India to Buy Air Defense Missiles for Contested Border With China
Friction along the Asian nations’ contested border has risen since the June 2020 confrontation that resulted in at least 20 Indian and four...
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Influential Hindu Leader Backs LGBT Lobby as Indian Supreme Court Responds to Impending Ruling
Indian LGBT advocates are hoping that their country’s Supreme Court will follow in the...
Senior German Lawmaker Affirms Germany Will Not Arm Taiwan
SINGAPORE — Germany will not supply Taiwan with weapons and has not been requested...
South Korea Curtails “Green” Plans in Push for More Nuclear Energy
SINGAPORE — South Korea will bolster nuclear power generation and curtail its plans for...
South Korea and US Plan Tabletop Nuclear Drills to Counter Communist North
SINGAPORE — South Korea and the United States will conduct tabletop exercises in February...
Asian Powers Seek European Help to Counter Regional Threats
Amid threats from Russia, China, and North Korea, powers like Japan, South Korea, and...
Taiwan Military Officers Suspected of Spying for China; China Increasing Disinformation Campaigns
SINGAPORE — Taiwan detained three active-duty officers and a retired Air Force officer suspected...
Japanese Minister Calls for ‘New World Order’ to Deal With the Rise of Authoritarian Regimes
The trade and industry minister said that post-Cold War free trade and economic interdependence...
Ex-NATO Chief Urges Consequences for China if It Invades Taiwan
Anders Fogh Rasmussen admitted that although sanctions by democracies worldwide could lead to a...
How India Is Maintaining a Delicate Balancing Act in a Multipolar World
The country is walking a diplomatic tightrope between its Western trading partners and Russia,...
A Look at How Hindu Extremists Have Persecuted Indian Christians
India ranks 10th on Open Doors' World Watch List of countries where it is...
Does the Marcos-Xi Meeting Bode Well for China-Philippine Ties?
In light of political and economic pressure from both China and the U.S., the...
EU’s Climate Action Tax Will Impact India’s Steel Exports
India claims that the developed nations are not fulfilling their commitment to support low-...
A Glimpse Into the De-dollarization Trend in Asia
Demand for the dollar has been decreasing over the last 20 years, and is...
New Nepalese Prime Minister Praises Mao Zedong After Assuming Power
Pushpa Kamal Dahal, a former Maoist guerrilla who was appointed on December 25 as...
China Lambastes U.S. for Twisting Facts After Aircraft Clash
Though China blames the confrontation on the United States, the American military asserts that...
China’s Suppression of the Internet Industry
To keep the internet industry in its place as well as to assert its...
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Likely to Spend Life in Prison
The 77-year-old winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has already begun her 26-year prison...
China Grants Hong Kong Power to Ban Foreign Lawyers From National Security Cases
China’s top lawmaking body granted Hong Kong leader John Lee the authority to ban...
Americans Sanctioned by China Over Human Rights Issues in Tibet Say They Don’t CareÂ
Two American citizens who were sanctioned by China in a reprisal for U.S. sanctions...