In 2023, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s long-running war on corruption began to heat up again. By early 2026, perhaps as many as 100 senior military officers — including five of the six members of the ...

Kim Ju-ae, daughter of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, is reportedly being groomed as his designated successor. But the real question is not whether Kim Jong-un wants to pass power to his ...

Junqing Zhang is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University. His research interests focus on illicit economic flows, particularly online gambling in China ...

Dr Ming Gao is a Researcher in the Department of History at Lund University and is affiliated with the Lund University Profile Area Human Rights. His work explores gender, feminism, and the legacies ...

Kurniawan Arif Maspul is a researcher and interdisciplinary writer focusing on Islamic diplomacy and Southeast Asian political thought. He holds an M.Ed in Advanced Teaching, an MBA, and an MA in ...

The Japanese upper house election last week offered voters an opportunity to embrace stability or deliver change. The results landed somewhere in between, and the indecisive result will pose a ...

The International Monetary Fund's assessment of Indonesia's nickel export ban policy has revived debate, pointing to substantial impacts on export revenues and value addition, while also discussing ...

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) represent rival order-building visions to reshape the region in line with China and the United States’ strategic ...

When a deepfake audio of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr seemingly ordering a military attack against an ‘adversary’ surfaced online, it proved that hypothetical risks posed by AI-generated ...

After weeks of violent demonstrations, Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to abdicate in August 2024, ending 15 years of dominant-party rule. The rollback of democratic institutions, ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s April 2025 diplomatic tour through Southeast Asia, starting in Vietnam, represents Beijing’s strategic response to a rapidly shifting trade landscape. Xi’s decision to ...

Metro Manila has long been notorious for its traffic jams. In 2023, the Philippine capital earned the unenviable distinction of having the world’s longest average travel time — 25.5 minutes just to ...