than is often assumed.

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The real question is not simply how many provinces Pakistan needs, but whether its political system can make smaller units more accountable, representative and effective.

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The 46th World Chess Olympiad is being held in Samarkand.

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The destruction of the Trishuli-Bhotekoshi corridor is a local tragedy with national economic consequences.

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One clue as to how the U.S. plans to proceed might be glimpsed in how Uzbekistan progresses in following Kazakhstan into dual membership.

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The migrants who build, clean, drive, guard, and operate the Gulf’s economies have become the forgotten civilian casualties in its wars.

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As SCO chair, Pakistan can be expected to highlight new connectivity routes via Iran and Central Asia that link the Belt and Road Initiative to the Arabian Sea.

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Xi’s visit from September 1-2 was significant for both sides, though for different reasons.

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The SCO may serve legitimate Central Asian interests, but it should not become the vehicle through which Beijing’s definitions of security, political loyalty, and ethnic identity become normalized acr…

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South Korea has an industrial head start, but is Japan’s upgraded Mogami class merely a stalking horse for the Chungnam class?

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Most people assume that China’s cyber capabilities define the totality of its threat to Taiwan, but this simply does not capture the full picture.

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The eruption of Anak Krakatau, which is located on a small island in the Sunda Strait, forced the closure of eight airports, including two serving the capital Jakarta.

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The letters have revived memories of “hit lists” that Islamist militant groups issued in 1989-90.

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The move reflects the sea change that has taken place in U.S.-Cambodia relations under the second Trump administration.

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In poor areas such as Jamtara and Mewat, cyber scams have become an important source of household income.

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The country is hitting a developmental wall because necessary structural reforms clash directly with the needs of an entrenched patronage system.

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Wildfires have raged for weeks across swathes of Sumatra and Kalimantan, exacerbated by a particularly severe dry season.

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The two nations agreed to bolster cooperation in a host of areas, including defense, investment, trade, and digital technologies.

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The trial has dropped from the headlines amid ongoing corruption controversies and the massive flooding that hit vast areas of Luzon this month.

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Japan’s Indo-Pacific vision has outlasted its creator and found new partners. Beijing is not pleased.

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As India prepares to host the group's summit, what does it want from BRICS? And what is Delhi actually getting from the group?

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