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A Grand Coalition and a New Era in Mongolia
By Anand Tumurtogoo
Mongolia’s ruling party unexpectedly formed a grand coalition with its opposition. Will this usher in a new era of cooperative governance, or consolidate what critics call an authoritarian turn?
The US CHIPS Act, 2 Years Later
By Jacob Feldgoise
The CHIPS Act can succeed, but only if U.S. policymakers give it time to work and a mandate to focus on the future.
Fear Not? The Economic Impact of Vietnam’s Political Churn
By Zachary Abuza and Nguyen Phuong Linh
Political stability is supposed to be one of Vietnam’s selling points, but its politics remain opaque and everything tends to come as a surprise.
Radha Kumar on Kashmir, 5 Years After Article 370 Was Scrapped
By Catherine Putz
Five years after the hollowing out of Article 370, “Alienation from the Indian union is high in the valley.”
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.