South Asia’s geopolitical chessboard is once again shifting beneath uneasy skies. The reported arrival of the American Secretary of State in Kolkata after a long fourteen-year hiatus—while conspicuously bypassing Dhaka—has ignited fierce
Asian equity markets tumbled to one-month lows on Tuesday, led by sharp selloffs in Japan and South Korea, as investors grew increasingly uneasy ahead of Nvidia’s earnings later this week—a key test
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A new book from veteran Singaporean diplomat Bilahari Kausikan, The Myth of the Asian Century, published as a Lowy Institute Paper, argues that the familiar narrative of an inevitable China-led Asian era
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government is preparing an extra budget for the current fiscal year that is set to surpass last year’s size, according to multiple local media reports, marking a renewed
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India’s wholesale prices fell 1.21% year-on-year in October, reversing the mild 0.13% rise recorded the previous month, according to government data released Friday. The decline was significantly sharper than economists surveyed by
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Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX) is considering new measures to curb the rapid rise of listed companies hoarding digital assets, as growing investor losses spark concern over the country’s crypto-driven stock frenzy.
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Thailand has extradited alleged casino kingpin She Zhijiang to China, marking a high-profile move in regional efforts to combat transnational crime. She, a Chinese-born naturalized Cambodian citizen, was handed over in Bangkok
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Ron Dermer has tendered his resignation as Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs, and in doing so, he declared that his mission is complete. But what, exactly, was
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J.N. Dixit, India’s former National Security Adviser and one of the country’s most seasoned diplomats, once wrote that the establishment of relations “with South Africa and then with Israel” was the most
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China’s shadowy next-generation fighter jet programs appear to be accelerating, with newly released commercial satellite imagery showing both the J-36 and J-XDS stealth aircraft at a remote and heavily expanded airbase near
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Just days before the second round of local elections in Macedonia, everyone here seems obsessed with one question: who will control the municipalities —and through them, control us? Power in this country
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