Quiet diplomacy only engenders bullying. It’s time to speak up.

At last week’s general elections, Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) once again retained its parliamentary supermajority. In fact, no election seats were gained or lost. One would be ...

Australia and India must understand each other better if they want to turn their defence relationship into something truly resilient and responsive. High-end cooperation doesn’t happen overnight. It ...

Earlier this year, China was visited by a force of nature, IShowSpeed, an internet celebrity from Ohio in the United States, who for two weeks toured the nation and livestreamed the experience.

There is nothing resembling a welcome centre at the unkempt Amelia Earhart memorial in Lae, Papua New Guinea’s second city and capital of Morobe province. There isn’t even a walkway: visitors must ...

After the serenity of Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam in Indian-held Kashmir was shattered last week by a brutal attack, the urgent need is not only collective mourning but honest reflection. But ...

It’s Balikatan (“shoulder-to-shoulder”) season for Washington and Manila. Over the last two weeks, 14,000 troops from the United States, Philippines, Australia, and Japan have been taking part in the ...

Only a year after its re-election, the “OUR” government in Solomon Islands has collapsed. At least ten ministers and backbenchers, including Manasseh Sogavare as finance minister, have resigned from ...

Ishaal Zehra is a Pakistani journalist specialising in South Asia’s evolving geopolitical and economic landscape. Her work focuses on the intersection of regional security and strategic realignments ...

The Singaporean General Election has been called for 3 May, where the People’s Action Party (PAP), in power since 1959, seeks to inaugurate the new “Fourth Generation” (4G) leadership under newly ...

If Donald Trump hopes that looming port penalties on Chinese-built and/or owned ships will have the desired effect of reviving America’s ailing shipyards, he is certain to be disappointed. “We’re way, ...