South East Asia

On November 4, Iran’s Foreign Minister Syed Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad on a two-day visit. In the Pakistani capital, Araghchi met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir, and others. Pakistani media reports said that the Iranian foreign minister’s goal was …

Officially the Yi Peng 3 is just a bulk carrier, one of countless such ships carrying everything from grain to coal, aluminum, and fertilizer. But as she left Russia’s Baltic port of Ust-Luga last week, the Chinese-flagged ship may have had a rather different mission. Authorities and the open-source intelligence …

What It Will Mean for the World When Machines Shape Strategy and Statecraft From the recalibration of military strategy to the reconstitution of diplomacy, artificial intelligence will become a key determinant of order in the world. Immune to fear and favor, AI introduces a new possibility of objectivity in strategic …

As the US–China rivalry over AI intensifies, Turkey is seeking to navigate a path between the two powers, striving for autonomy in the global tech race. The rivalry between the US and China has taken a new form, centering on artificial intelligence (AI), a pivotal technology for future influence. President …

The following is the Balochistan Liberation Charter promoted by the Free Balochistan Movement, headed by Hyrbyair Marri, one of the most popular leaders among Baloch people. He is the son of the renowned Baloch nationalist leader Khair Bakhsh Marri, who was the chief of the Marri Baloch tribe and head …

The developing world arrived in Kazan, the capital of Republic of Tatarstan, driving by economic transformation proposals backed by the numerical strength of participants to portray their collective weight of influence to boost de-dollarization and a new global financial payment system, design a new mechanism for a long-term economic integration …

Pakistan As Pakistan gears up for the forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit scheduled for October 15 and 16 in Islamabad, in which nine full members, including China, India, Iran and Russia, are participating, stepped up insurgent violence in Balochistan has become a serious headache for the Pakistani establishment. In …

Summary Some two hundred million Muslims live in India, making up the predominantly Hindu country’s largest minority group.For decades, Muslim communities have faced discrimination in employment and education and encountered barriers to achieving wealth and political power. They are disproportionately the victims of communal violence.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the …

Increasingly intensifying U.S. economic sanctions targeting Russia’s financial system have deepened concerns in China over its extensive dollar asset holdings and the Chinese financial system’s reliance on dollars. Increasingly intensifying U.S. economic sanctions targeting Russia’s financial system have deepened concerns in China over its extensive dollar asset holdings and the …

With the addition of new members in BRICS+, the group of emerging powers will be more globally representative­—but also face more internal divisions. This month, Russian President Vladimir Putin will host the first-ever summit of BRICS+ from October 22 to 24 in the Tatarstan city of Kazan. There, the founding …