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Latin and South America

Unbreakable Alliance of Cuba and North Korea: How Two Nations Were Linked by Communism and Resistance to US Imperialism

Posted byby Michael Becker
February 5, 2023
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10 min

Even a cursory look at any map (and especially a globe) of planet Earth is enough for the observer to understand that Pyongyang and...

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Europe

Kazakhstan jumpstarts itself after a year of protests, Russia crisis

Posted byby Marie Corrie
February 4, 2023
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6 min

A year ago, Kazakhstan’s most significant stress test since independence arose from a bureaucratic decision to end fuel subsidies on propane and butane, which...

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Politial Affairs

There Is No Such Thing as ASEAN Neutrality

Posted byby Michael Becker
January 31, 2023
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3 min

Southeast Asia’s boys at Davos last week seemed intent to say what they won’t do about Myanmar, which on Wednesday marks the second anniversary...

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Internal Security

Central Asia’s Authoritarians Stare Down A Year of Disorder

Posted byby Devlin McAllister
January 31, 2023
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3 min

Political turmoil and uncertainty beset Central Asia in 2022. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan faced domestic, regional and international challenges exacerbated by the...

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Counter Terrorism

Where Does South Asia Fit Now in US Security and Defense Strategies?

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
January 28, 2023
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4 min

The latest U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) and National Defense Strategy (NDS) categorically highlight China’s assertive behavior in the Indo-Pacific and Russia’s invasion of...

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Commentaries

Beyond the Quad: Booming Security Cooperation Efforts in the Indo-Pacific

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
January 24, 2023
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4 min

New defense and security cooperation efforts are springing up across the Indo-Pacific, between some Quad members and those outside the grouping. Quad partners are...

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Counter Terrorism

Pakistan: A looming military offensive and quest for international support

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
January 23, 2023
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6 min

Pakistan’s military is contemplating a new offensive against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its associated factions. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held two rounds of the...

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Internal Security

Sri Lanka’s Hard Road to Recovery from Economic and Political Crisis

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
January 20, 2023
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3 min

In 2022 Sri Lanka faced its deepest ever economic and political crisis. The country’s descent into chaos accelerated from March, sweeping away high-level bureaucrats...

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Commentaries

Civil Society Actors in Indonesia: The Emergence of a Militant Counterculture

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
January 20, 2023
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2 min

While comprehensive information and analysis on Indonesia’s NGO sector are hard to come by, it is currently estimated that there are an estimated 2,293...

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News

Kazakhstan President dissolves parliament, calls for snap election on March 19

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
January 19, 2023
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2 min

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Thursday (January 19) dissolved the country’s Parliament and called for a snap election on March 19. President Tokayev, 69,...