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Bridging the Narrative Gap in China-US Relations
States regularly tell stories about themselves and how the world works. Chinese and American narratives – including about the Biden-Xi summit – remain at odds.
Canada-Mongolia New Comprehensive Partnership Means Business
As the two countries celebrate 50 years of diplomatic ties, Mongolia in particular is hoping to jumpstart trade and investment.
ASEAN Holds the Key to Reducing US Dependence on Taiwan’s Chip Industry
Despite U.S. “homeshoring” efforts, the last stage of the semiconductor supply chain remains concentrated in Taiwan. Southeast Asia is a promising alternative.
EU Sanctions Envoy Strikes Positive Tone in Astana
Central Asia features prominently in conversations about evasion of sanctions on Russia and the possibility of secondary sanctions on the region’s economies.
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Protests, Crackdowns, Boycott Calls Complicate Bangladesh’s Election Scenario
Amidst a boycott call by the opposition BNP, several new parties have thrown their hats into the electoral ring.
China Ignores North Korea’s Provocations at Its Own Risk
China was silent on North Korea’s launch of a military satellite, just as it has kept quiet on rapid advancements in Pyongyang’s missile program. Is a nuclear test next?
Operation 1027 is Changing Myanmar’s Frontier Geographies. Is India Ready?
India’s junta-focused diplomacy and lack of abiding relationships with armed groups in Myanmar have limited its response to the fluid situation in the war-torn country.
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The TUTIT Corridor: Turkey and China Bid to Retain East-West Trade Preeminence
Post-consumerist sentiment and lying flat in China
Indonesian Energy Policy at a Crossroads
China’s Real Estate Crisis Might Be the First Domino in an Economic Disaster
South Korea Housing Market Crunch
Chinese Central Committee Publishes Strategy to Stimulate Private Economy
Magazine
Hannah McGlade on Australia’s Shame and the Work to Be Done
“Aboriginal communities have been given a clear message by the majority of Australians that they are not respected, and that Australia remains a racist country.”
Hun Manet’s Cambodia?
Manet’s path to security in power will be difficult, as he is forced to carefully navigate the system his father built and, to a large degree, still controls.
A Football Game Amid the Sorrows of Life on the Kyrgyz Border
On a hot summer day, the women of Kök-Tash took a break to play football. It was a rare joy amid a difficult life on the border.
What Does Nepal Want From China?
Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s September visit to China demonstrated a clear balancing of aspirations and pragmatic realities, both on the domestic and international fronts.
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China Power
A New World Order
Bridging the Narrative Gap in China-US Relations
States regularly tell stories about themselves and how the world works. Chinese and American narratives – including about the Biden-Xi summit – remain at odds.
Silenced in China, Grassroots Activists Commemorate the White Paper Protests Abroad
The Rise and Fall of Confucius Institutes in the US
How the Taiwan Opposition Alliance Talks Fell Apart
Flashpoints
Diplomacy by Other Means
Keeping Asia’s Net-Zero Dream Alive
Developed nations need to take four concrete steps at COP28 to advance the renewable energy transformation in the Asia-Pacific.
India Deepens Defense Ties with the West, But Criticism of Russia Remains Unlikely
Why Asian Countries Are Keeping a Low Profile in the Israel-Hamas War
Australia-Philippines Launch Joint Naval Patrol in South China Sea
Asia Defense
Militaries of the Asia-Pacific
1 Dead, 7 Missing After US Military Osprey Aircraft Crashes off SW Japan
Japan requested U.S. Forces Japan ground Osprey transport aircraft, and the JGSDF grounded its own Ospreys amid U.S. Air Force safety concerns.
North Korea Successfully Launched Its Military Spy Satellite. What Now?
MHI Is Riding the Wave of Japan’s Boom in Defense Spending
Why Did Pakistan Test Its MIRV-Capable Ababeel Missile?
ASEAN Beat
Insights Into Half a Billion
Young Men in Bali Behind a New HIV Prevention Approach
Condom giveaways and printed flyers are out. Inclusive and engaging digital content is the way to change high-risk behavior.
Where Does Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto Stand on Foreign Policy?
Myanmar Court Sentences Former Minister to 10 Years Prison
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court Rejects Challenge to Controversial Election Ruling
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Perspectives on South Asia
Is India Repeating Its Maldives Mistake in Bangladesh?
New Delhi’s perceived support for an unpopular incumbent is stoking the fires of anti-India sentiment in Bangladesh.
Managing Dissent Within: The Taliban Way
Pakistan’s Former PM Nawaz Sharif Is Acquitted on Graft Charges
Pakistan’s BRICS Aspiration
The Koreas
Divided Peninsula
Will Lee Jun-seok Be the Wild Card in South Korea’s General Election?
The popular former party chair could rescue the ruling PPP’s chances next April – or he could torpedo the conservative party’s odds.
What Was in the Now-Scrapped Inter-Korea Military Agreement?
South Korea’s President Gets Royal Welcome on UK State Visit
Seoul Warns North Korea Not to Launch Spy Satellite
Tokyo Report
News From Japan
Is Prime Minister Kishida Leading Japan by Default?
With plummeting approval ratings, Kishida's biggest strength seems to be that there's no obvious candidate to replace him.
Japan’s ‘Balanced’ Position on Palestine Fails to Impress
The Role of Malaysia in Japan’s New Security Strategy
A Message to Kim Jong Un From Mother of Japanese Girl Abducted by North Korea in 1977
The Debate
Comment and Opinion
Revisiting China: One Year After the White Paper Movement
Is China any closer to meaningful political change?
G7 President Japan Has a Final Chance for Energy Leadership at COP28
Cambodian PM’s First 100 Days Show Real Transfer of Power Yet to Come
Want to Reset China-US Relations? Bring Back Fulbright China
Crossroads Asia
The New Silk Road
Canada-Mongolia New Comprehensive Partnership Means Business
As the two countries celebrate 50 years of diplomatic ties, Mongolia in particular is hoping to jumpstart trade and investment.
EU Sanctions Envoy Strikes Positive Tone in Astana
Kazakhstan’s Yurts of Peace: Citizen Diplomacy in the Making
Long Prison Term for Aspirational Kazakh Opposition Leader
Trans-Pacific View
U.S. Policy on Asia
The Trends Driving Transatlantic Convergence on China
With similar concerns on both sides of the Atlantic, there are six main factors that will define whether we see a policy convergence on China.
US Authorities Charge Man From India in Plot to Kill Sikh Separatist Leader in New York City
The Limits of the Expanding Indonesia-US Partnership
China-US Relations After the Biden-Xi Summit: Beyond Stabilization
Pacific Money
Economy And Business
ASEAN Holds the Key to Reducing US Dependence on Taiwan’s Chip Industry
Despite U.S. “homeshoring” efforts, the last stage of the semiconductor supply chain remains concentrated in Taiwan. Southeast Asia is a promising alternative.
Thailand’s Economic Quagmire: Lagging Growth and Political Turbulence
Will Cash Stimulus Jump-Start the Thai Economy?
Indonesia’s Coming Geothermal Boom
Oceania
The South Pacific
India: Time to Put the Pacific in Indo-Pacific
Reaching further out into the Pacific demonstrates New Delhi’s strategic intent on being a balancing actor, but also an important power in its own right.
Rising Tides, Rising Solutions: Tuvalu’s Innovative Climate Adaptation Strategies
French Ministers Visit New Caledonia, With Nickel and the Future on the Agenda
New Zealand’s New Government Will Have Its First Diplomatic Test at COP28
Videos
Asia on Video
What Do We Know About India’s Assassination Program?
Journalist Siddharthya Roy discusses the allegations of India's extraterritorial assassination program, and why the latest indictment is an "absolute game changer."
Is ‘Operation 1027’ a Game Changer for Myanmar?
This Week in Asia: November 17, 2023
China’s Vision for AI Technology
Podcasts
Asia Geopolitics
Biden Meets Xi in San Francisco: Managing Competition
Are the United States and China entering a new, short-term detente, or will unexpected crises derail things?
South China Sea Flashpoints: The Second Thomas Shoal Crisis
Central Asian States and Great Power Geopolitics
Why India’s Relations With Canada Are Strained
Photo Essays
Asia in Pictures
A Lorry Ride With Singapore’s Migrant Workers
Singapore is virtually the only remaining first-world country where it is legal for migrant workers to be ferried on lorries, a vehicle designed for cargo rather than passengers.