In defense of Asian American art

Back in 2015, when I was living in Brooklyn, my apartment flooded. My landlord, who owned a bunch of apartments, offered to put me up…

Bangladesh’s J-10CE fighter plan stirs China dependence fears

Bangladesh’s planned J-10CE purchase could significantly strengthen its airpower while tying that capability more closely to Chinese weapons, support networks and supply chains. This month,…

Holy See seeks a path to peace in Moscow

While Bishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States, was holding a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, another…

The many snags in Erdogan’s many strategic wins

The Turkish leader may find himself in more trouble just because of his diplomatic successes. Egypt, Israel and the ideal of the Arab Risorgimento (resurgence)…

Now they want Trump impeached

China tightens rules on selling unfinished homes to lift sector

Chinese officials tightened the rules for selling unfinished homes on Friday as they try to lift the country’s property market out of a years-long slump…

How Elon Musk broke the economy

Why America is giving up

Number of missing in Nepal, China floods soars to nearly 3,000

Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris…

China removes high-ranking officers Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from key military body

China removed two high-ranking officers from the country’s main military body on Friday, state media reported, seven months after it was announced that Zhang Youxia…

Nepal glacial disaster and the new geography of climate risk

On August 26, the Himalayas seemed to move. An enormous mass of ice and rock broke loose near the Nepal-Tibet border, plunging into the Lhende…

India-China competition in the Indian Ocean: stability is not a reset

This article first appeared in Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. There are multiple interpretations of where the India-China relationship…

The geopolitical imperative for a self-reliant South Korea

US President Donald Trump’s abrupt directive on August 16, 2026, to drastically scale back the joint “Ulchi Freedom Shield” (UFS) military exercises sent shockwaves across…

Trump has exposed the leaking guts of the US war machine

The war propaganda machine in the US is a ceaseless, multifaceted contraption that includes legacy media, the educational system and the entertainment industry. A nation…

Bangladesh should join the Mecca pact – if the bargain’s real

Bangladesh’s problem is not its geography. It is a geopolitical imagination too often confined by geography. So long as Dhaka views its foreign policy almost…

Waiting in vain for a Trump foreign-policy doctrine

There is, once again, something both depressing and hilarious about Washington’s search for a Trump foreign-policy doctrine. Well over a year into Trump’s second term,…

America’s dangerous oil heist just started

Hong Kong court acquits police officer of indecent assault charge after accuser’s testimony rejected

A Hong Kong court has found a police officer not guilty of indecent assault after rejecting the testimony of his accuser. Officer Ng Ka‑wai pleaded not…

Why they want more space cadets

They’re spending $400 million to purge you