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Myanmar’s Wartime Polls: Managing Expectations (Kai Ostwald – FULCRUM)

Myanmar’s junta is planning wartime elections in December 2025 and January 2026. Externally and internally, perspectives on the polls vary dramatically. The difference in...

Dribbling institutions and the Duterte impeachment (Paolo S Tamase, Athena Charanne Presto – East Asia Forum)

The Supreme Court of the Philippines' nullification of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment has exposed serious cracks in the Philippines’ constitutional order. Legal experts...

Changing tides in Maldives–India Strategic Cooperation (Athaulla Rasheed – East Asia Forum)

In sharp contrast with the ‘India Out’ campaign that helped catapult Mohamed Muizzu to Maldivian presidency, Maldives hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in...

China’s continental identity on a blue horizon (Sophie Yi – East Asia Forum)

Western powers should not mistake the People’s Liberation Army sailing past the first island chain as an ambition for hegemony on the open seas....

China Has Flooded Central Asia With Electric Cars—the Impact Will Be Long-Lasting (Temur Umarov and Roman Vakulchuk – Carnegie Russia Eurasia)

By entering this new stage of development of the automotive industry via Chinese electric cars, Central Asia will eventually be forced to adopt Chinese...

Ukraine’s cyber chief on Russian hackers’ shifting tactics, US cyber aid (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

When Oleksandr Potii took the helm of Ukraine’s cybersecurity agency last November, his to-do list exploded. Once responsible for only a handful of policy...

UN chief hails ‘remarkable example’ of Papua New Guinea as he concludes historic trip (UN News)

Speaking to journalists in the capital of Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Friday, UN chief António Guterres rounded off the first ever visit to...

‘A war of atrocities’ – UN human rights investigators warn Sudanese civilians are paying the highest price (UN News)

As the nearly 30-month-long conflict in Sudan between rival militaries grinds on, looting, burning, and shelling continues to destroy livelihoods and hope. ‘A war of...

DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence (UN News)

Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance for survivors has had to be halted as...

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