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1 day ago | thediplomat.com | David Hutt

Earlier this month, Derek Grossman published an opinion piece in Nikkei Asia (“ASEAN falls short again,” May 7) that relitigated the many failings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Grossman’s example was Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs.” Malaysia, the current ASEAN chair, sought a collective response to Washington’s trade threats, but individual member states opted instead to pursue bilateral trade negotiations to protect their own interests.

2 days ago | thediplomat.com | Rajeev Bhattacharyya

Conflicts in the Northeast are multilayered and covert, ranging from the political and social to the environmental, and with cross-border linkages. Subscribe for ads-free reading India could be more vulnerable in its border region of the Northeast than along its western frontier with Pakistan, which has continuously hogged the limelight. The Northeast is the most strategic region of India, sharing a 5,484 km-long border with Bhutan, China, Myanmar, and Bangladesh.

3 days ago | thediplomat.com | Luke Hunt

A conversation about the crisis of integrity with journalist Huw Watkin. Subscribe for ads-free reading Tragedy and major events have dominated headlines across Southeast Asia and beyond in recent months, including the civil war and earthquake in Myanmar, half-century commemorations marking the fall of Indochina to communism, and elections in Australia and Singapore.

5 days ago | thediplomat.com | Ankit Panda |Catherine Putz

How bad will things get between India and Pakistan? Subscribe for ads-free reading The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Katie Putz (@LadyPutz) discuss the outbreak of violence between India and Pakistan and the scope for escalation in South Asia. If you’re an iOS or Mac user, you can also subscribe to The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast on iTunes here; if you use Windows or Android, you can subscribe on Google Play here, or on Spotify here.

5 days ago | thediplomat.com | Shannon Tiezzi

Xi’s attendance at the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow served as yet another reminder of the modern-day strategic calculations underpinning the China-Russia convergence. Subscribe for ads-free reading China’s President Xi Jinping is in Russia on a state visit from May 7 to 10, highlighted by his attendance at the massive military parade in Moscow to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in the European theater.