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One year after the protests that ousted Sri Lanka’s president and government, reforms remain elusive and the national crisis is far from over.

Even in today’s unsettled environment, the prospects for additional states to develop nuclear weapons are low. But if there is a next nuclear power, it’ll be found in Asia.

“The party undeniably has a larger-than-ever presence in the NPC’s work, most visibly in lawmaking… That has, in my view, contributed to a stronger NPC vis-à-vis other state institutions.”

"Our mission has remained fairly consistent: to provide balanced coverage of Asia and the Pacific from within the region."

China’s growing importance to – and influence over – the country is a case study in Beijing’s geopolitical rise over the past several decades.

From 2015-2020, Myanmar seemed on the cusp of a meaningful transformation. Then the coup set the country back decades.

Seven years after the Paris Agreement, Pacific Islanders demonstrate leadership and resolve in the face of the climate crisis.

Xi changed China’s trajectory from the “Reform and Opening Up” of his predecessors toward a more internal and state-focused model of economic development.

There are strategic, economic, and geopolitical reasons for Islamabad to prefer ties with Washington over Moscow.

The Islamic State sees great opportunity in the churn of great power competition, with ISKP at the forefront of its vision of international jihad.

With street politics halted and parliamentary politics effectively on hold until the election, Thailand feels in limbo.

While the Putin-Xi friendship is important, it mostly oils the wheels of a relationship driven by longer-term structural trends.