2025

While free trade has become politically infeasible in Washington, there are other ways to shore up the U.S. presence in one of the world's fastest-growing regions.

Of the 31 Thai agricultural workers captured by Hamas in October 2023, just one remains in captivity.

Sara Duterte said that it was too early to consider resigning, which would preempt the impeachment and preserve her ability to run for office in future.

Lao power, generators, and smuggled diesel continue to power the region's organized crime.

The second Trump term is nothing like the first. The implications for Asia are massive.

As the administration considers folding USAID into the State Department, it should study lessons learned from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand – all of which have done the same.

Tehran’s growing engagement with Kabul underscores a calculated effort to navigate its own economic and geopolitical challenges.

Islamabad is growing more desperate even as Beijing views CPEC with increasing skepticism.

China’s economic woes, and a general lack of trust exacerbated by corruption scandals, are driving a downward trend in charitable giving.

DeepSeek’s low cost – and low computing power – model will have ramifications for Southeast Asia’s bet on data centers.

The U.S. alliance network is its greatest advantage in the competition with China. But Washington can hardly count on its allies if it treats them worse than the way it treats its systemic rival.

Over the course of two decades, China has built a public health aid program for the world, turbocharged by the pandemic. As the U.S. retreats, China will only garner more influence globally.