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SCO Expansion: A Double-Edged Sword
By Eva Seiwert
China and Russia have pushed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization beyond its original mission, at the expense of practical regional collaboration.
Japan’s Enhanced Security Engagement With the Pacific Islands
By Céline Pajon
The expansion of security and defense cooperation stands as the most spectacular change in Japan’s contribution to the region in recent years.
Indian Foreign Policy Under Narendra Modi: A Decade of Transformation
By Siddharthya Roy
Modi’s assertive foreign policy approach has redefined India's image to that of a more proactive global player. But can India live up to the hype?
Sara Hsu on China’s Economic Policy Under Xi Jinping
By Shannon Tiezzi
Under Xi, China’s economic approach “has been and is likely to be state-led innovation and development.”
Banning the Bomb in Asia and the Pacific
By Jon Letman
Countries in Asia and the Pacific bore the brunt of nuclear trauma. Now they are leading the charge to prohibit nuclear weapons.
How Politics Holds Back Pakistan’s Economy
By Uzair Younus
It is politics, not economics, that is preventing a wholesale turnaround of Pakistan’s broader trajectory.
Papua New Guinea: All Geopolitics Is Local
By Patricia O’Brien and Douveri Henao
The whole Pacific is grappling with Beijing’s campaign to become the dominant regional power and the pushback from a coalition of rival nations. PNG is experiencing this competition in unique ways.
The New Reality of Energy Geopolitics in Eurasia
By Catherine Putz
With the so-called gas union, Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are engaging in opportunistic cooperation and flirting with dangerous new dependencies.
The China-Pakistan-Afghanistan Triangle
By Claudia Chia
The dynamics of this trilateral relationship will shape the future trajectory of Afghanistan and its broader implications for regional stability and prosperity.
Tandem Rule in Kyrgyzstan: The Pursuit of Money and Power
By Aksana Ismailbekova
The Japarov-Tashiev tandem has sunk real roots into Kyrgyzstan’s society, and those roots are deeper and stronger than they might seem on the surface.
Thailand’s Grand Reconciliation: The Shinawatras and the Establishment
By James Buchanan
The rift between Thaksin and the establishment finally appears to have been resolved. This compromise not only fails to address any of Thailand’s past mistakes, but it actually repeats them.
Darcie Draudt-Véjares on South Korea’s Post-Election Politics
By Shannon Tiezzi
Economics doomed the PPP’s legislative chances. What now for President Yoon Suk-yeol?
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