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Advertisement When General Secretary Xi Jinping reiterated that China will “not renounce the use of force” to unify Taiwan with the People’s Republic of China at the 20th Party Congress in October 2022, he received prolonged applause from the 2,300 delegates. “Complete reunification of our country must be realized, and …

ASEAN Beat | Diplomacy | Southeast Asia Indonesia’s experience of democratization could offer a path forward for Myanmar – but only if the country’s generals have the political will. Luhut Pandjaitan, Indonesia’s coordinating minister for maritime affairs and investment, speaks during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 19, …

Advertisement Considering aggregate data, anecdotal accounts, and common sense, it is difficult to downplay the significance of Beijing’s sudden decision to reverse its once prized zero COVID policy, which Chinese President Xi Jinping had claimed as a national and personal victory. On January 18, during a Lunar New Year message, …

Advertisement At an annual preview of Indo-Pacific issues in Washington this month, the White House coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs, Kurt Campbell, was very clear about what the United States wants for 2023. “Our interests are to see India playing an ever larger, responsible role in almost everything that we’re doing,” …

Advertisement Aman, a 22-year-old transgender man from the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, says he was always close to his father. When he was little and it was cold out, his father held his hands to warm them. When he was at university, his father would wait until he got …

Flashpoints | Security Space commercialization is creating opportunities for businesses, headaches for governments, and confusion for consumers in Asia-Pacific. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink 4-37 payload launches from Space Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., U.S. Dec. 17, 2022. Credit: U.S. Space Force photo by Joshua Conti Advertisement Space …

Advertisement Members of the Senate of Uzbekistan started the year with trainings on the Latin alphabet. Tashkent had planned to complete a three-decade-long transition from Soviet-imposed Cyrillic to a Latin script by January 1, 2023. The plan was to have government websites, legal documents, street names, advertisements, print and electronic …

Advertisement South Korea and Iran have summoned each other’s ambassadors in a diplomatic spat triggered by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s comments describing Iran as the “enemy” of the United Arab Emirates during a trip to that country this week. While visiting South Korean special forces stationed in the UAE …

Advertisement The former U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s whirlwind visit to Taiwan in 2022 made waves. It was the second such visit since Washington cut diplomatic ties with Taipei in 1979, and the first in 25 years. This unusual trip not only led to unprecedented responses …

Advertisement “But it’s obvious that I’m not a militarist,” replied Izumi Kenta, the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), the largest opposition party in Japan, after facing criticisms from supporters and progressive pundits for his visit to Nogi Shrine. The shrine, which Izumi visited and posted about on his …

Advertisement On January 19, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that she was resigning. “I know what this job takes, and I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice,” she told reporters in the surprise announcement. Ardern had an outsized impact on …

Advertisement New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who was praised around the world for her handling of the nation’s worst mass shooting and the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, said Thursday she was leaving office. Ardern was facing mounting political pressures at home and a level of vitriol from …