Politics
State Dept. Is Sending Its Top Diplomat for East Asia to China
The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia will travel to China on Sunday, the State Department announced, just days after...
Journalists challenge PNG government over ‘media control’ policy
By Stephen Wright of BenarNews The Papua New Guinea government’s push for news organisations to become its cheer-leading squad is...
Trans-Caspian transport corridor is becoming increasingly popular in European and Central Asian regions – President Ilham Aliyev
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 23. Of course, one of the topics we discussed today is cooperation in the transport sector, taking...
India Achieves Another Foreign Policy Victory In South Asia With US Seeking To Reset Damaged Ties With Bangladesh
Ties between the US and Bangladesh that had deteriorated sharply in the run-up to 7 January parliamentary elections in the...
Southeast Asia Is in an Uproar Over Gaza
In March, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim made a visit to Germany where he spoke alongside Olaf Scholz, his German...
Reconsidering Southeast Asia: Issues and Prospects | Southeast Asia Program’s 25th Anniversary Conference
8:00-8:30 a.m.Registration8:30-8:40 a.m.Welcome remarksGi-Wook ShinDirector of Shorenstein APARC, Stanford UniversityCelebratory remarksRichard SallerPresident of Stanford University8:40-9:00 a.m.Opening remarksDon EmmersonDirector of the...
Lee Hsien Loong, the scion PM who modernized Singapore and stifled dissent
Singapore – Under Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore has held its own in an era of globalized finance and...
Kazakhstani ex-government official sentenced for wife’s torture and murder in Central Asia
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kazakhstan's Supreme Court has convicted former government official Kuandyk Bishimbayev of torturing and murdering his wife.Bishimbayev was sentenced to...
South China Sea: Philippines fears Beijing’s floating nuclear plants could further militarise disputed waterway
“It is not in our interest that they are doing this. They are, in effect, further militarising the islands,” he...
Second Trump Term Could Be Disastrous for Southeast Asia
Over the past four years, as relations between the United States and China have chilled and bilateral tensions have risen...
