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Beyond embodied intelligence and fusion energy, China’s 15th Five-Year-Plan contains a segment which may get overlooked: the so-called traditional industries.…

The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse…

On May 22, a trailer for the film “The Belief” (also known as “Peng Hu” – its Chinese title means…

Today on The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Katie Putz is joined by Jacob Sims, a columnist for The Diplomat,…

In mid-May an old debate with deep roots surfaced during a meeting of the Russian-Kyrgyz Expert-Advisory Council on History. The…

Nepal aspires to become the “hydropower battery of South Asia,” targeting an installed capacity of 28.5 gigawatts (GW) by 2035,…

Starting September 1, 2026, Tajikistan will tax transactions routed through electronic wallets, mobile apps, and QR-code payments. The Agency for…

From May 13 to May 15 the world closely watched while the most consequential diplomatic meeting of 2026 unfolded. U.S.…

Since not long after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the democratic world has largely watched passively as China…

This four-part series examines the debate over wartime operational control (OPCON) transfer from four angles: the structural origins of the…