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2024 Corruption Perceptions Index: Countries on front line of climate crisis in Asia Pacific struggling to fight back corruption
Governments across the Asia Pacific (APAC) are failing to deliver on anti-corruption pledges, with devastating consequences ...
Asia-Pacific markets mostly in red as global market reacts to Trump's fresh tariffs turbulence
Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly lower on Tuesday after an upbeat session on Wall Street, lifted by Nvidia and other AI-related stocks. Traders were cautious after President Trump announce ...
The Diplomat1d
Economic Corridors: One Way Forward For US Engagement in Southeast Asia
While free trade has become politically infeasible in Washington, there are other ways to shore up the U.S. presence in one ...
China says a visit by Cook Islands’ prime minister isn’t meant to antagonize others in South Pacific
China says a visit this week by the Cook Islands' prime minister to Beijing was not meant to conspire against anyone in the ...
La Niña’s Return Cools the Pacific and Shakes Up Global Weather
La Niña has made a long-awaited return, cooling the Pacific and stirring up global weather patterns. This natural climate ...
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China’s stunning new campaign to turn the world against Taiwan
This steely new language was a win in America’s long quest to get its allies to show more solidarity with Taiwan. Yet in the ...
A rare diplomatic spat exposes growing pressures in the Pacific as US, China vie for influence
A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...
How Trump’s hobbling of USAID cedes Southeast Asia to Chinese influence
The Trump administration's 'America first' focus lets China fill the vacuum in Southeast Asia and set the rules for ...
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Trump 2.0 in America: Geopolitical Ripples Across Asia and the World
Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda and Katie Putz discuss ...
As Donald Trump signed an executive order, everything changed for this clinic 13,000 kilometres away
The US used to spend more on international development than an y other nation, but with Donald Trump and Elon Musk freezing USAID funding, people on the other side of the world are already dealing ...
Flight Map Shows US Spy Planes Doubling Up Against China and North Korea
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on May 30, 2023, of China's unprofessional intercept of U.S. aircraft over the South China Sea: "The United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate—safely and ...