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Interviews
China and the Baltics
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Una Bērziņa-Čerenkova.
Avinash Paliwal on What Lies Ahead for Bangladesh
By Sudha Ramachandran
“If [Prime Minister] Hasina is unable to curb electoral violence, and is unable to offer patronage to the military elites, the chances of [military] intervention increase.”
Is China Following Japan’s Economic Trajectory?
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from George Magnus.
What to Make of Germany’s China Strategy
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Tim Rühlig.
Military-Civil Fusion: China, the US, and Beyond
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Yoram Evron.
Muqtedar Khan on Why Religious Nationalism Is Poisoning South Asia
By Sudha Ramachandran
“The current plight of Indian Muslims is a direct consequence of Jinnah’s vision and the emergence of copycat Hindu nationalism, which essentially embraces the same idea of religious nationalism.”
Interview: Life Under Taliban Rule for Afghan Women
By Shannon Tiezzi
A woman’s right advocate based in Afghanistan voices an urgent plea: “Be our voice to recognize the gender apartheid in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.”
‘Wireless Wars’: How China (Almost) Came to Dominate 5G
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Jonathan Pelson.
Malaysia Readies for State Polls That Will Test PM Anwar
By Sebastian Strangio
Ahead of the August 12 elections, the country remains highly politically polarized along ethnic lines.
US and Taiwan: Semiconductor Supply Chain Partnership
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Lotta Danielsson.
Hassan Abbas on the Return of the Taliban
By Catherine Putz
"Getting into another warlike situation with the Taliban is unlikely to improve the plight of ordinary Afghans or the nature of Afghanistan’s reality today."
Reflecting on the Korean Armistice, 70 Years Later
By Shannon Tiezzi
The Korean Peninsula remains divided, but in South Korea at least there are “wide-ranging and serious reflections on the meaning and consequences of the war,” says historian Gregg A. Brazinsky.