BRICS and its "partner countries" (Image: BRICS website)
Asia Watch: Among friends 
The hosting of the 16th BRICS summit by...
Thai army on patrol: Military power alone may not be enough to quell the Malay Muslim rebellion in the south (Image: Valentino Snap/ Shutterstock)
Asia Watch: Same old problem
While Thai politics over the past two decades...
Siti Nurhaliza hitting the high notes with Canadian composer David Foster (screenshot)
Asia Watch: The Same Old Song
What happens when a mega-successful composer and record...
Protests in Kuala Lumpur (Image: Wikimedia Commons/ Firdaus Latif)
Asia Watch: Across the spectrum
The shocking Hamas onslaught upon Israel and the...
PNG Prime Minister James Marape opens the PNG Embassy in Jerusalem with Israeli PM Netanyahu (GPO/Screenshot)
Israel and PNG: A relationship built upon faith
After some months of anticipation, Papua New Guinea...
(Front) Vietnam's Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien (left) and his Israeli counterpart Nir Barkat sign the FTA between Vietnam and Israel, while behind are Vietnamese Deputy PM Tran Luu Quang and Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu, July 25, 2023 (Image courtesy of Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade)
Israel and Vietnam – A relationship dating back to Ben-Gurion and Ho Chi Minh
The foundations of Israel’s burgeoning relationship with Vietnam...
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (right) and Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Enrique Manalo (source: @SecManalo)
Israeli FM’s historic Philippines visit highlights Israel’s Asian ambitions
Last week, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen landed...
Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim with his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha in Bangkok (Image: Thai News Pix)
Asia Watch: Middle Man
The visit of Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim to...
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Walter Russell Mead discusses international geopolitics on SkyNews
Discussing Europe, refugees, China-US rivalry and Israel, distinguished...
Anwar: Malaysian PM at last, but under compromised conditions (Image: Twitter)
Asia Watch: Whatever it takes
It took more than two decades and a...
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Asia Watch: Distant friends
With his administration barely two months old, new...
Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (right) and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at Presidential Palace, Hanoi (Image: Vietnam News Agency)
Asia Watch: Gathering pace
Amidst Israel’s well-known difficulties in securing diplomatic relations...