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Robert Rubin on the Future of US-China Relations
By
Maurits Elen
for
The Diplomat
January 11, 2017
Robert Rubin shares his vision on Sino-American relations in the new Trump era.
Kashmir’s Cross-Border Barter Trade
By
Ishfaq Naseem
for
The Diplomat
January 11, 2017
Cross-LoC trade between India- and Pakistan-administer Kashmir goes on, despite frequent cross-border skirmishes.
The World of Cambodia's Construction Site Children
By
Alex Consiglio
for
The Diplomat
January 14, 2017
The children who live, play, and sometimes work at construction sites in Phnom Penh.
Vietnam's Religious Law: Testing the Faithful
By
Luke Hunt
for
The Diplomat
January 12, 2017
Vietnam's new Law on Belief and Religion sparks worry about freedom of religion in the communist country.
Rafsanjani: The Iranian Revolution’s Unlikely Reformer
By
Kevjn Lim
for
The Diplomat
January 12, 2017
No one embodied the travails and contradictions of Iran’s Revolution as deeply as the late Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Golden Temple, Grey Air: Pollution in Amritsar
By
Deepti Asthana
for
The Diplomat
January 11, 2017
Pollution is threatening the world's holiest Sikh shrine.
Interviews
Robert Rubin on the Future of US-China Relations
Economy
Kashmir’s Cross-Border Barter Trade
Society
The World of Cambodia's Construction Site Children
Society
Vietnam's Religious Law: Testing the Faithful
Politics
Rafsanjani: The Iranian Revolution’s Unlikely Reformer
Environment
Golden Temple, Grey Air: Pollution in Amritsar
Popular Stories
January 07, 2017
China’s Zombie Companies and Japan’s Lost Two Decades
Japan’s experience is instructive for China economy watchers.
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January 07, 2017
China’s Trouble With Pakistan’s Turbulent Democracy
The real stumbling block to CPEC? The differences in political systems between China and Pakistan.
Read Story
January 06, 2017
Declassified: How India Tracked Pakistan’s Development of a Nuclear Device
Newly declassified documents reveal how New Delhi tracked Islamabad’s pursuit of a nuclear device.
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China Power
A New World Order
January 13, 2017
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Race Heats Up
With the election looming in March, the slate of contenders is almost set.
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The Limits of China's 'Silk Road' to Europe
Report: Hong Kong Human Rights Situation Worst Since 1997
China's Middle East Dilemma: Israel or Palestine?
Why China's Taiwan Approach Is Counterproductive
What All of China's New Leaders in 2017 Will Have in Common
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Flashpoints
Diplomacy by Other Means
January 14, 2017
Why India’s ICBM Tests Rile China
The reason behind China's fierce reaction to India's recent missile tests.
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A Chinese Carrier in the Taiwan Strait Isn't
Always
a Reason for Panic
Rex Tillerson, Trump's Secretary of State Nominee, Has a Dangerous Idea for the South China Sea
Taiwan Scrambles Fighters as China's Aircraft Carrier Enters Taiwan Strait
India Has Nothing to Fear From China's 'Belt and Road'
Pakistan Tests New Sub-Launched Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile. What Now?
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Asia Defense
Militaries of the Asia-Pacific
January 13, 2017
Chinese Navy Commissions Fifth Improved
Dongdiao
-class Spy Ship
The PLAN
Kaiyangxing
is the fifth
Dongdiao
-class AGI to enter service.
Read Post
Azerbaijan's Growing Military Cooperation With Pakistan
Can the US Defend Against a North Korean ICBM?
A New Russia-Philippines Military Pact?
India, Vietnam in Talks Over Surface-to-Air Missile System
A New Cyber Agency for Indonesia?
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ASEAN Beat
Insights Into Half a Billion
January 14, 2017
Is Cambodia's Chhay Thy Really a Sellout?
A closer look at a development that is sparking controversy in Cambodia.
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The Real Danger of Cambodia’s ‘Gay King’ Episode
Why Malaysia's Najib Razak Isn't Going Anywhere
What Will a New Indonesia Cyber Agency Mean?
Singapore and Cambodia: A Relationship Built on Sand
Japan Eyes New Coast Guard Body for ASEAN States
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The Pulse
Perspectives on South Asia
January 14, 2017
How Is Afghanistan's Fight Against Corruption Going?
Evaluating the progress and set-backs in attempts to reform Afghanistan's procurement process.
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Sri Lanka’s Troubling Quest for Justice
Is the Indian Supreme Court's Order to Ban Political Campaigns Based Around Identity Tenable?
India-UAE Ties: Moving Beyond Oil
What Trump Needs to Know About Afghanistan
Pakistan's Missing Human Rights Activists
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The Koreas
Divided Peninsula
January 14, 2017
What South Korea Thinks of China's 'Belt and Road'
China’s OBOR vision increasingly clashes with South Korea’s own Eurasia Initiative.
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Ban Ki-moon: South Korea's 'White Knight'?
The 'Final and Irreversible' 2015 Japan-South Korea Comfort Women Deal Unravels
In South Korea Impeachment Trial, Park's Lips Are Sealed
Former North Korean Diplomat: Denuclearization Not Likely
South Korea's Ruling Party Splits
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Tokyo Report
News from Japan
January 14, 2017
Japan’s Terrible Mistake on 'Comfort Women'
Japan has overreacted to the latest "comfort women" memorial statue in South Korea.
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How Trump Could Push China and Japan Together
Facing North Korean Threat, Japan Plans Ballistic Missile Evacuation Drills
Putin’s Visit to Japan and the Russia-Japan Summit
Abe in Pearl Harbor: From Remembrance to Reconciliation
Reluctant Military Power: Japan Opposes South Sudan Arms Embargo
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The Debate
Comment and Opinion
January 14, 2017
Rex Tillerson’s South China Sea Proposal Won’t Work
Rex Tillerson's plan for the South China Sea is unworkable.
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A Lesson for the West From Central Asia
The Trouble With Trump's Taiwan Approach
US-China Underwater Drone Incident: Legal Grey Areas
Democracy and Human Rights Shouldn’t Take a Backseat in US Southeast Asia Policy
The Foolishness of Strategic Decapitation in North Korea
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Crossroads Asia
The New Silk Road
January 12, 2017
Thanks Dad! Tajik President's Son Gets A New Job
Rustam Emomali is the new mayor of Tajikistan's capital.
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2 Years On, Eurasian Economic Union Falls Flat
Kyrgyz President Visits China, Stays for a Vacation
The Central Asian Women on the Frontline of Jihad
Gas Spats: Turkmenistan Tangles With Iran
Will Trump Recognize Russian Annexation of Crimea?
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The Rebalance
U.S. Policy on Asia
January 10, 2017
Rebalancing Russia: Trump's Pivot to Putin
Insights from Jill Dougherty.
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Will India’s Lobbying Change U.S. Policy Toward Pakistan?
North Korea: 4 Hard Questions for the Trump Administration
China-Cuba Relations: Assessing US Stakes
Trump’s China Hawk
Trump and US Asia Policy: Why Intel Matters
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Pacific Money
Economy and Business
January 14, 2017
Hong Kong's Green Finance Bonanza
Green finance could be the next foundation for Hong Kong's economy.
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China’s Zombie Companies and Japan’s Lost Two Decades
Can India Go Cashless?
Asia’s New Year Resolutions for 2017
Asia’s 2016 Winners and Losers
South Korea Is Poised for Economic Disaster
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Asia Life
The Other Asia-Pacific
January 13, 2017
Farewell to Vo Quy, Vietnam's Hero of the Environment
Professor Vo Quy was a legendary environmental activist in Vietnam.
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Kabul: A City With 2 Faces
‘Azja Express’: Asia’s Life Unexpressed
Peering Into Hong Kong’s Dark Side
Japan's Asahi Spends $7.8 Billion, Moving into Eastern European Beer Market
Remembering Junaid Jamshed: From ‘Pakistan Pakistan’ to ‘Medina Medina’
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Oceania
The South Pacific
January 13, 2017
A New Year Brings New Turmoil for Australia’s Turnbull Government
It has been a particularly inept start to the year for the struggling prime minister.
Read Post
Timor-Leste Seeks a Better Maritime Border With Australia
Time for Australia to Embrace Urbanization
'Crocs in the Cabinet': A Sordid Look at Australian Local Politics
Australia-Philippines Relationship: It’s Complicated
Why Trump Has Rattled the Land Down Under
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Podcasts
Asia Geopolitics
January 14, 2017
South Asian Strategic Stability and Pakistan's Babur-3 Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile
Will Pakistan's new submarine-launched cruise missile bolster or harm strategic stability?
Listen
Understanding Sri Lanka, Two Years After Sirisena Defeated Rajapaksa
8 Years Later: Understanding the Obama Administration's Asia-Pacific Legacy
Obama's Asia-Pacific Legacy: Assessing Policy Toward Maritime Challenges and the North Korea Threat
US Defense Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific: What Obama and Carter Will Leave Trump and Mattis
Making Sense of Donald Trump's Early Asia Moves: Taiwan, China, Pakistan, and the Philippines
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Videos
Asia on Video
December 20, 2016
Indian Journalist’s Road From Addiction to Recovery
Vijay Simha, a senior Indian journalist, recovered from alcoholism to write books on sobriety.
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'Apprentice': Filmmaker Explores Capital Punishment in Singapore
Filmmakers Take Cinema to Dalai Lama’s Hometown-in-Exile
Nepal's Singing Storyteller
Commemorating the Thammasat University Massacre in Thailand
Interview: Mongolian Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren
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December 27, 2016
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Fifty years after its founding, ASEAN remains central to prosperity in Southeast Asia.
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The Pacific Islands Play the Field
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The Asia-Pacific in 2017: What to Expect
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January 10, 2017
Vietnam's Next Environmental Hotspot
Less than a year after a major pollution crisis, trouble is brewing in the Mekong Delta.
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January 10, 2017
India's International Child Abduction Dilemma
New Delhi faces pressure to ratify a convention that activists fear would ultimately harm Indian women and children.
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January 09, 2017
The Rise of Religious Extremism in Balochistan
“Once you unleash these monsters, as you know from Afghanistan, you cannot control them.”
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January 04, 2017
Russia's Buddhist Republic
In Russia’s Republic of Kalmykia, the remnants of Buddhism sit in the Soviet Union’s lingering shadow.
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January 04, 2017
Afghanistan's Militias: The Enemy Within?
Local militias may be allied with the state now, but historically they have posed dangers to the central government.
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January 07, 2017
Debunking the Rohingya-Taliban Link
Getting to the bottom of the Rohingya insurgency's alleged links to transnational terrorism.
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January 06, 2017
India and China's Tug of War Over Nepal
Nepal's politicians face increasing pressure from both China and India.
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January 05, 2017
Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan
A look back at the evolution of gay rights in Taiwan -- and the growth of the movement's opposition.
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December 27, 2016
Capital Punishment: New Delhi’s Deadly Smog
Unprecedented pollution in the capital speaks to the severity of India’s air pollution crisis.
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Robert Rubin on the Future of US-China Relations
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