The Quad in an ‘America First’ World
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Since the policy’s launch a decade ago, China’s industrial upgrade has widened to boost economic security and self-reliance.
Can Vietnam adapt its economic model to this era of geopolitical fragmentation – or will it become collateral damage in someone else’s trade war?
It’s not just BRICS – foreign travel by Xi, and even by his premier, is way down across the board.
China’s government hopes an aging population can help diversify the economy – especially given the high rate of digital literacy among China’s elderly.
As Hong Kong’s last lawful pro-democracy group, the folding of the League of Social Democrats has brought an era of public dissent to a close.
Purges have cut the CMC nearly in half, with profound consequences for the PLA’s ability to function as a modern warfighting organization.
China’s economy is nowhere near a breaking point – but it is unmistakably slowing down.
Unlike his predecessor, Lee will likely play hardball in the tariff negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump.
One important factor that may have contributed to the far-righty party’s emergence was its appeal to the mainstream beyond traditional conservative voters.
Russia, China, and South Korea are trying to predict what the rise of Japan’s far right will mean for their interests.
From soaring household debt to entrenched labor dualism, inequality – not innovation – has become the defining feature of South Korea’s new economy.
Japan’s Official Security Assistance continues to grow in its third year, reflecting Tokyo’s aim to give Indo-Pacific countries a third option for partnership.
Many policemen justify the use of violence to elicit information and confessions from detainees.
The ongoing floods highlight the worsening climate crisis in Pakistan, with the government and international community struggling to deal with the destruction or adequately prepare for it.
The son of former President Gen. Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, Rahman is the acting chairman of the BNP.
The geographic and social conditions that make Badakhshan difficult for the Taliban to control also make it difficult for any widespread unrest to spill out from the region.
Initially, IAF’s aircraft losses were higher than those of the PAF. Abandoning restraint, the IAF switched to pounding Pakistani military targets.
Indonesia’s leaders evidently still have both the desire and the means to shape the past to suit the political needs of the present.
The acrimonious dispute, which flared into violence on July 24, concerns much more than a few square kilometers of rugged territory.
Both Jakarta and Hanoi seek to preserve strategic autonomy while navigating an increasingly polarized international environment. BRICS may offer a third path.
Many of the serious problems with the country’s microfinance sector were present at its inception in the 1990s.
The U.S. leader said that Washington would apply a 19 percent tariff on Philippine imports, while Manila has agreed to remove all of its tariffs on American goods.
The U.S. recently reduced nonimmigrant visa validity for Kyrgyz citizens from 10 years with multiple entries, down to 3 months with just one entry. A ban could be next.
The Russian press often presents Latinization in Kazakhstan through a politicized lens, relying on conspiratorial framing, colonial nostalgia, and mockery.
A new investigation and proliferating online ads reveal how Russian citizens send money to European bank accounts despite Western sanctions.
A letter to the Kazakh president stated, “Starting on August 1, 2025, we will charge Kazakhstan a Tariff of only 25 percent on any and all Kazakh products sent into the United States, separate from all Sectoral Tariffs.”
Central Asia has rarely occupied a prominent place on the U.S. foreign policy agenda, but the region’s dynamism shouldn’t be ignored by Washington.
Australia’s diplomatic approach to normalize relations with China has been driven by cold hard economic realities.
The patriarchal bargain shaping Fijian society has often played out as a man seizing power by force, followed by voters legitimizing him at the ballot box.
The Pacific Island countries pose a litmus test for whether the West can offer a coherent and compelling alternative to China’s digital sphere of influence.
Australia is acutely aware that it does not hold the same level of influence or capacity to project power in Southeast Asia as it does in the Pacific.
As the U.S. economic strategy toward China prioritizes commercial interests over national security concerns, Washington’s appetite to rally its economic allies and confront China has been sputtering.
The recent tariff agreement has calmed bilateral tensions between Hanoi and Washington, but new trade tensions could be in store.
Previous tariffs have prompted Chinese manufacturers to shift their operations to Indonesia and Laos, while low-cost Indian solar imports are also on the rise.
Experts say an FMS system is needed to facilitate Japan’s defense exports, a long-held dream of the LDP.
China and Russia’s growing military-technical cooperation aims to preserve strategic stability, but it could have the opposite effect.
The U.S. push for increased defense spending from its Asian allies mirrors the Cold War-era experience of NATO, where U.S. pressure led to gradual but necessary increases in defense capabilities.
According to the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, Cambodia-based scamming operations are generating billions of dollars in illicit profits each year.
The story of each of the three protagonists in “All We Imagine as Light” represents one of the major problems that Indian women face.
True conservation must be about more than numbers. It must respect the dignity, rights, and voices of those who have lived in harmony with these forests for generations.
China is using “cultural development” to shape “an ideologically and psychologically friendly environment in North Korea.”
