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The Leaked Call Shaking Thai Politics: Translated
Secret audio of Thai PM pleading with Hun Sen over border dispute sparks outrage and calls for resignation.
 • Nattan Casey Plewissara
New Railway Connecting Iran & China Presents Opportunities & Challenges
A new overland trade route promises faster freight and strategic autonomy, but operational roadblocks threaten its success.
 • Dr. Steven Terner
A "Golden Year" Built on Sand
China and Iran Eye Closer Ties in 2025 — but the Foundation Is Far from Solid
 • Alex Gintz (林大可）
The Asia Outlook: 2025
As the global community steps into 2025, the Indo-Pacific region remains the epicenter of many of the most pressing political developments facing…
 • Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳), Alex Gintz (林大可）, Andrew Gundal, and Caleb Mills
The Asia Outlook: 2026
As the global community enters 2026, it does so amid a rapidly shifting international order defined less by continuity than by disruption.
 • Alex Gintz (林大可）, Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳), Caleb Mills, Nattan Casey Plewissara, Sapna, and Alex Benetos
Asia Daily: July 2, 2025
China China’s ethnic affairs overseer to take Communist Party helm in Xinjiang. Chen Xiaojiang, a Han Chinese official with a background in ethnic…
 • Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳) and Alex Gintz (林大可）
Why Differences Regarding India & Pakistan Will Not Cause a Major Rift Between Russia & China
Despite backing opposing sides in South Asia, Moscow and Beijing remain aligned in their flexible, anti-Western partnership.
 • Sapna
Repression Without Arrest: The Invisible Weight of Fear in China
China’s quiet war on dissent is more effective — and more exportable — than it looks.
 • Liam Kierans
Examining the Mistrust Between Iran & Pakistan
Bound by geography and divided by history, the two Islamic Republics remain uneasy neighbors.
 • Sapna
Chinese Counterterrorism Diplomacy in Afghanistan: Cooperation or Coercion?
How Beijing uses investment, recognition, and security demands to shape Taliban behavior after the U.S. withdrawal.
 • James Andrew Calderon
An Opportunity for South Korean Economic Diversification
The great power narrative is misguided.
 • Griffin Grubb
Yoon Suk Yeol's Impeachment Is Upheld
Yoon is formally dismissed from the office of the presidency following a ruling by the Constitutional Court of Korea.
 • Alex Gintz (林大可）
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