Maintenance Work Brings Down Oil Production at Kazakhstan’s Kashagan
Daily production at the Kashagan oil field has dropped by 60 percent, according to the Kazakh Ministry of Energy, amid planned maintenance work, contributing to a 13 percent decrease in production...
View ArticleForget China: In the Pacific Islands, the US Is Its Own Worst Enemy
The United States is competing with China for influence and access in the Pacific Islands, a region that could play a crucial role in winning a war in Asia, much as it did during World War II. In...
View ArticleUzbekistan’s Upcoming Parliamentary Elections: A Chance for Change?
As Uzbekistan gears up for its parliamentary elections, scheduled for October 27, the political landscape is buzzing with activity. With five political parties vying for seats and public sentiment...
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Sri Lanka’s New President Is More a Pragmatist Than a Marxist
On September 21, National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s eighth presidential election. Two days after being sworn in as the president, Dissanayake dissolved the...
View Article8 Months on, South Korean Doctors Are Still on Strike
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is known for being tough on doctors – not without due reason. He has a history of butting heads with the medical establishment. Prior to 2000, doctors in South...
View ArticleAre India’s Women Chief Ministers Any Different From Their Male Counterparts?
When Oxford-educated Atishi took charge as chief minister of Delhi a fortnight ago, she was hailed for being the country’s youngest chief minister. Expectations ran high as Atishi, the third woman to...
View ArticleTrial of 11 Journalists in Kyrgyzstan Ends in Prison Sentences and Acquittals
Nearly nine months after Kyrgyz authorities took 11 journalists associated with Temirov Live into custody, a court in Bishkek announced its verdict: Two of the journalists, charged with organizing or...
View ArticleWhat’s Old and New in the Midterm Philippine Elections?
The Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) says that that it has received 43,033 applications for the midterm elections scheduled for May 2025. Each voter will select 12 senators, a district...
View ArticleMinding Global South Realities Amid Indo-Pacific Strategic Competition
“Global South mobilization is predicated on the acceptance of our growing agency and the desire to work together as equals” with the Global North, Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim noted in a key...
View ArticleASEAN Again Urges End to Myanmar Conflict, but Struggles For Way Forward
On Wednesday, during its summit in Laos, Southeast Asian leaders once again pressed Myanmar’s military junta and its opponents to take “concrete action” to resolve the conflict that has consumed the...
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Speeding Up the Economy: The Role of Methamphetamines in the Southeast Asian...
Like many teenagers around the world, Ngo started using drugs after being encouraged by his friends. But what separates his experiences in Cambodia from that of a teenager in many other countries is...
View ArticleAt ASEAN Meeting, US Condemns Chinese Actions in South China Sea
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken today condemned China’s recent assertive actions in the South China Sea, as he met leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Laos. “We...
View ArticlePakistan Renegotiates Costly Contracts With 5 Private Power Producers
In a significant shift in Pakistan’s energy landscape, the Shehbaz Sharif government has approved the termination of contracts with five private Independent Power Producers (IPPs) as part of broader...
View ArticleCan China’s Global South Strategy Achieve Its Objectives in Central Asia?
The notion of the Global South has been characterized as “an intellectually elusive but emotionally rich term.” The multifaceted term Global South can refer to over 120 countries. It is used to...
View ArticleIs There a Future for Central Asia’s Indian Ocean Transport Projects?
Central Asian countries are actively exploring new trade routes that could connect them to the Indian Ocean, focusing on partnerships with Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. These routes offer the...
View ArticleAustralian Public Diplomacy and a National Rugby League Team in Papua New Guinea
The 2024 Olympics in Paris demonstrated the continuing importance of sports events as an aspect of public diplomacy and soft power. France used the event to reflect the French commitment to diversity...
View ArticleIndia’s Stake in the Settlement of the Chagos Dispute
The United Kingdom is drawing a curtain over its last colonial possession in the African continent with the transfer of the sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago. While the Mauritius-U.K. agreement has...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes of US Nuclear Diplomacy With India
In 2004, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott published “Engaging India. Diplomacy, Democracy and the Bomb,” his diplomatic account of U.S. relations with India and Pakistan over...
View ArticleFrom G2 to Cold War 2.0: The Changing US Attitude Toward China
On September 18, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell bluntly stated at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing that “the Cold War pales in comparison to the multifaceted challenges that...
View ArticleThe Quad Is Quietly Adapting Methods of Security Cooperation
Exercise Malabar is underway in the Bay of Bengal, hosted by India. The navies of the four Quad nations – Australia, India, Japan, and the United States – coming together for a multilateral exercise...
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