China seems to have decided to freeze out the Takaichi government for as long as it takes.

Performative ambition failed the Global South – again. 

The underrepresentation of Black Americans in U.S.-Asia relations carries strategic consequences for America’s future in the Indo-Pacific.

If governments and their partners fail to act, criminality could become a permanent feature of the region's political economy.

Corporate social responsibility has failed because it has sidelined the people it claims to protect: the workers

It could craft a new vision that honors the sovereignty of its neighbors and focuses on economic revival rather than regional conflict. Or hold onto outdated patterns of confrontation.

Silencing minorities is never the way forward. Kazakhstan must remember its human rights commitments and immediately drop the legal changes.

Sovereignty first, development second.

A humble proposal that could encourage more electoral experimentation and produce a more diverse slate of representatives. 

The death of Queen Sirikit has removed the final protective layer from the current monarch, King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

A trade war, an unsolved murder, and the founding of the Chinese Embassy in London.

There are real opportunities for Vietnam’s trading partners to insist that it honor its obligations under international human rights law.