The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This ...

As a country with pronounced political polarization, Thailand is used to divisive debates in which the arguments on both sides have merit. But when it comes to the ruling Pheu Thai Party’s ...

To Lam, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong toast their nations’ establishment of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in ...

On Christmas Eve 2024, the Chinese government announced that it had approved the world’s largest – and, at $137 billion, most expensive – hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in ...

In an interview with The Diplomat’s Bangladesh correspondent, Saqlain Rizve, Nahid shares his views on the challenges ahead for his new party, elections, and the participation of the Awami League.

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te gives a national press conference outlining new measures to defend national security, Mar. 13, 2025. Credit: Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan) / Wang Yu Ching ...

He has contributed to various media outlets and think tanks, including The Diplomat, Sky TG24, HuffPost, and Eastwest. The views expressed here are the author’s alone and do not reflect the ...

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during a hearing into his “war on drugs” campaign at the Philippine Senate in Manila, Philippines, Oct. 28, 2024. I’d put near the top of this ...

China’s marriage rate is in steep decline. There were 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, down from 7.7 million the previous year. This decline has prompted Chen Songxi, a ...

U.S.-affiliated Afghans arrive at the Pristina International Airport in Kosovo on Oct. 16, 2021. The Afghans stayed temporarily in Kosovo before approval for resettlement in the United States.

Both the Marcos and Duterte camps are actively promoting self-serving narratives about the ex-leader’s extradition to The Hague. Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is now in the custody ...

Until recently, the United States has been at the forefront of the fight to stop China’s atrocity crimes against Uyghurs. The U.S. Congress passed landmark legislation such as the Uyghur Human ...