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Rodrigo Duterte’s Trial Before the International Criminal Court: Unprecedented

Professor Aries A Arugay is Coordinator of the Philippine Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof…

Laos – An Era Past

Most recently a Director of VanEck in New York, Tom Butcher has travelled extensively, particularly…

Earthquake Hazard in Asia: A Growing Problem

Richard Walker is Professor of Tectonics at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford.…

A Criminal Justice Response to Assad Regime Criminality

William H. Wiley is the Executive Director of the Commission for International Justice and Accountability.…

Mekong at Risk: The Devastating Toll of Hydroelectric Dams

Eve Register is a Research Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation and member of NATO Defence…

Nadia’s Initiative

Nadia’s Initiative is a nonprofit organization founded in 2018 by Nadia Murad that advocates for…

Energy and Diplomacy: How Oman is Adapting to a Multipolar World

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey is an analyst and journalist, particularly focused on geopolitical and economic issues in…

The Sublime Post

Choon Hwee Koh is assistant professor of Ottoman history at the University of California In…

Faxian and China’s Efforts to Court Sri Lanka

Marcus Andreopoulos is a Senior Research Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation and a Subject Matter…

South Yemen: Gateway to the World?

Karen Dabrowska is a journalist and writer focused on the Middle East South Yemen could…

Kazakh-Afghan Relations: The Competition for Trade and Connectivity in Central Asia

Eldaniz Gusseinov is a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the Haydar Aliyev Center for Eurasian Studies…

ASEAN in 2025: Malaysia’s Narrative in the South China Sea

Fikry A Rahman is Head of Foreign Affairs at Bait Al Amanah and Vasey Fellow…

The Invention of Everything: Joseph Needham and the Rediscovery of Chinese Science

Sean Paterson is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society living in Guangzhou In 1620,…

How do Qatari Humanitarian Diplomats Navigate Complex Political Landscapes?

Mona Hedaya is a Research Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies in…

Remembering the Amu Darya

Oscar Fraser Turner is Co-Founder of Project Amu Darya which aims to record an oral…

Maldives Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

Dr Athaulla A Rasheed is a former diplomat for the Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…

At Kazan BRICS Summit, Russia’s Eurasian Identity Looms Large

Eugene Chausovsky is Senior Director for Analytical Development and Training at the New Lines Institute…

Gaza by the Sea: Palestine’s Cultural Flagship

Mahmoud Muna is a bookseller and cultural activist in Jerusalem and co-editor of Daybreak in…