China’s Transnational Repression Is Being Met With a Deafening Silence | Council on Foreign Relations

The detention of U.S. citizen Min Zin on dubious espionage charges is the latest evidence that Beijing’s campaign to silence dissidents and critics abroad is expanding in scope and audacity. Without a...

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China’s Transnational Repression Is Being Met With a Deafening Silence | Council on Foreign Relations

The detention of U.S. citizen Min Zin on dubious espionage charges is the latest evidence that Beijing’s campaign to silence dissidents and critics abroad is expanding in scope and audacity. Without a...

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China’s Transnational Repression Is Being Met With a Deafening Silence | Council on Foreign Relations

The detention of U.S. citizen Min Zin on dubious espionage charges is the latest evidence that Beijing’s campaign to silence dissidents and critics abroad is expanding in scope and audacity. Without a...

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China’s Transnational Repression Is Being Met With a Deafening Silence | Council on Foreign Relations

The detention of U.S. citizen Min Zin on dubious espionage charges is the latest evidence that Beijing’s campaign to silence dissidents and critics abroad is expanding in scope and audacity. Without a...

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How the Coup Turned Myanmar Into Asia’s Deadliest Conflict | Council on Foreign Relations

Five years after its generals seized power, Myanmar has collapsed into Asia’s deadliest war and a nearly unequalled humanitarian catastrophe. And yet, the rest of the world has decided to ignore the c...

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China’s Transnational Repression Is Being Met With a Deafening Silence

The arrest of a U.S. scholar highlights Beijing’s expanding campaign of transnational repression and Washington’s muted response to an increasingly global threat.

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The Iran War Turned Asia’s Fragile Energy Dependence Into an Emergency | Council on Foreign Relations

Asia got a glimpse of its energy future during the Iran war. What governments do next will determine whether the crisis becomes a turning point or a missed opportunity.

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Democracies Are Scrambling to Respond as Transnational Repression Worsens | Council on Foreign Relations

Authoritarian governments are reaching across borders to silence their critics—and increasingly doing it together. Democracies have started fighting back. They need to move faster.

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Under Prabowo, Indonesia’s Military Is Returning to Center Stage

The armed forces have taken a central role in national affairs in a way not seen since the fall of the authoritarian Suharto regime in 1998.

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Indonesia, Hercules maintenance, and the neutrality question

A maintenance deal for C-130 Hercules aircraft may be routine in peacetime – in a US–China contingency, Indonesia’s legal exposure would change.

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What the Trump-Xi Summit Means for Southeast Asia and South Asia | Council on Foreign Relations

A long-awaited meeting produced modest stability but no grand deals—for Southeast Asia and South Asia, it could have been worse, but the region has reacted with significant worry about the summit’s ou...

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Under Prabowo, Indonesia’s Military Is Returning to Center Stage

The armed forces have taken a central role in national affairs in a way not seen since the fall of the authoritarian Suharto regime in 1998.

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Asia's other summit falls short

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After Hormuz, Southeast Asia Sees the Potential Value of Tolling the Strait of Malacca | Council on Foreign Relations

Joshua Kurlantzick is senior fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. Iran has suffered enormous infrastructure damage since the start of the war in late February,...

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In Nepal, Gen Z Gets a Victory – and the Country May Too | Council on Foreign Relations

Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s success at the Nepalese ballot signifies a triumph for Gen Z demonstrators across the country.

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Gen Z Got Fair Elections in Bangladesh—but Got Crushed at the Ballot Box | Council on Foreign Relations

Student protesters succeeded in toppling the Bangladeshi government in 2024, but a landslide victory for the establishment BNP party shows that Gen Z is still struggling to turn demonstrations into su...

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As Indonesia’s Protests Roil On, Prabowo’s Crackdown Could Escalate Violence

Motivated by growing economic inequality and government corruption, Indonesians have been protesting across the country for weeks. Under the administration of President Prabowo Subianto, harsh crackd…

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PODCAST | The President's Inbox: The Thai-Cambodian Border Clash

Joshua Kurlantzick, senior fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the ongoing border dispute between Thailand and Camb...

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Thai-Cambodian Border Clashes Help Revive Hun Sen’s Power

Despite ceding power to his son in 2023, Cambodia's former prime minister Hun Sen has continued to dominate the country's domestic and foreign policy. The most recent border conflict with Thailand ha…

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Displaced residents and concerned citizens appeal for peace amid the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict

"De-escalation is crucial to preventing a broader humanitarian crisis and restoring stability for communities on both sides."

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The Real Reasons for the Thai-Cambodia Conflict

While long-standing border disputes explain some of the current violence between Thailand and Cambodia, the conflict’s escalation is primarily driven by Thai elites’ drive to consolidate military and…

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Will Southeast Asia Help Trump Build a Wall Against Chinese Exports?

President Donald Trump’s strategy of using Southeast Asian nations as an economic “wall” against Chinese exports has attracted renewed attention after the apparent finalization of a U.S.-Vietnam trad…

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Is a Coup Coming Soon in Thailand?

Are signs pointing to a coup in Thailand?

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Is a Coup Coming Soon in Thailand?

Are signs pointing to a coup in Thailand?

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What Next for the Trump Effect on Foreign Policy and Foreign Elections?

Parties that are firm with President Trump are reaping major electoral rewards.

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Is ASEAN Leaving the U.S. Behind on Trade?

The Southeast Asia trade group, China, Japan, and South Korea said they will work closely together due to “escalating trade protectionism.” Three CFR fellows explain how their U.S. relationship will …

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Is ASEAN Leaving the U.S. Behind on Trade?

The Southeast Asia trade group, China, Japan, and South Korea said they will work closely together due to “escalating trade protectionism.” Three CFR fellows explain how their U.S. relationship will …

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Why East Asia Is a Target of Trump’s Tariff War, in Six Charts

President Donald Trump’s proposed “reciprocal” tariff plan places some of the highest tariff levels on East Asian countries—many of which depend on U.S. markets to grow their economies.

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