أخبار The nightmare of Indonesia’s ’10 New Balis’ tourism dream يونيو 3, 2026 شؤون آسيوية The idea of replicating Bali’s success across the Indonesian archipelago through the “10 New Balis” initiative was one of the country’s most ambitious economic development visions when it was first…
أخبار Desert shield: China hardening nuclear forces for a Taiwan war يونيو 3, 2026 شؤون آسيوية China’s buildup at its remote Hami nuclear silo field reflects a broader effort to transform a historically vulnerable nuclear force into a resilient deterrent capable of surviving attack, constraining US…
أخبار Houthis and Al-Shabaab conspiring to choke Red Sea routes يونيو 3, 2026 شؤون آسيوية In a region crucial to global trade, ideological rivals may now be working together. United Nations and American intelligence reports suggest that Yemen’s Houthi insurgents and the Somali group Al-Shabaab…
أخبار CPEC 2.0: new green hope or new China debt trap for Pakistan? يونيو 3, 2026 شؤون آسيوية Walk into any mid-sized factory in Lahore, Pakistan, on a summer afternoon, and you’ll hear the same sound: loud, diesel-fueled power generators running because the electricity grid is down. For…
أخبار AUKUS sub shift a front for US access to Australian bases يونيو 3, 2026 شؤون آسيوية The US decision to transfer three in-service Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines to Australia instead of the previously planned mix of one new Block VII boat and two used Block IV…
أخبار The leak was the message in Trump’s Netanyahu clash يونيو 3, 2026 شؤون آسيوية On Monday, after a heated telephone call between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, a decision was made. Not a decision to negotiate, to sanction, or to deploy, but a decision…
أخبار Japan’s Terra Drone gaining battlefield experience in Ukraine يونيو 3, 2026 شؤون آسيوية Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi set the tone for the debate over Japan’s rearmament with her remark that a Chinese move against Taiwan could threaten Japan’s survival and warrant a…
أخبار Pentagon bans reporters from public affairs office يونيو 3, 2026 شؤون آسيوية The Trump administration’s “attempts to silence objective journalism just hit a new low,” said one press freedom advocate late Monday after the Pentagon announced that the US Department of Defense…
أخبار How Pacific islands can gain from Australia-Japan ties يونيو 3, 2026 شؤون آسيوية In their meeting on May 4 in Canberra, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Japanese counterpart, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, agreed to prioritize a range of issues including supply chains, energy,…
أخبار The Lockheed-Tanaka bagman يونيو 3, 2026 شؤون آسيوية ‘In every trouble spot I have cautiously visited, there has always been one watering hole where, as if by secret rite, hacks, spies, aid workers and carpetbaggers converge. John le…