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Beyond the Korean Peninsula: How the South Korea-US Alliance Can Contribute to Regional Security
Even if a strategic and comprehensive alliance can be made a reality, the big question is how to make that happen amid the ...
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Making Sense of Bangladesh’s Monsoon Uprising
Six months ago, Asia’s Iron Lady, Sheikh Hasina, fell dramatically from power. What happened?
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China’s AI Shock? What DeepSeek Disrupts (and Doesn’t)
DeepSeek’s success is not based on outperforming its U.S. counterparts, but on delivering similar results at significantly ...
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Sugarcane’s ‘Black Snow’ Is Worsening Bangkok’s Air Pollution Crisis
So far, the Thai government’s efforts to improve its air quality have failed to address the systemic causes of the problem.
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Trump 2.0 and the Debilitating, Discharging, and Devitalizing of Korean Companies
Driving the aforementioned anxieties is Trump and team members such as Energy Secretary nominee Chris Wright’s dislike of EVs ...
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Chinese Stadium Diplomacy in Africa, Pt 2: Adey Ababa Stadium in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s long-anticipated stadium in Addis Ababa, with which the country aspires to host the AFCON, may get a boost to ...
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Bangladesh and Pakistan Are Changing South Asia’s Geopolitical Landscape
Their growing alliance will not bring stability to the region. Rather, it will raise the geopolitical temperature and provoke ...
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The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone, Explained
The project is intended to bring together Malaysia’s land and labor with Singaporean finance and investment.
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China’s DeepSeek Is America’s AI Sputnik Moment
A Chinese AI model is now as good as leading U.S. AI models, using only a tiny fraction of GPU resources available. This is a ...
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Hawai’i’s Role in the US Indo-Pacific Energy Security Dilemma
Hawai’i’s local energy infrastructure issues have major implications for the security of U.S. forces in the Pacific.
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Five Thai Hostages Released in Israel-Hamas Prisoner Exchange
The five hostages were among the 31 Thai agricultural workers who were captured by Hamas from four farms close to the Gaza ...
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The Weave: China Policy and Trump’s Executive Orders
Most of the presidential actions Trump has taken thus far don’t seem to relate to China directly. Yet all of them will impact the China-U.S. competition.