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3 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT JAPAN’S NEW PRIME MINISTER ISHIBA SHIGERU BY TAKAHASHI KOSUKE The election of late Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s long-time rival marks the end of an era in the LDP.
GREENWASHING RAISES RED FLAGS WITH INDONESIAN CONSUMERS BY RIDHO BRAMULYA IKHSAN Consumers including millennials choose carefully, increasingly aware of deceptive environmental claims by
businesses. GROWING BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN MONGOLIA AND TURKEY BY BOLOR LKHAAJAV The two states have thousands of years of historical exchanges, but modern-day relations only really
began to flourish in the post-Cold War era. INDIA’S ARCTIC CHALLENGE: ALIGNING STRATEGIC INTERESTS WITH REGIONAL REALITIES BY NIMA KHORRAMI Thus far, India’s strategy appears to be a
reactionary stance focused more on countering China than on responding to the specific dynamics of the Arctic region. UZBEK POLITICIAN ALISHER QODIROV TAKES ON RUSSIAN CHAUVINISM AND SOVIET
LEGACY BY NIGINAKHON SAIDA Alisher Qodirov’s outspoken criticism of Russian chauvinism and the Soviet legacy marks a significant shift in Uzbekistan’s political discourse, sending a clear
message to Moscow. AT UN, AUSTRALIA’S FM WONG DEFENDS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AT A TIME OF CRISIS BY GRANT WYETH Wong argued, “We have no option and no excuse but to find a way through
our challenges today, immense and intractable as they are.” CHINA’S PROPERTY MARKET: EXPLAINING THE BOOM AND BUST BY BONNIE GIRARD Before the real estate sector bottomed out, it catapulted
hundreds of millions of Chinese into the middle class. RSS, THE IDEOLOGICAL MENTOR OF INDIA’S RULING BJP, ENTERS ITS 100TH YEAR BY SNIGDHENDU BHATTACHARYA Its overwhelming grip over
institutions has been possible because in the century gone by the RSS has transformed into a massive banyan tree that stands on a hundred trunks. INDONESIA TO IMPROVE SUPERVISION OF
COMMODITIES SECTOR, OFFICIAL SAYS BY SEBASTIAN STRANGIO Jakarta plans to review the U.S. Department of Labor's claim of forced labor by Chinese majority-owned nickel mining and
processing firms. TURKMENISTAN EYES PAKISTAN’S GWADAR PORT FOR TRADE EXPANSION BY MARIYAM SULEMAN ANEES But Ashgabat could hesitate to fully commit to the project, given the dire security
situation in Balochistan and regional security challenges. TIRUPATI TEMPLE’S SWEET OFFERING TO THE GODS IS CAUGHT IN BITTER POLITICAL CONTROVERSY BY KAVITA CHOWDHURY Andhra Pradesh Chief
Minister Chandrababu Naidu, an ally of the BJP, alleges the laddoo was laced with "animal fat." CONSPIRACY THEORIES AS FOMENTERS OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN SOUTH ASIA BY ABDUL BASIT
The most vivid and longstanding conspiracy theory among the region's jihadist groups targets the polio vaccine.