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MAY 01, 2022 AUSTRALIA’S ELECTIONS: THE CHINA NARRATIVE BY NATASHA KASSAM AND JENNIFER HSU How best to manage ties with China ought to be a central election issue, but the campaign narratives are focused on posturing rather than policy. MAY 01, 2022 JAPAN’S CONSTITUTION AT 75 BY SHEILA A. SMITH How does Japan’s post-war constitution hold up in an era of increasing great power competition and unexpected emergencies? MAY 01, 2022 CAN THE US DETER A TAIWAN INVASION? BY DAVID GITTER Rethinking “strategic ambiguity” is important, but in the meantime Washington must compensate for its dwindling military advantage over China with more costly signals of political resolve. BLOGS CHINA POWER A NEW WORLD ORDER P MAY 05, 2022 TAIWANESE MORRISON LEE REMAINS DETAINED IN CHINA, EVEN AFTER FINISHING HIS JAIL TERM BY BRIAN HIOE The case of Lee, who was detained after taking part in the Hong Kong protests in 2019, sparked concerns about new legal precedent. 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MAY 04, 2022 SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS LANGUISH IN ANNUAL PRESS FREEDOM RANKING MAY 04, 2022 THE ENDURING ROLE OF MISTRESSES IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN POLITICS MAY 03, 2022 CAMBODIAN PM PUSHES MYANMAR JUNTA TO GRANT ENVOY ACCESS TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI THE PULSE PERSPECTIVES ON SOUTH ASIA P MAY 05, 2022 HOW IMRAN KHAN IS DISRUPTING PAKISTAN’S POLITICAL ECONOMY BY UZAIR YOUNUS While Khan has lost the prime minister’s office, his core base of supporters has not abandoned him. MAY 04, 2022 SRI LANKA IS ON THE BRINK OF BANKRUPTCY MAY 04, 2022 SRI LANKA OPPOSITION DECLARES NO CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT MAY 03, 2022 INDIA REELS UNDER BRUTAL HEAT WAVE, BLACKOUTS THE KOREAS DIVIDED PENINSULA K MAY 04, 2022 HAS MOON JAE-IN’S NORTH KOREA PEACE PROCESS FAILED? BY MITCH SHIN Conservatives – including President-elect Yoon – argue that the initiative damaged the South Korea-U.S. alliance. But would South Korea really have been better off without President Moon’s peace process? 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MARCH 16, 2022 WHAT DOES RUSSIA’S UKRAINE INVASION MEAN FOR CENTRAL ASIA? FEBRUARY 18, 2022 SOUTH KOREA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: THE BIG PICTURE FEBRUARY 02, 2022 CAMBODIA AS ASEAN CHAIR: WHAT TO EXPECT PODCASTS ASIA GEOPOLITICS P APRIL 29, 2022 RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE: LESSONS FOR TAIWAN BY ANKIT PANDA AND CATHERINE PUTZ Russia's invasion of Ukraine has limited relevance for understanding the risks of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. APRIL 28, 2022 TROUBLED WATERS IN THE MEKONG REGION APRIL 16, 2022 CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN PAKISTANI POLITICS: THE END OF IMRAN KHAN AND WHAT’S NEXT MARCH 29, 2022 OF ASEAN, CHINA, RUSSIA, AND HYPERSONIC WEAPONS PHOTO ESSAYS ASIA IN PICTURES E APRIL 16, 2022 MEGHALAYA’S LIVING ROOT BRIDGES ARE HEADED FOR GLOBAL RECOGNITION BY RAJEEV BHATTACHARYYA The bridges have been included in UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage Sites. DECEMBER 10, 2021 LAOS UNLOCKED NOVEMBER 01, 2021 ON THE EVE OF REOPENING, THAI PROTESTERS TAKE TO THE STREETS AGAIN SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 VACCINATION IN AN INDIAN BORDER DISTRICT: AGAINST ALL ODDS SECURITY S MAY 04, 2022 WHAT DO CHINA AND SOLOMON ISLANDS GET FROM THEIR SECURITY PACT? MAY 04, 2022 SHAN STATE EXEMPLIFIES CHINA’S TANGLED MYANMAR TIES MAY 03, 2022 WHERE ARE THE AFGHAN AIR FORCE’S AIRCRAFT NOW? DIPLOMACY D MAY 05, 2022 TAIWANESE MORRISON LEE REMAINS DETAINED IN CHINA, EVEN AFTER FINISHING HIS JAIL TERM MAY 04, 2022 HAS MOON JAE-IN’S NORTH KOREA PEACE PROCESS FAILED? 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