North Korea again tops World Watch List of persecutors
WASHINGTON (RNS) — In the three decades since the religious liberty organization Open Doors has been compiling its World Watch List of the 50...
Cyber Security for Civil Society in Indonesia
Cyber security refers to the security of digital information stored on electronic networks, as well as the security of the networks that store and...
Why Asia’s Arms Race Risks Spinning Out of Control
Seoul, South Korea — It’s an arms race bigger than anything Asia has ever seen – three majornuclear powers and one fast-developing one, the...
The Cloak of Democracy in Indonesia and Bolivia: The Pitfalls of Foreign Development Models
The idea and practice of democracy have long and complicated histories. There are large and diverse bodies of literature on each aspect of the...
Zionist Regime’s Strategy to Exercise Influence in Central Asia
In an interview with the website of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Hamid Hakim referred to the visit of delegations from Kazakhstan,...
Civil Society in Asia: The Antagonistic Relationship between NGOs and the State
Transnational nongovernmental organizations (TNGOs) claim to be civil society organizations (CSOs) operating on a global scale; however, there is considerable debate concerning whether or...
Japan risks turning itself into ‘Ukraine of Asia’ if it follows US’ strategic line
Japan is increasingly trying to justify its ongoing militarization under the pretext of the so-called external threats. Looking around the region, it is Japan...
North Korean cyber spy tactic: deceiving foreign experts into writing research
Instead of infecting computers and stealing sensitive data, as hackers typically do, a new North Korean cyber campaign appears to be trying to elicit...
Re-emergence of Terror in Sri Lanka — a Hotbed for Chaos
The vicious head of the terror snake meticulously searches for a burrow to strengthen and nourish its body of destruction. The burrow, being political, social and regional instability, makes Sri Lanka a pertinent base for the re-emergence of terrorism — both ideological separatism and religious extremism.
The dangerous dance of the Elephants: Shangri-La conference 2022
Singapore (16 June). The annual 19th round of the UK-based International Institute for Strategic Studies the Shangri-La Dialogue (10–12 June 2022), took place in...