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If China lowers the threshold of what Vietnamese activities it deems acceptable, Vietnam will find it more difficult to maintain the balance between deferring and defying China.

Following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh and Pakistan appear to be on the path toward rapprochement.

It’s not just Yoon whose political career hangs in the balance; opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung is grappling with numerous legal woes of his own.

Early warning systems and fostering public awareness have improved. But gaps remain in policy implementation and infrastructure maintenance.

The rollback of the 2019 reforms will undo the little progress made in modernizing Pakistan’s religious seminaries.

The U.N. process shows little appetite for addressing the urgent climate crisis on the Tibetan Plateau – in part due to China’s apathy.

Amid both financial and geopolitical pressures, there has been a trend toward increased consolidation in Southeast Asia’s telecom industry.

Russia’s substitution of VEB.RF with an under-the-radar firm is helping the country and its neighbors find a way around Western sanctions.

A changed political situation in South Korea and the U.S. could represent an opportunity for an opening gambit. But any progress toward an agreement is contingent on the outcome of the Ukraine war. 

The trajectory of the new government’s China policy could be set well before the foreign secretary’s much vaunted audit sees the light of day.

Moving away from the quest for military primacy would provide a more stable basis for the South Korea-U.S. alliance – one not reliant on having conservatives in government in Seoul.