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Rising Temperatures And Extreme Weather Hit Asia Hard

The WMO’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report says that 2024 was the warmest or second warmest year on record (depending on the dataset), with widespread and prolonged heatwaves
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Growing Rivalry Between Indonesia's Police And Military

For a decade under former President Joko Widodo, Indonesia’s police force enjoyed unprecedented privileges and power, with numerous high-ranking police officers appointed to key posts across ministries, state-owned enterprises, and regulatory bodies
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Beijing Seeks To Reshape South Asian Security

Among the many outcomes of the short but intense India-Pakistan war is China’s proactive efforts to use it to consolidate a regional bloc in South Asia involving Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China itself in anticipation of New Delhi’s moves to get closer to the US
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China CDC Reveals Dominant COVID-19 Variant

As the international community closely monitors the global spread of Omicron variant NB.1.8.1, China announced on May 23 that it is the primary variant spreading in the country
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UK Trade Deal With US Turns Its Former Colony Into Its Master

The conclusion of a free trade agreement between Great Britain and the US is extremely disadvantageous for the United Kingdom. One of the conditions for signing the agreement, according to Washington, is opening the UK market to US agricultural products
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Why Spying On Greenland Isn't The Problem

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal last week, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has instructed U.S. intelligence agencies to increase collection of information on Greenland
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MIER As A Failed Institution: It’s Time to Go, Tan Sri!

When Tan Sri Sulaiman Mahbob succeeded Tan Sri Sheriff Kassim as Chairman of the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) more than a decade ago, he inherited far more than a title—he inherited an institution at its intellectual and financial zenith
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