- February 25th, 2025
Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections held on January 13 were significant in the Indo-Pacific this year. Unlike the larger elections in Indonesia and India, which will involve larger countries and more voters, Taiwan's elections demonstrate the thriving democracy in the...
Since Donald Trump's rise to power, it has become difficult for anyone to ignore the US presidential elections. Japan, America's closest ally in Asia, has been urging Trump not to make any deals with China that could disrupt years of...
Tower 22 is a US base in Jordan, located across the border from a US base in Al Tanf, Syria, which was attacked on January 28th, killing three American soldiers and injuring 47 more. Eight American soldiers were evacuated after...
The Korean War ended over 70 years ago, and a tense peace has prevailed on the Korean peninsula. The two Koreas have exchanged artillery fire, battled in economic and diplomatic arenas, and even secretly dispatched spies to each other's territory....
Xi Jinping's political philosophy, Xi'ism, aims to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics to realize socialist modernization and national rejuvenation. It promotes 14 fundamental principles, including a people-centered approach, law-based governance, core socialist values, harmony between humans and nature,...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau activated the 1988 Emergencies Act in February 2022, addressing truck drivers' protests against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions. Trudeau claimed that the group of truckers, known as "the Freedom Convoy," were illegal and dangerous. However,...
Myanmar's civil war, now in its fourth year, has strained Phyo Phyo Aung's family, including her husband Lin Htet Naing, who is in notorious Insein Prison in Yangon. The inmate, who was sentenced to eight years for protesting against the...
EU leaders, including Hungary, have agreed on a deal to provide long-term financing to Ukraine at the start of their summit on 1 February. This deal ends weeks of uncertainty after Prime Minister Viktor Orbán threatened to veto the package....
At 26, Hamza became addicted to pufa, a synthetic drug made from cocaine or crystal methamphetamine waste. He stole money from his family and became homeless, spending his days living for the next dose. In October 2023, a 25-year-old man...
The 2024 election season will see a sharpening of Indo-Pacific geopolitics due to competing norms, narratives, values, ideologies, political rhetoric, and strategic realities. Taiwan's mandate in favor of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has unnerved Beijing, leading to escalating tensions...
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