2021

The nuclear situation in East Asia is more nuanced than the actions of a single nation. 

India’s aspirational climate action policies fit into a general pattern of incremental progress at the global level that lacks the collective sense of urgency required.

The road ahead is long and lonely for Cambodia, with Chinese largess checked by the pandemic and Western interests soured by pre-pandemic crackdowns.

The six-decade-old grand old coalition, led by UMNO, remains in a much weaker state, but it will inevitably be looking to build on its winning momentum.

The protests began on Wednesday, when hundreds of protestors marched on the parliamentary precinct in the capital Honiara.

Amid growing threats in East Asia, the Japanese cabinet approved a record extra budget for defense appropriations.

Vaccine hesitancy in the predominantly Muslim country can be traced to apprehensions that shots other than the Chinese-made Sinovac are not "halal."

Resentment against Chinese business people is longstanding and has fueled violence in Honiara’s Chinatown.

Colombo has agreed to pay millions of dollars to a Chinese company that has reportedly supplied it with contaminated organic fertilizer.

Dhaka says that the relocation of refugees to the low-lying island is a temporary arrangement; they will eventually have to return to Myanmar.

Many foreign residents have had their hopes to enter Japan dashed as new border controls make little impact. 

Sogavare’s decision to switch diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China is among the reasons for the current unrest in Solomon Islands.