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New radar kits abound for the Eurofighter fleet (Tom Kington, Defense News)

The first Kuwaiti Eurofighters with new electronically scanned radars onboard took to the skies in Italy in October for test flights, as engineers in...

How Taliban victory will reshape regional dynamics in Central Asia (Paul Stronski, East Asia Forum)

The Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan is transforming the regional landscape and unnerving neighbouring countries. Central Asian countries face migration flows, humanitarian challenges and political uncertainty. The post-American Afghanistan...

China and the United States can play a positive-sum game on the CPTPP (Cai Penghong, East Asia Forum)

China’s application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is prompting domestic and international discussion. People are asking questions about...

Indonesian democracy needs a moderate Nahdlatul Ulama (Alexander R. Arifianto, East Asia Forum)

Indonesia’s largest Islamic organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), recently announced that its long-postponed national congress (Muktamar) will finally be held from 23 to 25 December 2021 in...

States under time crunch to provide housing assistance: How to fix it (Gabriel R. Sanchez, Brookings)

Due to the pandemic-driven economic recession, the federal government has been forced to respond to the sharp rise in housing challenges Americans have faced....

Why China is cracking down on its online fandom obsessed youth (David Bandurski, Brookings)

Echoing Mao Zedong before him, Xi Jinping regularly stresses the Party’s domination of all aspects of life. “East, west, south, north and center, Party,...

How the structure of global aid and development finance is changing (Akihiko Nishio and Gaiv Tata, Brookings)

COVID-19 has delayed plans and progress worldwide, especially in developing countries, where complex challenges existed even before the pandemic. For these countries, external finance—particularly...

Libya’s migrants and crimes against humanity (Omer Karasapan, Brookings)

The U.N.-brokered process in Libya focused on the withdrawal of foreign mercenaries and parliamentary and presidential elections in December 2021 remains fragile. Still, the...

An analysis of financial institutions in Black-majority communities: Black borrowers and depositors face considerable challenges in accessing banking services (Kristen Broady, Mac McComas, and...

Achieving the American dream—the opportunity to succeed, to provide food and shelter for family members, education for children, hope for a better life, and...

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