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Features
What’s It Like to Be a Woman in Bollywood?
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Vishal Arora
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The Diplomat
March 17, 2017
Shreya Narayan shares her experience as a Bollywood actress and what she see would like to see change.
China's Most Important South China Sea Military Base
By
Damen Cook
for
The Diplomat
March 09, 2017
The Yulin Naval Base is shaping up to be the most strategically important military base in the South China Sea.
Indonesia and the Islamic State Threat
By
Arsla Jawaid
for
The Diplomat
March 15, 2017
How big a danger do returning fighters pose to Indonesia?
Bringing Color to the Widows of Vrindavan
By
Tehreem Fatima
for
The Diplomat
March 15, 2017
Breaking tradition, the widows of Vrindavan get lost in the wonderful colors of Holi.
Cambodia, Catholicism, and Cauliflower
By
Peter Ford
for
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March 14, 2017
The ups and downs of life in an ethnically Vietnamese community in Cambodia.
Is the North Korea Crisis a Gift for Malaysia’s Najib?
By
Luke Hunt
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March 13, 2017
Despite the scandals, Malaysian prime minister has the moral high ground.
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What’s It Like to Be a Woman in Bollywood?
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China's Most Important South China Sea Military Base
Security
Indonesia and the Islamic State Threat
Society
Bringing Color to the Widows of Vrindavan
Society
Cambodia, Catholicism, and Cauliflower
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Is the North Korea Crisis a Gift for Malaysia’s Najib?
Popular Stories
March 11, 2017
The Trouble With India's New Citizenship Bill
The bill, if passed, would help turn India into a 'Hindu homeland.'
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March 10, 2017
Pakistan's War on Atheism
Pakistan's anti-blasphemy crackdown is tightening the noose around nonbelievers.
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March 09, 2017
How Did China Lose South Korea?
How did China-South Korea relations fall so far so fast?
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China Power
A New World Order
March 17, 2017
Can China and India Warm Up to Each Other?
People-to-people and cultural exchanges between the two neighbors remain shockingly low.
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What Should China and the US Do About North Korea?
US, South Korea Try to Reassure China on THAAD
Should the US Support China's Security Role in Afghanistan?
Hong Kong's Chief Executive CY Leung Elevated to Mainland Post
How Did Myanmar’s Reforms Change Its Relations With China?
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Flashpoints
Diplomacy by Other Means
March 18, 2017
South China Sea: Is China Considering Construction Work at Scarborough Shoal Again?
New signs emerge that the prospect of Chinese construction at South China Sea hasn't entirely faded since 2016.
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A Closer Look at China's Critical South China Sea Submarine Base
Japan Holds First-Ever North Korean Ballistic Missile Attack Civilian Evacuation Drill
South China Sea: China Continues Construction Work on North Island in Paracel Group
US, Japan, ROK Hold Joint Missile Drill
How Serious Is the Islamic State Threat to China?
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Asia Defense
Militaries of the Asia-Pacific
March 18, 2017
Japan Maritime Self Defense Force to Send Largest Carrier to the South China Sea
Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship to the disputed waters.
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Vision for the Future US Fleet II: The Numbers
Japan Commissions New Attack Submarine
India Test Fires Supersonic Cruise Missile
Russia’s Air Force to Receive 17 New Su-30 Fighter Jets in 2017
Indonesia, Denmark Mull Deeper Defense Ties
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ASEAN Beat
Insights Into Half a Billion
March 17, 2017
What’s Next in Cambodia-North Korea Relations?
What role can Cambodia play amid the current crisis?
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What’s Next for Philippine Military Modernization Under Duterte?
Reintegrating Extremist Prisoners in Indonesia: Easier Said Than Done
Myanmar's Rohingya Crackdown 'Crimes Against Humanity': Top UN Official
Malaysia, Australia Talk Terror Amid Rising Islamic State Threat
Trilateral Sulu Sea Patrols Set to Kick Off
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The Pulse
Perspectives on South Asia
March 16, 2017
Anatomy of India's Early 2017 State Assembly Elections
With the ballots counted, here's how India's latest state-level elections shook out.
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Nawaz Sharif’s Historic Holi Address
Lessons From India’s Election for the Evolution of the Indian Political System
Kashmir's Reckoning With the Implications of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
India's State Election Results Seal in the Country's Modi-fication
'Pashtun Diplomacy' in Afghan Foreign Policy
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The Koreas
Divided Peninsula
March 15, 2017
South Korea in Myanmar: Missing the Train to Naypyitaw?
South Korea is not living up to its potential to play a strategic (not just economic) role in Myanmar.
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The Future of South Korean Democracy
South Korean Constitutional Court Unanimously Upholds Park Geun-hye Impeachment
Why Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong Might Have Bribed Choi Soon-sil
South Korea Needs a New North Korea Strategy
North Korea's Latest Missile Launch: More Progress on Display
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Tokyo Report
News from Japan
March 13, 2017
Japan Self-Defense Force Withdraws From South Sudan
The decision highlights the domestic constraints on Japan's defense activities abroad.
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Far East Affairs: Mongolia and Japan
Abe’s Trump Challenge and Japan's Foreign Policy Choices
Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, Iwo Jima: The Pacific War and US-Japan Reconciliation
Why Japan Can't Criticize Trump's Refugee Ban
Japan and India: Deepening Ties in the Age of Uncertainty
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The Debate
Comment and Opinion
March 16, 2017
Revisiting China’s Proposal For Parallel Talks With North Korea
Exhausting diplomatic options provides greater leverage and legitimacy to take tougher measures in the future.
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Can Pakistan’s Health Star Turn the WHO Around?
How Does North Korea Survive?
Why and How Tillerson Should Address Human Rights on China Visit
Indonesia's Choice: Not the Indian Ocean, But Bilateralism
The Road to Peace Goes Through Kabul
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Crossroads Asia
The New Silk Road
March 16, 2017
Uzbekistan Puts a Smile on an Economic Blow to Turkmenistan
Mirziyoyev paid his first visit to Turkmenistan while their main joint project – a pipeline to China – was being killed.
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Return to Tashkent: EBRD President in Uzbekistan to Discuss Revamping Cooperation
Kyrgyz President Takes on Media in Lawsuits
Iran Nuclear Deal Dilemmas Fueling Elections Standoff
In 2017, What Does CENTCOM Care About in Central Asia?
All Quiet on the Turkmen Front?
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Trans-Pacific View
U.S. Policy on Asia
March 14, 2017
Straight From the US State Department: The 'Pivot' to Asia Is Over
Don't hold your breath for the language of the 'pivot' or 'rebalance' to make a return anytime soon.
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Regional Security Stakes In Southeast Asia
The Power of Ports: China’s Maritime March
3 Areas of Opportunity for the US-India Relationship
Did Trump Get Something Out of Xi in Exchange for Affirming 'One China'?
How Trump's 'Historic' Defense Spending Proposal Could Affect Asia
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Pacific Money
Economy and Business
March 16, 2017
Spanning the Economic Gap Between Asia and Latin America
The TPP may be dead, but Asian and Latin American countries still have much to gain from increasing economic ties.
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Five Themes From China’s 2017 Economic Data So Far
After Impeachment Verdict, Korea’s ‘Fresh Start’ On Reform Begins Again
TPP Signatories to Meet in Chile to Explore the Future of the Agreement
China’s 'Two Sessions' and the 2017 Economic Outlook
Is Trump All Bark and No Bite on Currency Manipulation in Asia?
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Asia Life
The Other Asia-Pacific
March 16, 2017
Asia’s Olympic Moment Has Its Roots in Cold War Politics
From China to Iran, Cold War politics shaped the participation of Asian countries in the Olympic Games.
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India and Pakistan's Cricket Diplomacy
Buyer Beware: US Market for Ancient Asian Art Still the Wild, Wild East
China’s ‘Great Wall’: Conquering the World With Cinema
Cleaning up Bangladesh’s Slums
Malaysia's Path Toward Sustainable Palm Oil
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Oceania
The South Pacific
March 17, 2017
In New Zealand, a River Becomes a 'Person'
New Zealand has granted a river considered sacred by the Maori people the same legal rights as a human being.
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If the US Loses Interest in Asia, What Are Australia's Options?
A Failed Faustian Pact: Western Australia’s Liberal Party Slips in Elections
Calling All Ambassadors: Australia Ponders a New Foreign Policy Path
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Finishes 4-Day Visit to Australia
No Development Without Peace: The Solomon Islands Example
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Podcasts
Asia Geopolitics
March 10, 2017
What Is Japan's Regional Threat Environment and Defense Strategy?
How does Japan see its threat environment and what are its defense priorities?
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Ahok, the Jakarta Gubernatorial Race, and the Future of Indonesian Islam
Pukkuksong-2: Why North Korea's New Solid-Fuel Ballistic Missile Matters
What the Trump-Turnbull Call Tells Us About the Future of US Alliances in Asia
What's In Store For US-China Relations Under President Donald Trump?
South Asian Strategic Stability and Pakistan's Babur-3 Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile
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Asia on Video
March 17, 2017
What’s It Like to Be a Woman in Bollywood?
Shreya Narayan shares her experience as a Bollywood actress and what she see would like to see change.
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A Conversation With Mongolia's Foreign Minister Tsend Munkh-Orgil
A Warning From Nepal’s ‘River Man’
Nepal's Child Brides
Journalist Namgay Zam Leaves Bhutan: Brain Drain in Action
Meet Nepal’s Buddhist ‘Rock Star Nun’
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February 24, 2017
The Golden Urn: Buddhist Lamas and Chinese State Control
The historical roots and modern-day ramifications of Chinese government attempts to control Vajrayana Buddhism.
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February 24, 2017
Governing Myanmar
The NLD government’s first year in office was difficult, and more challenges remain ahead.
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February 24, 2017
The New ‘Normal’ in the East China Sea
China and Japan are engaged in a long-term test of wills over disputed waters and territory in the East China Sea.
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February 24, 2017
South Korea at a Crossroads
As a president’s fate hangs in the balance, South Korea is in a state of pervasive political uncertainty.
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March 08, 2017
Central Asia and Islamic State: The Russian Connection
Impoverished and oppressed, Central Asian migrants to Russia make perfect targets for extremist recruiters.
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March 10, 2017
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the 'Good Taliban'
Pakistan believes Afghanistan is harboring terrorists that conduct cross-border attacks; Kabul says the same.
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March 09, 2017
What’s Next for Myanmar’s Rakhine State?
The government declared the clearance operation over last month – it’s not so simple.
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March 08, 2017
The Women in Afghanistan’s Moral Prisons
Sex before marriage, fleeing abuse, even being raped could land a woman in one of Afghanistan's moral prisons.
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March 08, 2017
THAAD and China's Nuclear Second-Strike Capability
China may be afraid that THAAD will degrade its own nuclear second-strike capability.
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March 07, 2017
Student Activism Rears Its Head in India
A spike in politically-motivated incidents has India asking: how much activism is too much?
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March 06, 2017
Hollywood Comes to Cambodia
Angelina Jolie and Netflix bring the story of the Khmer Rouge back to Cambodia and let Cambodians tell it.
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February 27, 2017
A Conversation With Mongolia's Foreign Minister Tsend Munkh-Orgil
Mongolian Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsend Munkh-Orgil gives an exclusive interview to
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March 01, 2017
Crisps and Coffee Shops: North Korea's New Consumerism
The influence of South Korean consumer goods reveals surprising changes in North Korean society.
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March 08, 2017
Interview With Japan's Arctic Ambassador
Kazuko Shiraishi on Japan's approach to the Arctic region.
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