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The Indonesian military’s COVID-19 role is not a comeback in the making.

From last year’s protests to the national security law, Hong Kong’s turmoil is largely a question of who gets to make the law – and who gets labeled as breaking it.

“There is nothing ‘historic’ about China’s ‘historic rights’ claim” in the South China Sea.

Anticipation of an economic windfall in 2020 has fallen flat, but there’s still hope for the post-COVID future.

Despite COVID-19 and a number of security initiatives, piracy, kidnapping, and terrorist movements continue in the Sulu Sea.

The Ardern government is using deliberately ambiguous tactics to deter an increasingly aggressive partner while (so far) avoiding punishment.

A loss of autonomy. A months-long security crackdown. Now, a pandemic. It’s been a rough year in Kashmir.

How speaking out fits into Vietnam’s political system and the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The temporary blue skies brought by the COVID-19 slowdown have inspired soul-searching over Pakistan’s current development path.

In 2019, Kazakhstan was catapulted into political transition. 2020 has yielded its own shocking changes.

How an outlawed martial arts group facilitated a critical shift in Timor-Leste’s political scene.