Features

Scandal after scandal has plagued the country since the late Abe era, each one further eroding public trust (and even interest) in government.

Lai Ching-te won with a plurality, largely due to a divided opposition. But the loss of the DPP's legislative majority is a warning sign for the party moving forward.

A decade on, the country faces crippling economic challenges and environmental degradation from the ambitious (and still incomplete) highway project. 

With a fourth consecutive win in yet another uncompetitive race, the Awami League is on a path to destroy any opposition and dissent for good.

Introducing the three presidential candidates and reviewing four factors likely to shape the outcome.

Overall, Chinese strategists are underwhelmed by the performance of the Kinzhal on the Ukrainian battlefield.

The Islamist party PAS is ascendant, but Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's current response to the group risks doing more harm than good.

China’s approach to deterrence involves compelling as well as dissuading, and is intertwined with the idea of “war control.”

New Argentine President Javier Milei may have railed against China but he’s taken a pragmatic track since. Still, the new government should look closely at China’s Argentine space station.

The 2023 Central Rural Work Conference signals China’s approach to food security this year and beyond.

The rebel group has shed its reputation as an opium trafficking syndicate and pledged itself to the Spring Revolution. Is its transformation more than skin deep?

The invasion sparked an internationally supported process of militarization and Islamization that cemented the military's power.