Archive
October 2022
![FATF Delisting Marks Pakistan’s Progress Against Terrorism Financing FATF Delisting Marks Pakistan’s Progress Against Terrorism Financing](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-24-153848.jpg)
FATF Delisting Marks Pakistan’s Progress Against Terrorism Financing
By Mariam Shah
Pakistan has made it off the FATF grey list, but it must not cease its efforts toward countering money laundering and terrorism financing.
![Northeast Asia’s Changing Security Environment Northeast Asia’s Changing Security Environment](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-16-164640.jpg)
Northeast Asia’s Changing Security Environment
By Bolor Lkhaajav
Worsening tensions, from North Korea's provocations to the fallout from Russia's Ukraine invasion, underline the failure of existing policy dialogues.
![2 Koreas Exchange Warning Shots Along Disputed Sea Boundary 2 Koreas Exchange Warning Shots Along Disputed Sea Boundary](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-24-143355.png)
2 Koreas Exchange Warning Shots Along Disputed Sea Boundary
By Hyung-Jin Kim
The sea boundary off the Korean Peninsula’s west coast is a source of long-running animosities, including past bloodshed.
![Cricket Brings out Melbourne’s Vibrant South Asian Community Cricket Brings out Melbourne’s Vibrant South Asian Community](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-24-134936.jpg)
Cricket Brings out Melbourne’s Vibrant South Asian Community
By Grant Wyeth
Over 90,000 people packed into the Melbourne Cricket Ground to watch a cricket game between India and Pakistan.
![Japan’s Ruling Coalition Debates Future Defense Policies Japan’s Ruling Coalition Debates Future Defense Policies](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-20_16-02-09.jpg)
Japan’s Ruling Coalition Debates Future Defense Policies
By Mina Pollmann
The LDP and its junior coalition party, Komeito, are at odds over issues like Japan's counterstrike capability and defense budget increases.
![5 Takeaways From China’s Big Leadership Announcement 5 Takeaways From China’s Big Leadership Announcement](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-24-131116.jpg)
5 Takeaways From China’s Big Leadership Announcement
By Shannon Tiezzi
The 20th Party Congress has closed, with Xi Jinping's grip on power even tighter than expected.
![Russia’s War in Ukraine and Its Impact on Central Asia Russia’s War in Ukraine and Its Impact on Central Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-24-131115.jpg)
Russia’s War in Ukraine and Its Impact on Central Asia
By Yunis Sharifli, Chia-Lin Kao , and Bermet Derbishova
The war’s negative impacts on regional economies outweigh any incidental benefits, and Central Asians know it.
![Kazakhstan Tries New Oil Export Routes Kazakhstan Tries New Oil Export Routes](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-pipeline-1128813_1920.jpg)
Kazakhstan Tries New Oil Export Routes
By Paolo Sorbello
This year’s disruptions have made the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) a risky option.
![International Financial Watchdog Adds Myanmar to Blacklist International Financial Watchdog Adds Myanmar to Blacklist](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-24-034340.jpg)
International Financial Watchdog Adds Myanmar to Blacklist
By Sebastian Strangio
The Financial Action Task Force said the move was a result of the country's persistent failures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
![What Lies Ahead for Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Trilateral Security Cooperation? What Lies Ahead for Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Trilateral Security Cooperation?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-24-004954.jpg)
What Lies Ahead for Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Trilateral Security Cooperation?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A recent engagement between the three nations shone a spotlight on the intraregional security dynamics in mainland Southeast Asia.
![ASEAN Foreign Ministers to Hold Special Pre-Summit Meeting on Myanmar ASEAN Foreign Ministers to Hold Special Pre-Summit Meeting on Myanmar](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-24-002536.jpg)
ASEAN Foreign Ministers to Hold Special Pre-Summit Meeting on Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio
The meeting will offer indications of whether the Southeast Asian bloc will change its stagnant approach to Myanmar's political conflicts.
![Freedom of Expression Declines Further Under Marcos Freedom of Expression Declines Further Under Marcos](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-24-001634.jpg)
Freedom of Expression Declines Further Under Marcos
By Mong Palatino
As expected, the Philippines' new leader has done little to reverse his predecessor's dire track record on free speech.