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Will the Mekong River Really Become the Next South China Sea?
By Sebastian Strangio
Amid competition between China and the U.S., the question of the river's fate has been imbued with a strategic undercurrent.
Surveillance State: Social Control in China
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Josh Chin.
Anirudh Kanisetti on Why Understanding Medieval Deccan Is Necessary to Comprehend Modern India
By Sudha Ramachandran
“Medieval Indian kings understood the benefits of what we would call openness and tolerance.”
Trafficking Data: China’s Pursuit of Digital Sovereignty
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Aynne Kokas.
Religious Freedom in Uzbekistan: Still Space for Reform
By Catherine Putz
Despite some promising progress, USCIRF Chair Nury Turkel says Uzbekistan continues to severely restrict religious freedoms.
How China’s Military Is Preparing for War With Taiwan
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Joel Wuthnow.
Xi Jinping: The Man Who Became China’s ‘Core’
By Shannon Tiezzi
Stefan Aust and Adrian Geiges, authors of a new biography of Xi Jinping, discuss major takeaways about Xi’s life – and Xi’s China.
Cross-strait Crisis and Taiwan’s National Identity
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Jennifer Rudolph.
China-Taiwan Infowar Amid Cross-Strait Tensions
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Benjamin Tsai.
Osvaldo Cortesi on China’s Economic Contradictions
By Juan Manuel Harán
“China’s development is beginning to have fundamental contradictions.”
US-China-Taiwan Tensions: New Status Quo?
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Eric Chan
August in Kabul: America’s Last Days in Afghanistan
By Catherine Putz
As Kabul fell in 2021, journalist Andrew Quilty returned to the city to chronicle history.