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![Central Asia’s Water Crisis Is Already Here Central Asia’s Water Crisis Is Already Here](jpg/thediplomat_2023-12-28-185747.jpg)
Central Asia’s Water Crisis Is Already Here
By Jahan Taganova, Anna Shabanova-Serdechna, and Niginakhon Saida
What will it take for Central Asian states to sustainably adapt to climate change, particularly the regional water crisis that is already underway?
![A Litmus Test for Indonesian Democracy A Litmus Test for Indonesian Democracy](jpg/thediplomat_2023-12-28-185145.jpg)
A Litmus Test for Indonesian Democracy
By Joseph Rachman
As Prabowo’s remarkable rise from disgraced exile to likely next president attests, in Indonesia things once thought buried can yet rise again.
![Contrasting Trilaterals: South Korea’s Summitry Dilemma Contrasting Trilaterals: South Korea’s Summitry Dilemma](jpg/thediplomat_2023-12-28-184604.jpg)
Contrasting Trilaterals: South Korea’s Summitry Dilemma
By Minseon Ku
The diverging fates of two trilaterals encapsulate the latest geopolitical developments in Northeast Asia.
![2024: What to Expect in the Asia-Pacific 2024: What to Expect in the Asia-Pacific](jpg/thediplomat_2023-12-28-140408.jpg)
2024: What to Expect in the Asia-Pacific
Welcome to the new year, and to our annual primer on what to expect in the Asia-Pacific.
![Gregory Poling on Escalating Tension in the South China Sea Gregory Poling on Escalating Tension in the South China Sea](jpg/thediplomat_2023-12-28-183707.jpg)
Gregory Poling on Escalating Tension in the South China Sea
By Shannon Tiezzi
“China has been harassing Philippine resupply missions for more than a decade and has been steadily increasing the intensity of their coercive tactics for at least the last five years.”
![Where the Myanmar Junta Fears To Tread Where the Myanmar Junta Fears To Tread](jpg/thediplomat_2023-11-28-195524.jpg)
Where the Myanmar Junta Fears To Tread
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Visits to four different locations in Myanmar, all in varying stages of control by resistance groups.
![Bangladesh’s Make-or-Break Elections Bangladesh’s Make-or-Break Elections](jpg/thediplomat_2023-11-28-194847.jpg)
Bangladesh’s Make-or-Break Elections
By Smruti S. Pattanaik
The 2024 election is a matter of political survival for both the ruling Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
![The Evolution of China’s Interference in Taiwan The Evolution of China’s Interference in Taiwan](jpg/thediplomat_2023-11-28-194839.jpg)
The Evolution of China’s Interference in Taiwan
By Tim Niven
China’s foreign information manipulation and interference targeting Taiwan has been ongoing for decades. Here’s a look at its latest evolution.
![Hannah McGlade on Australia’s Shame and the Work to Be Done Hannah McGlade on Australia’s Shame and the Work to Be Done](jpg/thediplomat_2023-10-13-140439.jpg)
Hannah McGlade on Australia’s Shame and the Work to Be Done
By Catherine Putz
“Aboriginal communities have been given a clear message by the majority of Australians that they are not respected, and that Australia remains a racist country.”
![Hun Manet’s Cambodia? Hun Manet’s Cambodia?](jpg/thediplomat_2023-10-24-194223.jpg)
Hun Manet’s Cambodia?
By Neil Loughlin
Manet’s path to security in power will be difficult, as he is forced to carefully navigate the system his father built and, to a large degree, still controls.
![A Football Game Amid the Sorrows of Life on the Kyrgyz Border A Football Game Amid the Sorrows of Life on the Kyrgyz Border](jpg/thediplomat_2023-10-24-193817.jpg)
A Football Game Amid the Sorrows of Life on the Kyrgyz Border
By Emilia Sulek and Danil Usmanov
On a hot summer day, the women of Kök-Tash took a break to play football. It was a rare joy amid a difficult life on the border.
![What Does Nepal Want From China? What Does Nepal Want From China?](jpg/thediplomat_2023-10-24-193536.jpg)
What Does Nepal Want From China?
By Bipin Ghimire
Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s September visit to China demonstrated a clear balancing of aspirations and pragmatic realities, both on the domestic and international fronts.
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