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Security
Malabar Exercise Brings Quad Navies Together in Australia
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
After returning to the long-running exercise in 2020, Australia played host to Malabar 2023.
Could the Papua Hostage Situation Have Been Prevented?
By Aprila Wayar
As the hostage-taking of New Zealand pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens enters its sixth consecutive month, his whereabouts in eastern Indonesia remain unknown.
The Japan-South Korea-US Summit Is Bad News for China
By Shannon Tiezzi
The summit’s deliverables directly contradict previous assurances Beijing had sought on limits to trilateral cooperation.
Beyond Borders: Navigating Asia’s Water Challenges
By Farwa Aamer and Susanne Schmeier
Solving Asia's water stress will require a concerted diplomatic effort on the international stage.
How Will China’s Rare Earth Export Controls Impact Japan?
By Nicolas Velez
Access to gallium, in particular, is crucial for Japan’s defense and energy priorities.
Japan at the Center of Airpower Defense Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific
By Shingo Nagata
Defense diplomacy is the peacetime diplomatic activity of militaries aimed at maintaining and strengthening relations with allies and partners.
How the US-Taliban Deal Failed Afghanistan
By Natiq Malikzada and Trevor Filseth
None of Washington’s errors in Afghanistan was greater in scope than the peace agreement signed with the Taliban in February 2020.
North Korea is Preparing for a New Round of Weapons Tests, South Korean Spy Agency Says
By Hyung-jin Kim
The National Intelligence Services aid it has detected unusually heavy activities at a North Korean facility that produces solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missiles and at another site related to liquid-fueled ICBMs.
The Lunar Race Between India and Russia: What’s at Stake?
By Namrata Goswami
Later this month, the two nations will each attempt to make a soft landing on the South Pole of the Moon. The missions will have implications for the two rival blocs now forming in space.
AidData Report Warns of a Chinese Naval Base in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port
By Rathindra Kuruwita
But China is not in a position to defend any of the eight bases it might set up in the next two to five years, the report points out.
Chinese and Russian Warships Step up Activity in Straits Around Japan
By TSURUTA Jun
And in doing so, test the definition of a “strait.”
Did Pakistan Really Benefit From the Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan?
By Mohammad Shoaib Haidary and Amir Husein Haidary
The country celebrated the Taliban’s return to power on August 15, 2021. Two years later, has it seen any benefits?