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Wed, 04/02/2026 - 15:22
The treaty’s looming end sends a damaging signal about how the United States now views nuclear competition – and China is watching.
Wed, 04/02/2026 - 14:32
Fixation on the “no-limits” formula obscures a more consequential development that occurred at the same time.
Wed, 04/02/2026 - 14:18
The draft Constitution is an elegant blueprint. But what does it promise? And what will audiences, internal and external, read in it?
Wed, 04/02/2026 - 14:00
Takaichi looks set to win a major victory – but voters are laser-focused on economic issues, not her desired security reforms.
Wed, 04/02/2026 - 11:28
The former rapper campaigns in silence. For now, he is winning without speaking. But Nepali elections have a way of demanding answers.
Wed, 04/02/2026 - 10:30
In his unpublished memoir, then-Indian Army Chief Gen. Naravane claims that a key decision on whether or not to fire upon advancing Chinese tanks and troops was left to him to make.
Wed, 04/02/2026 - 05:33
India and the U.S. seem to have agreed only on a framework to address the reciprocal tariff agreement. More work lies ahead for a full trade agreement.
Wed, 04/02/2026 - 00:14
After the collapse of the party's "digital wallet" stimulus plan, voters should not be fooled by its recently announced 1 million-baht election sweepstakes.
Tue, 03/02/2026 - 20:09
Asia’s most iconic species makes an ‘improbable return’ in the forests of Russia and China.
Tue, 03/02/2026 - 17:04
Chinese analysts talk tough but see NATO as divided and European states as lacking hard power – and Trump is making it worse.
Tue, 03/02/2026 - 16:37
“We will establish the power of the people – this is my commitment,” the BNP leader tells The Diplomat.
Tue, 03/02/2026 - 15:57
We are seeing the return of overt geopolitics: a style of major power politics that does not bother to hide behind international law or multilateral norms. That’s good news for China – and bad news for Taiwan.
Tue, 03/02/2026 - 15:08
President Lee Jae-myung criticized the DP for slowrolling his agenda, and pro-Lee supporters’ anger toward party leader Jung Cheong-rae has snowballed.
Tue, 03/02/2026 - 14:46
Nature provides essential inputs to the economy through ecosystem services. In Asia and the Pacific, accelerating biodiversity loss is eroding these services, increasing vulnerability to shocks, and creating new risks for investors and governments.
Tue, 03/02/2026 - 14:35
European governments present themselves as global defenders of human rights. Yet for many dissidents fleeing repression in Central Asia, Europe has become not a refuge, but another link in the chain of persecution.
Tue, 03/02/2026 - 14:01
The murky trade deal – like all aspects of Taiwan-U.S. relations – has become a battleground issue between the pan-Green and pan-Blue camps.
Tue, 03/02/2026 - 11:40
Encroachers belong to different communities, including local groups in some instances, but many are Muslim immigrants from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Tue, 03/02/2026 - 06:18
Last week, the IHSG Composite Index plunged by 8 percent, wiping out an estimated $80 billion in market value.
Tue, 03/02/2026 - 02:46
After surviving an impeachment attempt last year, Sara Duterte has once again been accused of corruption and betraying the public's trust.
Tue, 03/02/2026 - 01:04
A human rights group representing the Chin ethnic minority last month submitted a legal complaint in Dili accusing the military of a litany of abuses.
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