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In the South Asian strategic environment, even defensive measures can generate negative outcomes.

The fact that the two nations managed to reconcile after their painful history is a true feat of diplomacy – one that holds lessons for the world today.

A recent survey in Japan and South Korea has revealed that strategic elites in both countries remain sceptical about developing nuclear weapons. However, should one of the two countries take the lead in acquiring nuclear weapons, support for such a move in the other country could…

Since the BJP takeover of West Bengal, Muslims and Rohingyas in the region talk among themselves in hushed tones and try not to attract attention, worried about their fate.

To maximize its deterrent and warfighting effectiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, the United States must reform its military command-and-control structure in Northeast Asia. The post The case for a US Northeast Asia Command appeared first on Atlantic Council .

A Myanmar military airstrike on the Rakhine state town of Kyauktaw killed at least seven civilians.

The image of the nude torso of a millennia-old iconic figurine of a young woman was shaded in Indian school textbooks to make her appear clothed.

France’s fifth-largest city is increasingly serving as a showcase for Indo-Pacific diplomacy -- including the Indian PM's latest visit.

In April, the first Afghanistan-Central Asia Consultative Dialogue was held in Kabul, highlighting the considerable development of relations over the last five years.

While Delhi’s ties with Dhaka are hit by one hiccup after another, Bangladesh's PM Tarique Rahman is set to visit China next week.

A sharp sell-off in Indonesian assets has taken on a political tone online, with some social media users alleging, without evidence, that Singapore stands to gain from a “Sell Indonesia” narrative around Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. The rupiah has slipped to multiple record …

When then secretary of defense Jim Mattis changed the name of US Pacific Command to ‘Indo-Pacific Command’ in 2018, he said the command boundaries stretched from Bollywood to Hollywood and from polar bears to penguins. ...

Directive aimed at government workers, but reports of wider implementation spark warnings of future Afghanistan-wide prohibition The Taliban have ordered a sweeping ban on the use of smartphones by government officials – in what some analysts say could foreshadow broader, populat…

When Yuriko Koike was Japan’s environment minister in 2005, she was hailed by legions of salarymen as they shed ties and jackets in summer during the “Cool Biz” national energy-saving campaign that she helped to launch. Now, as Tokyo governor, Koike has taken the idea a step furt…

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he thinks Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is his “biggest fan” among world leaders. “Japan’s doing very well,” Trump said at a press conference after a Group of Seven summit concluded in the French spa resort of Evian-les-Bains. …

Japan needs to revisit the pacifist posture that has defined it since World War Two, Shinjiro Koizumi says.

China, South Korea, Japan, India, and Singapore are all setting ambitious AI goals while the EU falls farther behind.

Insights from Looi Teck Kheong.

The killing of Indian sailors by the U.S. military adds to the web of complications, but the structural foundations haven't changed.

The establishment of a National Intelligence Council and a National Intelligence Bureau is part of a long series of reforms and restructuring dating back to the end of World War II.

Government workers in different parts of Afghanistan have started switching off their smartphones, following an order imposed on Wednesday that they said came from Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. A letter announcing the ban on smartphones for all government employees starte…