For years, Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port was the textbook example of what Western politicians called Chinese “debt-trap diplomacy” – the claim that Beijing lures poor countries into unpayable loans and then seizes
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Water lies at the heart of South Asia’s economy and security. The Indus Basin supports approximately 300 million people and irrigates nearly 26 million hectares of agricultural land, making it one of
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A State of Contradictions Startling contradictions define Pakistan’s posture today. To the outside world, Islamabad parades as a peace broker—courting Washington and Tehran with the language of diplomacy. Yet at home, the
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On the early morning of June 10, 2026, Pakistani military aircraft launched a series of cross-border airstrikes, targeting civilian and residential areas in the eastern Afghan provinces of Khost, Kunar, and Paktika.
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In the 1950s and 1960s, a massive wave of underground humor swept across the USSR and the Eastern Bloc featuring a fictional broadcaster called Armenian Radio (known in the West as Radio
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From 29 to 31 May, forces of the South African left gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the Conference of the Left. It is important to understand the context for this meeting.
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Reliable government sources have indicated that a former President may be arrested as a suspect in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, intensifying scrutiny around a case that continues to reverberate through
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Seventeen years after the cessation of open conflict, the north of Sri Lanka still carries the physical memory of war in its soil like an unspent sentence. Jaffna does not present itself as a
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India is deploying military aircraft to transport national examination papers as part of an emergency effort to restore confidence in its education system following a series of exam scandals that have triggered
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Chinese firms have unveiled artificial intelligence-enabled policing technologies capable of analysing suspects’ physical health, mental condition and perceived behavioural risk, according to demonstrations presented at a law enforcement equipment exhibition in Beijing.
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Oil prices climbed sharply on Thursday as escalating military actions between the United States and Iran intensified concerns over global energy flows, with Tehran announcing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz
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The Philippines’ plan to raise bilateral trade with Vietnam to US$10 billion by 2026 is facing mounting pressure from policy instability in Manila, where shifting rice import rules and tariff uncertainty are
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Singapore’s private wealth community is reassessing exposure to software investments as generative artificial intelligence reshapes the technology landscape, prompting family offices and institutional allocators to shift capital toward more defensible data-driven businesses
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A large share of South-east Asia’s renewable energy infrastructure faces significant exposure to climate-related hazards by 2030, with about US$165 billion in assets at risk across the region, according to a report
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Europe continues to describe China in familiar categories: partner, competitor, and systemic rival. Yet behind this triad, a growing number of analysts argue that the continent still lacks a coherent strategy for
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