The security provisions in recent agreements with the Taliban may reflect intent, but the more immediate benefit on the ...

Neither the Japan-U.S. alliance nor the Sino-Japanese economic relationship will completely unravel overnight. However, the ...

The current warmth in Bangladesh-Pakistan bilateral relations is less a product of mutual trust and more a function of ...

The city-state’s realities fit awkwardly into an index that draws a firm line between “free” and “unfree” media landscapes.

True integration, it appears, will remain elusive until New Delhi stops treating Kashmir as a security variable to be managed ...

President Prabowo’s new initiative reflects a broader effort to address fragmented oversight, reduce commodity leakage, and ...

India’s exchange-rate debates often proceed as though the price of the rupee were merely another financial price best left to market correction and macroeconomic adjustment. In theory, a weakening ...

Fresh off a warm welcome in Beijing, last week Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, for a state visit and a Eurasian Economic Union summit. While the EAEU ...

Buddhist fundamentalism functions in post-coup Myanmar not as a parallel force to military authoritarianism, but as an integral component of it. In February 2026, Myanmar’s widely condemned “sham” ...

New Delhi has defended its decision to engage with Min Aung Hlaing, who led the coup against Myanmar’s democratically elected ...

Transparency concerns and the turmoil in global energy markets have created an unusual volatility in the region’s capital ...

While Western nations might view a 2 percent or 4 percent growth rate as a spectacular success, China faces a shock even with ...