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Shift in South Asia's energy landscape
Not many people paid attention when, on a humid June morning, 40MW of electricity began making its way from the rivers in central Nepal to the grids of northern Bangladesh. There was no grand summit, ...
In an era of increasing global uncertainty, Xi's call for high-quality cooperation grounded in the China-Central Asia Spirit ...
This decades-long strategy has not only redrawn the regional map but also exposed the limits of China’s Middle East influence ...
Most explanations of the Naga revolt view Phizo’s movement through the lens of secessionism but it is perhaps more useful to ...
India is aiming for a global leadership role, but strained ties and regional instability in South Asia are testing its Neighborhood First policy.
Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest and most resource-rich country, serves as the region’s geopolitical and economic anchor. Its multivector foreign policy carefully balances Russia, China, and ...
This will be Marriott Bonvoy’s 19th brand in the South Asia region (India, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka). Located in the heart of the city, The Soaltee Kathmandu, ...
In 2024, the trade volume between China and South Asian countries approached $200 billion, doubling over the past decade with an average annual growth rate of about 6.3 percent, according to Yan ...
The climate challenge is significant and urgent for the Asia-Pacific region, so governments must seize every opportunity to accelerate adaptation and mitigation work already taking place. Fiscal ...
South Asia is the most climate-vulnerable region among emerging markets and developing economies. With governments having limited room to act due to fiscal constraints, households and firms will ...
South Asia is facing a sharp rise in extreme weather, with nearly 90 percent of the population expected to be exposed to intense heat and more than one in five people at risk of severe flooding by ...
The lives of nearly 2 billion people in South Asia are at risk as snow and glacier melt across the Himalayas accelerates, aggravated by black carbon pollution from burning biomass and fossil fuels ...