Asia-Pacific Archive

With a consolidation of competing alliance blocs, the world is entering a perilous time. It may only get worse.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s underperformance in India’s general elections in June 2024 put a dent in his aura of invincibility and suggests that the appeal of his Hindu nationalist agenda could be fading. Whether that forces Modi to rein in his illiberal tendencies remains to be seen.

President Xi Jinping is doubling down on China’s manufacturing capacity to enhance its global power, at the expense of needed reforms.

The Taliban will attend a U.N.-hosted conference on Afghanistan, a controversial invitation vocally criticized by Afghan women’s right activists.

The consensus that the U.S. is engaged in a strategic competition with China masks a deeper debate that is set to last.

Russia and North Korea signed a mutual defense agreement at a summit in Pyongyang, a significant elevation of their bilateral relationship.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks a lot about women’s empowerment. His record in office is far from encouraging.

A Chinese vessel and a Philippine ship collided yesterday in the South China Sea, marking the latest and one of the most serious in a series of confrontations between the two sides.

The G7 summit has become an important political forum for the Western-led global order. But its long-term survival is still unclear.

South Korea is making efforts to more actively engage with Africa and the Middle East. It’s part of Seoul’s broader geopolitical ambitions.

President Xi Jinping’s vision for China’s economic future is about a lot more than growth. It’s also a huge gamble.

Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim has largely failed on both foreign and domestic policy, and these failures appear to be mutually reinforcing.