Asia-Pacific Archive

China’s presence in sub-Saharan Africa isn’t as coordinated—or effective—as many assume. Washington’s policies should reflect that.

Protests forced Indonesian legislators to delay potential electoral rule changes, a striking rejection of President Jokowi’s blatant dynasty-building.

China’s investigation into EU subsidies for dairy products is just the latest escalation in a simmering trade war with China.

Two meetings in July suggested that India and China may finally make progress on their border standoff. Instead, it remains in a state of limbo.

Raising the retirement age in China is long overdue, but it may already be too late to address the country’s pension shortfall.

Two years in, the Taliban’s narcotics ban has kept poppy cultivation at low levels, but it hasn’t lowered heroin availability in Europe. Why?

Thailand’s Constitutional Court dismissed the country’s PM, while Japan’s leader said he will step down next month.

The politicization, intentional or not, of the atomic bombing commemoration in Nagasaki once again raises the angst around the nuclear taboo.

Move Forward, a reformist party that won last year’s general elections, has been disbanded, a move unlikely to quell growing discontent.

Peace talks between the government and the NPA rebel insurgency have collapsed before they even started.

China’s diplomatic efforts won’t resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But they do serve Beijing’s ambition to be the leader of the Global South.

In Bangladesh, PM Hasina has resigned after weeks of anti-government protests. In the U.K., far-right riots erupted across the country.

Venezuela’s authoritarian allies are still backing Maduro, but only so they get every last dollar out of his regime before it falls.

Nguyen Phu Trong significantly changed Vietnam’s politics and society. He also left a lot of time bombs his successor will have to defuse.

Facing increased Chinese aggression, the Philippines is diversifying its pool of security partnerships beyond the United States.