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The government is considering establishing a new organization – to manage a Japanese-style Foreign Military Sales system and promote defense exports.

South Korean university students framed the issue as one of democratic accountability, while avoiding getting caught in the partisan fight that has ensued.

In the context of El Salvador’s transformation under Bukele, its relationship with China continues to be both limited and contradictory.

While the state recovers billions in London and The Hague, oil workers in Kazakhstan still receive a fraction of what they are owed.

The U.S. and Pakistan engage in substantial intelligence-sharing and counterterrorism cooperation. These could be at risk.

Legislators of the Trinamool Congress, which ruled West Bengal for three straight terms, have left the party in droves, leaving it a mere shadow of its former self.

The Chinese see Indians as not having absorbed the lessons that China did from its humiliation at the hands of the West.

The country's foreign policy is being distorted by militarized thinking and a misplaced faith in U.S. power.

Power trading between Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore could be an important step toward the realization of the ambitious ASEAN Power Grid.

Whatever the misgivings of the country's security establishment, China is set to remain an important partner of the new military-backed civilian government.

The UNODC warned of a growing convergence between drug trafficking operations and other criminal enterprises, particularly online scamming operations.

China’s approach to external connectivity recognizes that different trade routes perform different functions under different political and operational conditions.

The strategic goal for most countries is energy systems that are affordable and cannot be blocked or held hostage. For Taiwan, the stakes are particularly high.

The region is not merely a corridor to somewhere else. Nor is it a prize in someone else’s contest. It is a geopolitical space – with disparate yet largely collaborative actors – in its own right.

The general discontent in society is palpable; the opposition can see it. But the INDIA bloc has not yet been able to convert the discontent in society into votes.

For six minerals critical to South Korea’s most strategically important industries, China’s 2025 share of Korean imports ranges from 14.8 percent to 94.2 percent 

The PLA’s military expansion is steadily chipping away at one of Australia’s principal defensive assets: geography. 

Recent survey data suggest that many Taiwanese fear that Taiwan’s interests could be overlooked or sacrificed as Washington and Beijing seek to stabilize their relationship.

The merger is the latest step in the consolidation – or rebranding – of power under President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The names change; the system stays the same. 

Drones are the centerpiece of the bilateral cooperation. The two countries are also discussing manufacture of military hardware in Bangladesh.