INDO-PACIFIC

Covers military, political, and economic developments across East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the broader Indo-Pacific. Includes China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, and ASEAN states. Tracks maritime security, territorial disputes, strategic alliances, and regional power shifts. Focuses on deterrence operations, great power competition, and efforts to maintain stability in a contested security environment.

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INDO-PACIFIC

Beijing Brokered Peace Talks Have Been ‘Useful’ Between Pakistan & Afghanistan

Afghanistan and Pakistan are talking again — this time in the far-western Chinese city of Urumqi, where mid-level delegations from both countries have been meeting since April 1 in what amounts to the fifth attempt in six months to end a conflict that has killed hundreds and displaced tens of thousands

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By: Atlas

South Korean Intel Suggests Kim Jong Un’s Daughter To Be Successor

South Korea's National Intelligence Service delivered its strongest assessment yet on the political standing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's teenage daughter on Monday, telling lawmakers in a closed-door parliamentary briefing that it is now appropriate to view her as his successor. NIS Director Lee

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Japan Deploys Long Range Missiles For First Time In Its History

Japan crossed a line on Tuesday that it had drawn for itself eight decades ago. For the first time since the end of World War II, the country's military deployed domestically built long-range missiles capable of striking targets in neighboring countries — a development that gives Tokyo offensive firepower

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5 Min
By: Atlas

Australia Inks Free Trade & Security Deal With The E.U.

The European Union and Australia formally concluded a landmark free trade agreement on Tuesday in Canberra, wrapping up nearly a decade of talks that twice came close to collapse and finalizing a pact that covers tariffs on goods, services, critical minerals, agriculture, and a new security and defense partnership. European

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5 Min
By: Atlas

Analysis: North Koreans Infiltrating Remote Work Jobs

North Korean operatives have embedded themselves inside American companies by posing as legitimate remote technology workers, using stolen identities, AI-generated credentials, and U.S.-based infrastructure to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars annually back to Pyongyang, according to U.S. officials and cybersecurity investigators. The scheme has expanded dramatically

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5 Min
By: Atlas

Sec. Bessent Leads Talks With China On Trade Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer sat down Sunday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, opening a two-day round of trade negotiations that both governments are treating as the last major preparatory

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By: Atlas

South Korea President Voices Displeasure Over U.S. Military Assets Shifting Away From The Country

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung told his cabinet Tuesday that Seoul is powerless to stop the United States from redeploying military assets out of the country, after reports confirmed that Washington had begun moving Patriot missile batteries and parts of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system from the

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Former Rapper Leads Massive Political Shift In Nepal Election Win

Balendra Shah, a 35-year-old civil engineer turned rapper turned politician, is set to become Nepal's next prime minister after his Rastriya Swatantra Party — known by its initials RSP, or National Independent Party in English — swept the country's first parliamentary election since youth-led protests toppled the government

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Analysis: China Offers Little More Than Moral Support To Iran Following Strikes

When the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury on the morning of February 28, striking Iran's military and leadership infrastructure in a joint campaign that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and scores of senior officials, Beijing's response was notable less for what it said

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By: Atlas

India And Canada Make Landmark Agreement

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in New Delhi on March 2 for his first official visit to India since taking office, marking the most substantive engagement between the two governments in more than two decades and producing a series of agreements that span nuclear energy, critical minerals, defense cooperation,

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By: Atlas

Emergency U.N. Security Council Meeting Leads To Verbal Clashes

The United Nations Security Council convened an emergency session Saturday in New York as American and Iranian diplomats traded direct confrontations before a divided chamber still absorbing the scale of the joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign launched earlier that morning against Iran. The session, called at the request of

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By: Atlas

German Chancellor Heads To China, Trade & Security Talks Commence

Friedrich Merz touched down in Beijing on Wednesday for his first visit to China as German chancellor, bringing roughly 30 of Germany's most prominent industry executives and a set of economic grievances that have been building for years. The two-day trip takes in meetings with President Xi Jinping

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