The Palm and Ignorance Underneath the Floods
The heavy rains of late November 2025 devastated many countries in South East Asia. Indonesia was hit the hardest, with more than 953 lives lost in Aceh, Sumatr...
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NATO’s Path Forward in Eurasia’s Silent Wars
During the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia has quietly threatened many of its neighbors, gauging their ability to withstand future Kremlin aggression. The battle...
An AI Transformation—But for Whom in the Asia-Pacific?
Over the past decade, artificial intelligence has moved from a niche technological frontier to a transformative global force. The number of new AI firms finance...
South Korea’s Diplomacy Has an Institutional Problem
In October 2025, a South Korean man escaped human trafficking captivity in Cambodia. When he rushed to the Korean Embassy in Phnom Penh for help, he was reporte...
Enforcing English: The Politics of Language Education in the Philippines
In 2013, a Philippine high school expelled three students. Their crime? Speaking their native language. Their school’s policy mandated the use of English in all...
The Myanmar Frontier: Why the United States Should Provide Military Aid to the NUG
By August of last year, Myanmar’s ruling military Junta, the Tatmadaw, appeared to be on the brink of collapse. Since seizing power from the nation’s democratic...
Trump’s Intentions Behind the Thailand–Cambodia Ceasefire: A Bid for “President of Peace”—and the Nobel
For five days in late July 2025, the world witnessed violence erupt once again on the Thailand-Cambodia border, one of the most prominent flashpoints in Southea...
Echoes of Colonialism in Pakistan
When Pakistan issued 75-rupee commemoration banknotes in 2022 to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of its independence, the symbolism was hard to miss. The new...
Fragile Peace: Nuclear Military Posturing in South Asia
The skies roared overhead as two Mi-17V5 helicopters cut through the air at the Independence Day Parades in New Delhi, one bearing the Indian tricolor, the othe...
Where Empire and Market Meet: The Hidden Cost of Geopolitics on India’s Artisans
In the once-packed streets of Surat, Gujarat, the dissonance of polishing machines and voices has lulled to a halt. A sign of life in the streets of the diamond...