Asia
80 years after WWII, Japanese Communists say Tokyo is following U.S. toward war
August 26, 2025Japanese Communists do what the ruling class won’t: Show condolences for WWII imperialism.
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Price of Freedom: A visit to the Lao People’s Army History Museum
July 21, 2025This isn’t your typical military, as the museum in Vientiane shows.
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India and Sri Lanka being drawn into U.S.’ new Cold War against China
May 5, 2025For the U.S., control over the Indian Ocean is key for power projection onto both East and West Asia.
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Are Vietnam’s government reforms its version of DOGE? Think again.
April 8, 2025Changes aimed at making the state more efficient are inviting comparisons to Elon Musk’s purges of the U.S. public service, but the motivations of the two efforts could not be more different.
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As Trump wrecks U.S. economy, China looks ahead to growth
March 7, 2025While America is torn apart by mass firings, tariff battles, collapsing stock markets, and “anti-woke” culture wars, a different story is unfolding on the other side of the globe.
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