February 2021

The acquittal of Swedish executives whose company admitted to bribing Gulnara Karimova for access to the Uzbek telecom market undermines anti-corruption efforts.

Japan’s refusal to sign the U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons has exacerbated a Pandora’s box of internal and international criticism.

The creation of a new reserve component, KOMCAD, will have significant repercussions for political violence in Indonesia.

A recent news report is unlikely to be accurate, not the least because it goes against established patterns of behavior by both countries.

Littoral Combat Regiments are intended to seize and set up logistics bases on small islands.

The shootings raise the specter of a more concerted crackdown by a military that is no stranger to the use of deadly force.

Much of the quick visit of the Malaysian prime minister to Indonesia signaled continuity in relations rather than any major boost.

Min Aung Hlaing's seizure of power in Myanmar has shaken up the region's diplomatic balance.

Once again, Myanmar is the pariah state that relativizes the rest of the region’s abuses.

Despite constitutional guarantees, the country’s laws are yet to fully support gender and sexual minorities.

The Central and Eastern European countries were supposed to be China’s gateway to Europe; instead they have become its biggest headache

China could follow the U.S. approach to Cuba and try to suffocate Taiwan economically.