Vietnam Appoints President’s Ally as New Security Minister
Vietnam’s parliament has approved the appointment of a close ally of President To Lam as the new minister of public security, bolstering the former’s chances of becoming the next chief of the Communist...
View ArticleAs International Justice Fails, Solidarity Must Prevail
As grisly milestones mount globally, our collective humanity is collapsing under the weight of unaccountable atrocities. More than three million people have been displaced since Myanmar’s 2021 coup,...
View Article76% of Filipinos View China as Country’s ‘Greatest Threat’: Survey
More than three out of every four Filipinos consider China to be the biggest threat to their country, according to a survey released this week, as tensions continue to rise between the two nations in...
View ArticleCorruption Issues Loom Large as Mongolia Prepares to Vote
Mongolians will head to the polls in less than a month to vote for a new parliament. For many voters, the election is an opportunity to select the party they think is best suited to delivering on...
View ArticleModi’s Third Term Likely to See Closer India-US Defense Ties
Fresh from declaring victory in India’s election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered few details on the agenda for his third term, but went out of his way to underline he would continue to focus on...
View ArticleHow the ‘Politics of Gratitude’ Inflames Cambodia-Vietnam Relations
On May 20, Vietnam’s Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Huu Tang was summoned by Cambodian Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, to discuss a rash of online criticisms of Hun Sen, the former prime minister...
View ArticleWhat Does a Chastized Modi Mean for the World?
When you hold the world’s largest electoral exercise, the outcomes can be perplexing and paradoxical. That’s what happened this week in India’s colossal parliamentary elections. After weeks of voting,...
View ArticleTibetan Participation in India’s Elections: Past, Present, and Future
India, the world’s largest democracy, recently concluded its general elections, forming a new government once again led by the victorious Bharatiya Janata Party. Amid this democratic exercise, a...
View ArticleThailand and Myanmar’s Road Ahead: A Chat with Pichai Chuensuksawadi
Pichai Chuensuksawadi spent his early years at boarding school in Australia before returning to Thailand, where he would work the next five decades as a journalist, editor, and publisher, and remains a...
View ArticleThailand’s MFP Remains Defiant as Crucial Court Decision Looms
Two days before the Constitutional Court is set to decide its fate, Thailand’s opposition Move Forward Party (MFP) remained defiant, arguing that the court has no power to dissolve it. The popular...
View ArticleSouth Korean President Yoon Sweeping Through Central Asia
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is traveling through Central Asia this week, after touching down in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on June 10. He is scheduled to visit Astana, Kazakhstan on June 11-13 and...
View ArticleDiesel Prices Leap Upward as Malaysia Begins Subsidy Reforms
Diesel prices yesterday jumped by more than 50 percent in Malaysia, after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government began to revamp its long-standing system of fuel subsidies in order to reduce the...
View ArticleWhy Did Modi’s Usage of Divinity as a Political Instrument Not Succeed?
The heat and dust from India’s general elections has settled. But the big question — why did Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “divinity” pitch not work? — remains unanswered. The notion that one is...
View ArticleHow Different Will Modi 3.0 Be From Previous Terms?
On June 9, Narendra Modi was sworn in as India’s prime minister for the third consecutive term. He is widely perceived to have less authority this time, as his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s tally in...
View ArticleChina’s 6th Generation and Upcoming Combat Aircraft: 2024 Update
In previous articles, I have documented the progression of combat aircraft in China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), as well as conveyed projections and estimates of near-term outcomes. Various...
View ArticleHow Will India-Japan Relations Evolve Under Modi 3.0?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been re-elected to a third straight term in office, joining Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister, as the only two Indian leaders to achieve that feat....
View ArticleWill China Replace the US As Saudi Arabia’s Main Ally?
On May 21 and 22, the finance minister of Saudi Arabia and his Chinese counterpart concluded their talks with an emphasis on bolstering partnerships in fields including artificial intelligence,...
View ArticleArt Imitates Life in Indonesian Horror Film – But is Anyone Entertained?
Indonesia has a new controversial horror flick in the form of “Vina: Sebelum 7 Hari” (Vina: Before 7 Days) which (loosely) tells the horrific tale of Vina Dewi Arsita, a 16-year-old from Cirebon in...
View ArticleWas the CIA Director Recently in Phnom Penh?
What exactly did Hun Sen just leak? On June 7, Cambodia’s former prime minister took to social media to explain why his country wouldn’t be sending a representative to the upcoming Ukraine-organized...
View ArticleVietnam on Record Pace for Spratly Island Construction in 2024, Report Says
Vietnam has “significantly accelerated” the expansion of its outposts in the Spratly Islands over the last six months, a U.S. think tank said last week, putting Hanoi on pace for a “record year of...
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