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Japan’s government is cutting passport fees in a bid to incentivize overseas travel, which has yet to recover from the pandemic.

If successful, Bangladesh could inspire beleaguered democrats across Asia and beyond. If not, it risks validating the resilience of hybrid regimes that mimic elections while stifling competition.

Amid the great power competition, do either the U.S. or Chinese strategies advance Africa’s own vision for developing the continent’s mining sector?

With the February 2 U.S.-India tariff deal announcement, New Delhi has apparently traded its energy security for capital reassurance.

The public humiliation of Vice Premier Yang Sung Ho is part of a longer pattern: Kim has been escalating his accountability rhetoric for years.

Previously, Pakistan has quietly facilitated backchannel contacts between the U.S. and Iran. Its inclusion now in nuclear talks between the two is unprecedented.

A steady course in troubled waters.

If a situation arises in which Trump were to offer sweeping concessions to North Korea, there may be no one left to apply the brakes.

It is a season of personnel changes in China.

A leaked planning document published by Project88 emphasizes that Hanoi deeply distrusts the official U.S. proclamations that it respects Vietnam’s political system.

The two complaints sought the president's removal for a range of offenses, including alleged drug use and involvement in high-level corruption.

In Myanmar, Cambodia, and beyond, technology has enabled illicit economies to become enmeshed with the systems that underpin legitimate trade and finance.

The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) won 739 of the 1,025 seats up for grabs in national and provincial assemblies.

Cutting working hours may offer a paradoxical solution to the region's coming demographic crunch.

There is little doubt that China-U.S. dynamics will continue to have a major influence over Islamabad's relations with Washington and Beijing. 

15 years of tensions over the massive copper mine boiled over in December 2025. Can Mongolia and the mining giant reach a resolution?

Kazakh authorities, and the Eurasian Economic Commission, say the slowdown is resulting from increased measure to combat the “illegal trafficking of goods.”

Insights from Yi-Ling Liu.

Officially, New Zealand is “assessing” membership. But key government documents suggest many of the practical steps Pillar II of AUKUS would involve are already underway.

The Karachaganak precedent is likely to shape Kazakhstan’s approach to energy governance, production-sharing agreement renegotiations, and investor relations in the years ahead.