By adding legal backup to state control of Chinese private companies, Decree No. 837 affects any country receiving their ...

The U.S. wants explicit alignment, but China’s more flexible approach to strategic competition resonates with Pacific Island ...

Chadchart Sittipunt, an independent, has replicated the landslide victory that delivered him to the governor’s office in 2022 ...

“Economic statecraft is not as simple or easy as Chinese decisionmakers think or as U.S. policymakers and external observers might fear,” argues Audrye Wong, author of a new book on the topic. China’s ...

Although the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) established the fundamental legal framework governing maritime rights and jurisdiction, the absence of judicial ...

There are no official statistics on acid attacks on women in Pakistan. But an estimated 200 cases are reported each year. The Global Gender Gap Report 2025 by the World Economic Forum once again ...

The Section 301 Investigation launched by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in March 2026 is framed as a ...

China’s top priority is now keeping the Gulf states, and above all Saudi Arabia and the UAE, from drawing closer to ...

Washington has spared India’s generics from its new drug tariffs. But the real exposure running through India’s pharmacy lies ...

India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar recently concluded his East Asia tour, which included Mongolia. The ...

The war did what years of Western pressure could not, effectively removing Russia as a viable arms supplier to Southeast Asia ...

Russia’s assurance that it will maintain a long-term supply of oil and gas to Malaysia looks like a veiled effort to keep ...