Why Sri Lanka Needs a New Approach to Debt Governance – The Diplomat Indo-Pacific May 21, 2026 Sri Lanka’s 2022 default was not merely a fiscal accident; it was the result of a crisis of governance. While…
ADB’s Commitment to Zero Tolerance on Reprisals Meets Uzbekistan’s Reality of Fear and Silence – The Diplomat Indo-Pacific May 20, 2026 The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) “zero tolerance” policy on reprisals against activists and communities is an important step forward to…
How China Built a Closure That Cannot Leak – The Diplomat Indo-Pacific May 20, 2026 This is Part III of a four-part series on “The First Airtight Empire” – analyzing the historically unprecedented closure that…
Operationalizing Indo-Pacific Defense and Deterrence – The Diplomat Indo-Pacific May 20, 2026 The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse…
Australia’s Submarine Problems – The Diplomat Indo-Pacific May 20, 2026 Procuring a new submarine fleet has been a persistent problem for Australia’s defense strategy for almost two decades. In 2009,…
India Just Signed Its Most Consequential Chip Deal. The Hard Part Starts Now. – The Diplomat Indo-Pacific May 20, 2026 When Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the Netherlands on May 16, he shook hands with two CEOs: ASML’s Christophe…
What Changed and Why it Matters – The Diplomat Indo-Pacific May 20, 2026 Amid the ongoing crisis in West Asia, the Indian economy is expected to take a hit: the World Bank’s latest…
Key Operational Issues for OPCON Transfer – The Diplomat Indo-Pacific May 20, 2026 This four-part series examines the debate over wartime operational control (OPCON) transfer from four angles: the structural origins of the…
1 Year Later, Deported Bhutanese Refugees Feel the Psychological Toll of Statelessness – The Diplomat Indo-Pacific May 20, 2026 During a series of interviews in April this year, Purna Bhandari repeatedly returned to the same concern: that the psychological…
The Indonesian Air Force’s Turkish Turn – The Diplomat Indo-Pacific May 20, 2026 On May 6, Indonesia signed a framework contract with the Turkish company Baykar for the delivery of an initial 12…
