North Korea has rarely admitted the presence of its troops in foreign battlefields, let alone in an ongoing conflict. However, in late April, it did just that. The effort to reassure the public does ...

An American abroad: How one influencer’s visit to China turned the tables ...

The Mar-a-Lago Accord is an idea floated by Stephen Miran, recently appointed Chairman of the US Council of Economic Advisers. Such a deal, Miran claims, would address the US current account and ...

Vietnam was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump during his first term. This time, Vietnam could be among the biggest casualties. Trump’s first term tariffs on China ...

The border opened to foreign visitors for only a month before being sealed again. North Korean troops in Russia might be the reason. Non-Russian tourists had been granted access only to the Rason ...

If you’re looking to the United States for hints on how young Australian men will vote in the upcoming federal election, you might find yourself puzzled by their apparent shift towards conservatism.

For several years, the US security establishment appeared fixated on the year 2027 as the deadline set by Xi Jinping to compel Taiwan with military force. First raised by then-INDOPACOM commander ...

The US aid freeze won’t break the Pacific, but it will create unnecessary disruptions. For Southeast Asia, the consequences are mixed, likely to hit Myanmar and Cambodia hardest, as well as those ...

Growing up in India, it was most common to hear the word “population” juxtaposed with “explosion”, like a frightful bomb that would go off in our faces. The first known use of the term “population ...

How times change. Only three years ago, President-elect Donald Trump declared cryptocurrencies to be a “scam” and a threat to the primacy of the dollar in the international economy. We think he was ...

Beijing is becoming less generous. New data suggests 2018 was a high water mark for China’s aid to the region. In November 2018 Port Moresby was a sea of red in the build up to the APEC leader’s ...

After a five-year hiatus, the leaders of India and China held substantive bilateral talks this week in Kazan, Russia, on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President ...